Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 — 70.27%. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 0.45 pp.

2020 70.27% +2.1 pp vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 73.69%1994
Period minimum 67.63%2014

Trend over time

1990–2020 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–20206668707274199019931996199920022005200820112014201720201990: 70.72%1991: 71.4%1992: 72.05%1993: 72.97%1994: 73.69%1995: 73.31%1996: 72.41%1997: 71.59%1998: 72.27%1999: 72.8%2000: 72.64%2001: 72.52%2002: 72%2003: 71.31%2004: 70.81%2005: 70.52%2006: 70.61%2007: 70.11%2008: 69.98%2009: 70.04%2010: 70.55%2011: 69.95%2012: 68.97%2013: 67.85%2014: 67.63%2015: 68.03%2016: 67.96%2017: 67.82%2018: 67.67%2019: 68.17%2020: 70.27%
Change over the period: −0.45 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2020

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 70.27%
World 19.74%
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 70.27 +2.1 pp
2019 68.17 +0.5 pp
2018 67.67 −0.15 pp
2017 67.82 −0.14 pp
2016 67.96 −0.06 pp
2015 68.03 +0.4 pp
2014 67.63 −0.22 pp
2013 67.85 −1.12 pp
2012 68.97 −0.99 pp
2011 69.95 −0.6 pp
2010 70.55 +0.52 pp
2009 70.04 +0.06 pp
2008 69.98 −0.13 pp
2007 70.11 −0.5 pp
2006 70.61 +0.09 pp
2005 70.52 −0.28 pp
2004 70.81 −0.51 pp
2003 71.31 −0.69 pp
2002 72 −0.52 pp
2001 72.52 −0.12 pp
2000 72.64 −0.16 pp
1999 72.8 +0.53 pp
1998 72.27 +0.69 pp
1997 71.59 −0.82 pp
1996 72.41 −0.89 pp
1995 73.31 −0.38 pp
1994 73.69 +0.71 pp
1993 72.97 +0.92 pp
1992 72.05 +0.65 pp
1991 71.4 +0.68 pp
1990 70.72

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.