Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Western Africa

Wind share of electricity in Western Africa in 2024 — 0.6%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.57 pp.

2024 0.6% +0.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 0.6%2021
Period minimum 0%2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Western Africa, 2000–202400.20.40.60.82000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.03%2001: 0.03%2002: 0.02%2003: 0%2004: 0.02%2005: 0.02%2006: 0.02%2007: 0.02%2008: 0.02%2009: 0.02%2010: 0%2011: 0.04%2012: 0.1%2013: 0.15%2014: 0.14%2015: 0.27%2016: 0.24%2017: 0.24%2018: 0.23%2019: 0.25%2020: 0.45%2021: 0.6%2022: 0.59%2023: 0.53%2024: 0.6%
Change over the period: +0.57 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Africa 0.6%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Western Africa, by year Western Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.6 +0.06 pp
2023 0.53 −0.05 pp
2022 0.59 −0.02 pp
2021 0.6 +0.15 pp
2020 0.45 +0.2 pp
2019 0.25 +0.02 pp
2018 0.23 −0.01 pp
2017 0.24 −0 pp
2016 0.24 −0.03 pp
2015 0.27 +0.13 pp
2014 0.14 −0.01 pp
2013 0.15 +0.05 pp
2012 0.1 +0.07 pp
2011 0.04 +0.04 pp
2010 0 −0.02 pp
2009 0.02 +0 pp
2008 0.02 −0 pp
2007 0.02 +0 pp
2006 0.02 −0 pp
2005 0.02 −0 pp
2004 0.02 +0.02 pp
2003 0 −0.02 pp
2002 0.02 −0 pp
2001 0.03 −0 pp
2000 0.03

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.