Rwanda's renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) was 79.9% in 2022, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 8.9 percentage points from 88.8% in 2012.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 79.9% | 2022 |
| Five years earlier | 84.5% | 2017 |
| Ten years earlier | 88.8% | 2012 |
| Highest | 91.1% | 1997 |
| Lowest | 78.5% | 1994 |
| Average since 2013 | 83.84% | 2013–2022 |
| First recorded | 80.1% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2022, Rwanda's renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) rose 0.5 percentage points on 2021 (from 79.4% to 79.9%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1992 to 2021), the average change was −0.08 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.25 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above 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 9.9 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 4 percentage points in 2000. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2013 to 2022 the straight-line trend is downward, about 1.05 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 98% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 76.35% for 2025. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2020 to 2022 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.5%, against 1.47% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2022, Rwanda had the 9th highest value of the 71 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 79.9% | 2022 |
| World | 19.74% | 2020 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 70.27% | 2020 |
| Low income | 74.56% | 2020 |
Closest to Rwanda in the 2022 ranking
- Madagascar — 6th of 71: 83.1%
- Burundi — 7th of 71: 83%
- Bhutan — 8th of 71: 82.5%
- Sierra Leone — 10th of 71: 71.6%
- Burkina Faso — 11th of 71: 71.4%
- Mali — 12th of 71: 71.1%
What this measures
Renewable energy consumption is the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 33 values
| Year | Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 79.9 |
| 2021 | 79.4 |
| 2020 | 81.7 |
| 2019 | 81.8 |
| 2018 | 82.8 |
| 2017 | 84.5 |
| 2016 | 85.5 |
| 2015 | 86.3 |
| 2014 | 88 |
| 2013 | 88.5 |
| 2012 |
Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) in nearby economies
- Angola — 52.9% (2021)
- Benin — 54.5% (2021)
- Botswana — 27.4% (2021)
- Burkina Faso — 71.4% (2022)
- Burundi — 83% (2022)
- Cabo Verde — 21.8% (2022)
- Cameroon — 79.2% (2021)
- Central African Republic — 90.9% (2022)
- Chad
More environment data for Rwanda
- Population in largest city — 1.33 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 29.53% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 1.33 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 9.13% (2025)
- Rural population — 10.07 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 69.09% (2025)
- Urban population — 4.5 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 30.91% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 8,392 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
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- What is Rwanda's renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)?
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.FEC.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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