Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — South Sudan

Solar share of electricity in South Sudan in 2024 — 1.79%. Ranked 116 in the world out of 195. Since 2012, the indicator has risen by 1.79 pp.

2024 1.79% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 116of 195
Period maximum 1.96%2022
Period minimum 0%2012

Trend over time

2012–2024 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — South Sudan, 2012–202400.511.5220122014201620182020202220242012: 0%2013: 0%2014: 0%2015: 0%2016: 0%2017: 0%2018: 0%2019: 0%2020: 1.79%2021: 1.75%2022: 1.96%2023: 1.79%2024: 1.79%
Change over the period: +1.79 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Sudan 1.79%
World computed 6.94%
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 4.83%
Eastern Africa computed 1.53%
Low-income countries computed 2.95%
Solar share of electricity — South Sudan, by year South Sudan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.79 +0 pp
2023 1.79 −0.17 pp
2022 1.96 +0.21 pp
2021 1.75 −0.04 pp
2020 1.79 +1.79 pp
2019 0 +0 pp
2018 0 +0 pp
2017 0 +0 pp
2016 0 +0 pp
2015 0 +0 pp
2014 0 +0 pp
2013 0 +0 pp
2012 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.