Cameroon's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) was 85.31% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 22.1 percentage points from 63.21% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 85.31% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 69.65% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 63.21% | 2014 |
| Highest | 98.94% | 1993 |
| Lowest | 54.66% | 2015 |
| Average since 2015 | 69.66% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 98.48% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Cameroon's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) rose 5.62 percentage points on 2023 (from 79.7% to 85.31%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 12.19 percentage points in 2016 and the biggest yearly fall was 17.98 percentage points in 2006. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.38 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Cameroon had the 11th highest value of the 87 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 85.31% | 2024 |
| World | 15.23% | 2025 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 29.92% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 15.06% | 2024 |
Closest to Cameroon in the 2024 ranking
- Venezuela, RB — 7th of 87: 90.24%
- Uganda — 8th of 87: 89.81%
- Kyrgyz Republic — 9th of 87: 87.78%
- Sudan — 11th of 87: 83.19%
- Mozambique — 12th of 87: 82.99%
- Georgia — 13th of 87: 79.7%
What this measures
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Limitations: 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.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 35 values
| Year | Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 85.31 |
| 2023 | 79.7 |
| 2022 | 69.2 |
| 2021 | 70.05 |
| 2020 | 69.29 |
| 2019 | 69.65 |
| 2018 | 64.79 |
| 2017 | 67.08 |
| 2016 | 66.84 |
| 2015 | 54.66 |
| 2014 |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Angola — 73.06% (2024)
- Benin — 0.00622% (2021)
- Botswana — 0% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 4.1% (2024)
- Burundi — 59.57% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 0% (2021)
- Central African Republic — 96.18% (2021)
- Chad — 0% (2021)
- Comoros
More environment data for Cameroon
- Population in largest city — 4.85 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 29.18% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 9.2 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 30.79% (2025)
- Rural population — 13.25 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 44.33% (2025)
- Urban population — 16.63 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 55.67% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 14,100 (2024)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Cameroon's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)?
- 85.31% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 13.16 percentage points from 98.48% in 1990. The highest value was 98.94% in 1993 and the lowest 54.66% in 2015.
- How does Cameroon rank?
- 11th highest of 87 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) unusual for Cameroon?
- In 2024, Cameroon's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) rose 5.62 percentage points on 2023 (from 79.7% to 85.31%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.41 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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