Renewable energy share in Sierra Leone

Renewable sources provided 71.6% of final energy consumption in Sierra Leone in 2022.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2022 Source: World Bank
Sierra Leone, 2022 71.6% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2021 +0.5percentage points 2021: 71.1%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as Sierra Leone (2022).

Renewable energy share in Sierra Leone 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 Sierra LeoneWorld
2022 71.6% –
2021 71.1% –
2020 75.1% 19.7%
2019 75.4% 18.6%
2018 75.9% 18.1%
2017 74.6% 17.9%
2016 73.6% 17.6%
2015 74.0% 17.4%
2014 73.0% 17.3%
2013 74.6% 17.2%
2012 79.1% 16.9%
2011 81.0% 16.7%
2010 84.9% 16.7%
2009 86.1% 17.1%
2008 86.0% 16.7%
2007 86.3% 16.5%
2006 84.4% 16.7%
2005 88.1% 16.6%
2004 86.5% 16.8%
2003 86.5% 17.1%
2002 88.0% 17.2%
2001 91.2% 17.2%
2000 93.3% 17.5%
1999 95.0% 17.9%
1998 94.6% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.5 percentage points from 71.1% in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 79.1%, the figure has changed by −7.5 percentage points.

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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 Sierra Leone
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