Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Southern Africa

Wind share of electricity in Southern Africa in 2024 — 4.39%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.39 pp.

2024 4.39% −0.48 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 4.87%2023
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Southern Africa, 2000–202402462000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0.01%2009: 0.01%2010: 0.01%2011: 0.02%2012: 0.02%2013: 0.02%2014: 0.41%2015: 1.2%2016: 1.64%2017: 2.69%2018: 2.45%2019: 2.58%2020: 2.61%2021: 3.46%2022: 3.99%2023: 4.87%2024: 4.39%
Change over the period: +4.39 pp Annual average: 0.18 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 4.39%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.39 −0.48 pp
2023 4.87 +0.88 pp
2022 3.99 +0.53 pp
2021 3.46 +0.84 pp
2020 2.61 +0.03 pp
2019 2.58 +0.12 pp
2018 2.45 −0.23 pp
2017 2.69 +1.05 pp
2016 1.64 +0.43 pp
2015 1.2 +0.79 pp
2014 0.41 +0.39 pp
2013 0.02 −0 pp
2012 0.02 −0 pp
2011 0.02 +0.01 pp
2010 0.01 +0 pp
2009 0.01 −0 pp
2008 0.01 +0.01 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 wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

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