Renewable energy share in Rwanda

Renewable sources provided 79.9% of final energy consumption in Rwanda in 2022.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Rwanda, 2022 79.9% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 +0.5percentage points 2021: 79.4%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Rwanda (2022).

Renewable energy share in Rwanda over time

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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2022
Period RwandaWorld
2022 79.9% –
2021 79.4% –
2020 81.7% 19.7%
2019 81.8% 18.6%
2018 82.8% 18.1%
2017 84.5% 17.9%
2016 85.5% 17.6%
2015 86.3% 17.4%
2014 88.0% 17.3%
2013 88.5% 17.2%
2012 88.8% 16.9%
2011 89.7% 16.7%
2010 90.5% 16.7%
2009 90.5% 17.1%
2008 90.6% 16.7%
2007 90.3% 16.5%
2006 90.6% 16.7%
2005 89.2% 16.6%
2004 87.6% 16.8%
2003 87.3% 17.1%
2002 87.1% 17.2%
2001 86.9% 17.2%
2000 86.8% 17.5%
1999 90.8% 17.9%
1998 90.8% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 79.4% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 88.8%, the figure has changed by −8.9 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2022 for Rwanda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7