Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric was 4.2% in 2021. ◆ Volatile
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), 1990–2021
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) is 4.2%, measured in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.5% on the previous year and up 429.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) peaked at 4.2% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -1.4%, in 1999.
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th of 47 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -1.1% | — |
| 1991 | -1.1% | +0.5% |
| 1992 | -1.0% | -14.4% |
| 1993 | -1.0% | +6.0% |
| 1994 | -1.1% | +11.4% |
| 1995 | -1.0% | -13.5% |
| 1996 | -1.3% | +28.6% |
| 1997 | -1.4% | +7.7% |
| 1998 | -1.2% | -8.7% |
| 1999 | -1.4% | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 0.7% | -155.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +21.5% |
| 2002 | -0.3% | -134.2% |
| 2003 | 0.6% | -278.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | +314.4% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -20.1% |
| 2007 | 1.3% | -25.1% |
| 2008 | 1.1% | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | +56.6% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | -48.3% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -28.1% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | +99.3% |
| 2014 | 1.4% | +22.6% |
| 2015 | 2.0% | +44.4% |
| 2016 | 1.9% | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 3.1% | +67.4% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 4.2% | +28.5% |
| 2020 | 3.6% | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 4.2% | +16.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +314.4% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| 2003 | +278.9% | -0.3% | 0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.2% | -1.4% | -1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.0% | -0.3% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 0.6% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.6% | 4.2% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
More energy & mining data for Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
- Fuel imports 23.6% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 2.0% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 16.1% (2024)
- Fuel exports 40.2% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 25.8% (2024)
- Mineral rents 2.9% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.5% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 10.0% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 17.4% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 376.79 kWh per capita (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) was 4.2% in 2021, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 4.2% in 2021.
- What is the lowest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.4% in 1999.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric?
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 36th out of 47 groups with data for 2021.
- Is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 429.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The share of electricity production from renewable sources of total electricity production. Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.