Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Réunion

Solar share of electricity in Réunion in 2023 — 9.45%. Ranked 38 in the world out of 210. Since 2004, the indicator has risen by 9.45 pp.

2023 9.45% +0.63 pp vs 2022
World rank 38of 210
Period maximum 9.45%2023
Period minimum 0%2004

Trend over time

2004–2023 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Réunion, 2004–202302.557.510200420062008201020122014201620182020202220232004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0.76%2010: 2.96%2011: 5.09%2012: 6.74%2013: 7.8%2014: 8.39%2015: 8.28%2016: 8.84%2017: 8.72%2018: 8.47%2019: 8.52%2020: 6.86%2021: 8.74%2022: 8.82%2023: 9.45%
Change over the period: +9.45 pp Annual average: 0.5 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Réunion 9.45%
World computed 5.62%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 4.17%
Eastern Africa computed 1.65%
High-income countries computed 6%
Solar share of electricity — Réunion, by year Réunion All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 9.45 +0.63 pp
2022 8.82 +0.08 pp
2021 8.74 +1.88 pp
2020 6.86 −1.66 pp
2019 8.52 +0.05 pp
2018 8.47 −0.25 pp
2017 8.72 −0.12 pp
2016 8.84 +0.56 pp
2015 8.28 −0.11 pp
2014 8.39 +0.59 pp
2013 7.8 +1.06 pp
2012 6.74 +1.65 pp
2011 5.09 +2.13 pp
2010 2.96 +2.2 pp
2009 0.76 +0.76 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 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.