Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Niger

Solar share of electricity in Niger in 2024 — 3.16%. Ranked 96 in the world out of 195. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 3.16 pp.

2024 3.16% +1.1 pp vs 2023
World rank 96of 195
Period maximum 3.16%2024
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Niger, 2000–2024012342000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0%2011: 0%2012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 2.22%2015: 1.85%2016: 1.43%2017: 1.79%2018: 1.89%2019: 2.99%2020: 2.99%2021: 2.82%2022: 2.53%2023: 2.06%2024: 3.16%
Change over the period: +3.16 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Niger 3.16%
World computed 6.94%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 4.83%
Western Africa computed 1.81%
Low-income countries computed 2.95%
Solar share of electricity — Niger, by year Niger All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 3.16 +1.1 pp
2023 2.06 −0.47 pp
2022 2.53 −0.29 pp
2021 2.82 −0.17 pp
2020 2.99 +0 pp
2019 2.99 +1.1 pp
2018 1.89 +0.1 pp
2017 1.79 +0.36 pp
2016 1.43 −0.42 pp
2015 1.85 −0.37 pp
2014 2.22 +2.22 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 0 +0 pp
2011 0 +0 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.