Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar
Madagascar: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 1.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar is 1.2%, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar peaked at 1.5% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.8%, in 2010.
That places Madagascar 70th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.2% | — |
| 2001 | 1.1% | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.2% | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 1.0% | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 1.0% | -8.6% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 0.8% | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.8% | -8.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | +76.9% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 1.2% | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 1.1% | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 1.1% | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 1.5% | +43.9% |
| 2018 | 1.3% | -16.8% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | -35.8% |
| 2020 | 0.9% | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 1.2% | +28.1% |
| 2022 | 1.1% | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 1.2% | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 1.2% | +2.1% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 1.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.1%, 17.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +76.9% | 0.8% | 1.4% |
| 2017 | +43.9% | 1.1% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 0.9% | 1.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More energy & mining data for Madagascar
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 18.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Madagascar was 1.2% in 2024, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 1.5% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8% in 2010.
- How does Madagascar rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Madagascar ranks 70th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from bioenergy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.