Ethiopia's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) was 95.27% in 2020, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 4.3 percentage points from 99.56% in 2010.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 95.27% | 2020 |
| Five years earlier | 91.56% | 2015 |
| Ten years earlier | 99.56% | 2010 |
| Highest | 99.88% | 2011 |
| Lowest | 77.66% | 2014 |
| Average since 2011 | 91.3% | 2011–2020 |
| First recorded | 88.35% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2020, Ethiopia's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) fell 1.26 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.53% to 95.27%).
Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +1.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13.9 percentage points in 2015 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.97 percentage points in 2008. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 2% of the movement over 8 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
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| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 95.27% | 2020 |
| World | 27.84% | 2021 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 32.56% | 2021 |
| Low income | 59.06% | 2021 |
What this measures
Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 22 values
| Year | Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 95.27 |
| 2019 | 96.53 |
| 2018 | 91.05 |
| 2017 | 94.82 |
| 2016 | 83.67 |
| 2015 | 91.56 |
| 2014 | 77.66 |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | no data |
| 2011 | 99.88 |
| 2010 |
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in nearby economies
- Angola — 91.16% (2021)
- Benin — 0.26% (2021)
- Botswana — 0.25% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 13.92% (2021)
- Burundi — 61.3% (2021)
- Cabo Verde — 18.27% (2021)
- Cameroon — 65.81% (2021)
- Central African Republic — 96.47% (2021)
- Chad — 5.72% (2021)
More environment data for Ethiopia
- Population in largest city — 5.96 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 18.24% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 5.96 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 4.4% (2025)
- Rural population — 102.81 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 75.89% (2025)
- Urban population — 32.66 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 24.11% (2025)
- Rural population growth (annual %) — 1.91% (2025)
- Urban population growth (annual %)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ethiopia's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)?
- 95.27% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 6.91 percentage points from 88.35% in 1990. The highest value was 99.88% in 2011 and the lowest 77.66% in 2014.
- Is the latest change in renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) unusual for Ethiopia?
- In 2020, Ethiopia's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) fell 1.26 percentage points on 2019 (from 96.53% to 95.27%). Across the 18 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2019), the average change was +1.81 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 5.9 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNEW.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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