Africa Western and Central | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source
Africa Western and Central | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971 0.45719773
1972 0.41461633
1973 0.3668949
1974 0.37201135
1975 0.32439832
1976 0.29441215
1977 0.27456495
1978 0.28694306
1979 0.22917941
1980 0.20906091
1981 0.19353093
1982 0.19543573
1983 0.21869592
1984 0.22636715
1985 0.19204805
1986 0.17389156
1987 0.16865393
1988 0.16274376
1989 0.15200655
1990 0.15885002
1991 0.16883207
1992 0.16521081
1993 0.16600356
1994 0.16380019
1995 0.16035535
1996 0.15001999
1997 0.14741253
1998 0.16332415
1999 0.15175417
2000 0.15919619
2001 0.17617462
2002 0.16813238
2003 0.15083766
2004 0.32675421
2005 0.35320065
2006 1.56808405
2007 0.49393702
2008 0.49082869
2009 0.41521214
2010 0.36626449
2011 0.34381348
2012 0.29223913
2013 0.31750919
2014 0.31728843
2015 0.37513611
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

Africa Western and Central | Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (% of total)

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels. Limitations and exceptions: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable. Statistical concept and methodology: Electricity production from renewable sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by geothermal, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, tide, wind, industrial waste, municipal waste, primary solid biofuels, biogases, biogasoline, biodiesels, other liquid biofuels, nonspecified primary biofuels and waste, and charcoal in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. Hydropower is excluded. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
Africa Western and Central
Records
63
Source