Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Cabo Verde

Solar share of electricity in Cabo Verde in 2024 — 15.38%. Ranked 23 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 15.38 pp.

2024 15.38% +1.38 pp vs 2023
World rank 23of 195
Period maximum 15.38%2024
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Cabo Verde, 2000–2024051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 2.7%2012: 2.63%2013: 2.44%2014: 2.33%2015: 2.33%2016: 2.22%2017: 2.33%2018: 2.33%2019: 2.27%2020: 2.38%2021: 2.33%2022: 14%2023: 14%2024: 15.38%
Change over the period: +15.38 pp Annual average: 0.64 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde 15.38%
World computed 6.94%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 4.83%
Western Africa computed 1.81%
Solar share of electricity — Cabo Verde, by year Cabo Verde All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.38 +1.38 pp
2023 14 +0 pp
2022 14 +11.67 pp
2021 2.33 −0.05 pp
2020 2.38 +0.11 pp
2019 2.27 −0.06 pp
2018 2.33 +0 pp
2017 2.33 +0.11 pp
2016 2.22 −0.11 pp
2015 2.33 +0 pp
2014 2.33 −0.11 pp
2013 2.44 −0.19 pp
2012 2.63 −0.07 pp
2011 2.7 +2.7 pp
2010 0 +0 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by solar plants in a country's total generation. The fastest-growing series in all of energy statistics: where twenty years ago the share was measured in hundredths of a percent, it now runs into tens. The figure depends less on how much sun there is than on policy and prices: the leaders are not the sunniest countries but those that started building earlier. The flip side of that growth is the daily cycle: at noon solar pushes out the other sources, and in the evening it is gone altogether.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for solar — there it sits inside “other renewables” together with biomass and geothermal. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward: there is no weight before that.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.