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Electricity from renewables by source in South Africa

South Africa: Electricity from renewables by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
28th
of 210 countries
All-time high
0.231 terawatt-hours
in 1998
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1971
Years of data
55
1971–2025

Electricity from renewables by source in South Africa, 1971–2025

00.050.10.150.20.25197119982025

Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

In 2025, electricity from renewables by source in South Africa stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.

Over the whole period, electricity from renewables by source in South Africa peaked at 0.231 terawatt-hours in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1971.

South Africa ranks 28th of 210 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 9
1980s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
1990s 0.0634 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0.231 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near South Africa

  1. 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 25 Slovak Republic 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 28 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  7. 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  8. 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
  9. 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  10. 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
  11. 28 Armenia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  12. 28 Aruba, Kingdom of the Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  13. 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  14. 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  15. 28 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  16. 28 Bahamas, The 0 terawatt-hours compare
  17. 28 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  18. 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours compare
  19. 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
  20. 28 Belarus, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  21. 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
  22. 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
  23. 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
  24. 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  25. 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  26. 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  27. 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
  28. 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  29. 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
  30. 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  31. 28 Brunei Darussalam 0 terawatt-hours compare
  32. 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  33. 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
  34. 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
  35. 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  36. 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  37. 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
  38. 28 Cabo Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
  39. 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  40. 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  41. 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
  42. 28 China (People’s Republic of) 0 terawatt-hours compare
  43. 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  44. 28 Comoros, Union of the 0 terawatt-hours compare
  45. 28 Congo, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  46. 28 Côte d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
  47. 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  48. 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
  49. 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
  50. 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  51. 28 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 terawatt-hours compare
  52. 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
  53. 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
  54. 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
  55. 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  56. 28 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  57. 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
  58. 28 Egypt, Arab Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  59. 28 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  60. 28 Eritrea, The State of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  61. 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  62. 28 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  63. 28 Falkland Islands, Malvinas 0 terawatt-hours compare
  64. 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  65. 28 Fiji, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  66. 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  67. 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  68. 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  69. 28 Gambia, The 0 terawatt-hours compare
  70. 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  71. 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
  72. 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  73. 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  74. 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours compare
  75. 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
  76. 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
  77. 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
  78. 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  79. 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
  80. 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  81. 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
  82. 28 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  83. 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
  84. 28 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  85. 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
  86. 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours compare
  87. 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
  88. 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
  89. 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  90. 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  91. 28 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  92. 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
  93. 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
  94. 28 Kyrgyz Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  95. 28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  96. 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  97. 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  98. 28 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  99. 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  100. 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
  101. 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  102. 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
  103. 28 Macao Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  104. 28 Madagascar, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  105. 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours compare
  106. 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  107. 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
  108. 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
  109. 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours compare
  110. 28 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  111. 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
  112. 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
  113. 28 Moldova, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  114. 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  115. 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours compare
  116. 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
  117. 28 Mozambique, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  118. 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  119. 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  120. 28 Naoero 0 terawatt-hours compare
  121. 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours compare
  122. 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  123. 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  124. 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours compare
  125. 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  126. 28 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  127. 28 North Macedonia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  128. 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
  129. 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  130. 28 Palestine, State of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  131. 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
  132. 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
  133. 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
  134. 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
  135. 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  136. 28 Réunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
  137. 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  138. 28 Russian Federation 0 terawatt-hours compare
  139. 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  140. 28 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
  141. 28 St. Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  142. 28 St. Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  143. 28 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
  144. 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  145. 28 São Tomé and Príncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  146. 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  147. 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
  148. 28 Serbia, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  149. 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
  150. 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
  151. 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
  152. 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  153. 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  154. 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  155. 28 Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  156. 28 South Sudan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  157. 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
  158. 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  159. 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
  160. 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
  161. 28 Syrian Arab Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  162. 28 Taiwan Province of China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  163. 28 Tajikistan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  164. 28 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  165. 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
  166. 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
  167. 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
  168. 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
  169. 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  170. 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  171. 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  172. 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  173. 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours compare
  174. 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
  175. 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
  176. 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  177. 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
  178. 28 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  179. 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
  180. 28 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 0 terawatt-hours compare
  181. 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours compare
  182. 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
  183. 28 Yemen, Republic of 0 terawatt-hours compare
  184. 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  185. 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity from renewables by source in South Africa?
Electricity from renewables by source in South Africa was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity from renewables by source recorded in South Africa?
The highest recorded value was 0.231 terawatt-hours in 1998.
What is the lowest electricity from renewables by source recorded in South Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1971.
How does South Africa rank for electricity from renewables by source?
South Africa ranks 28th out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
Where does this South Africa data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity from renewables by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity from renewables by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 7,365 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.