El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding

El Salvador
678.13 kWh per person
in 2021
Sub-Saharan Africa
17.87 kWh per person
in 2021
El Salvador rank
40th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
38th

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
0200400600199020052021

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 678.13 kWh per person against 17.87 kWh per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 660.26 kWh per person.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 37.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 209 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 77.54 kWh per person -5 kWh per person 82.54 kWh per person El Salvador
2000s 217.48 kWh per person 4.7 kWh per person 212.78 kWh per person El Salvador
2010s 359.12 kWh per person 8.53 kWh per person 350.58 kWh per person El Salvador
2020s 609.6 kWh per person 16.55 kWh per person 593.05 kWh per person El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity production from renewable sources, excluding, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa?
El Salvador, at 678.13 kWh per person against 17.87 kWh per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2021.
What is the difference in electricity production from renewable sources, excluding between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
660.26 kWh per person, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa?
32 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2021.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding?
El Salvador ranks 40th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 209 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per capita
Unit
kWh per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
256 places, 7,438 data points, 1990–2021
Last refreshed

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.