Renewable energy share in Sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable sources provided 70.3% of final energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2010.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2020
70.3%
Change from 2019
+2.1percentage points
World, 2020
19.7%
Renewable energy share in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 70.3% | 19.7% |
| 2019 | 68.2% | 18.6% |
| 2018 | 67.7% | 18.1% |
| 2017 | 67.8% | 17.9% |
| 2016 | 68.0% | 17.6% |
| 2015 | 68.0% | 17.4% |
| 2014 | 67.6% | 17.3% |
| 2013 | 67.9% | 17.2% |
| 2012 | 69.0% | 16.9% |
| 2011 | 70.0% | 16.7% |
| 2010 | 70.6% | 16.7% |
| 2009 | 70.0% | 17.1% |
| 2008 | 70.0% | 16.7% |
| 2007 | 70.1% | 16.5% |
| 2006 | 70.6% | 16.7% |
| 2005 | 70.5% | 16.6% |
| 2004 | 70.8% | 16.8% |
| 2003 | 71.3% | 17.1% |
| 2002 | 72.0% | 17.2% |
| 2001 | 72.5% | 17.2% |
| 2000 | 72.6% | 17.5% |
| 1999 | 72.8% | 17.9% |
| 1998 | 72.3% | 17.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.1 percentage points from 68.2% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 70.6%, the figure has changed by −0.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 19.7%.