South Africa Renewable Energy 1990-2025

South Africa renewable energy for 2015 was 2.26%, a 0.96% increase from 2014.
  • South Africa renewable energy for 2014 was 1.29%, a 0.68% increase from 2013.
  • South Africa renewable energy for 2013 was 0.61%, a 0.01% increase from 2012.
  • South Africa renewable energy for 2012 was 0.60%, a 0.32% decline from 2011.
Renewable electricity is the share of electrity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.
Country Rankings
Country Name Percent of Electricity from Renewables
Albania 100.00%
Lesotho 100.00%
Nepal 100.00%
Paraguay 100.00%
Bhutan 99.99%
Iceland 99.98%
Ethiopia 99.96%
Democratic Republic of Congo 99.82%
Central African Republic 99.42%
Costa Rica 99.00%
Tajikistan 98.47%
Namibia 97.79%
Norway 97.71%
Zambia 96.99%
Liechtenstein 96.86%
Uganda 92.95%
Malawi 91.31%
Uruguay 88.56%
Kenya 87.51%
Mozambique 86.41%
Lao PDR 86.37%
Andorra 86.12%
Afghanistan 86.05%
Kyrgyz Republic 85.19%
Burundi 82.71%
Greenland 81.29%
New Zealand 80.08%
Guinea 78.75%
Georgia 78.04%
Austria 76.49%
Cameroon 76.12%
Togo 75.31%
Brazil 73.97%
North Korea 72.80%
Colombia 68.24%
Croatia 66.83%
Denmark 65.51%
Panama 65.33%
Sudan 64.54%
Venezuela 63.70%
Sweden 63.26%
Canada 63.01%
Switzerland 62.20%
Sierra Leone 60.98%
Guatemala 60.39%
Faroe Islands 60.07%
Suriname 60.05%
Myanmar 58.85%
Equatorial Guinea 57.83%
El Salvador 57.82%
Rwanda 56.89%
Madagascar 54.60%
Republic of Congo 53.34%
Angola 53.17%
Ecuador 52.80%
Peru 52.73%
Zimbabwe 52.72%
Ghana 50.89%
Latvia 50.17%
Nicaragua 50.05%
Montenegro 49.65%
Sri Lanka 48.48%
Portugal 47.53%
Eswatini 46.57%
Cambodia 46.42%
Belize 45.24%
Fiji 45.02%
Finland 44.50%
Gabon 43.74%
Chile 43.60%
Mali 43.52%
Honduras 42.28%
Romania 39.75%
Lithuania 39.41%
Italy 38.68%
Vietnam 36.73%
North Macedonia 35.94%
Bosnia 35.52%
Spain 34.95%
Papua New Guinea 34.53%
Tanzania 34.15%
Luxembourg 32.38%
French Polynesia 32.01%
Turkey 31.96%
Pakistan 31.43%
Bolivia 31.40%
Samoa 30.35%
Slovenia 29.39%
Germany 29.23%
Euro Area 28.72%
Greece 28.66%
Armenia 28.34%
Tuvalu 28.17%
Argentina 28.14%
Ireland 27.97%
Serbia 26.91%
Philippines 25.41%
United Kingdom 24.84%
China 23.93%
Mauritius 22.72%
Slovak Republic 22.68%
Vanuatu 21.26%
Belgium 20.80%
Uzbekistan 20.65%
Cabo Verde 20.21%
Nigeria 18.20%
Bulgaria 17.99%
Dominica 16.18%
Japan 15.98%
France 15.86%
Russia 15.86%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15.66%
Mexico 15.39%
India 15.34%
Aruba 14.86%
Estonia 14.42%
Morocco 14.31%
New Caledonia 14.09%
Poland 13.80%
Australia 13.64%
Mauritania 13.37%
United States 13.23%
Netherlands 12.44%
Dominican Republic 11.63%
Czech Republic 11.40%
Indonesia 10.65%
Hungary 10.58%
Sao Tome and Principe 10.47%
Senegal 10.42%
Jamaica 10.26%
Malaysia 9.96%
Burkina Faso 9.35%
Kazakhstan 8.87%
Cyprus 8.78%
Thailand 8.54%
Egypt 8.26%
Haiti 8.00%
Malta 7.67%
Kiribati 7.27%
Azerbaijan 7.04%
Tonga 5.91%
Benin 5.56%
Moldova 5.37%
Iran 5.10%
St. Kitts and Nevis 4.57%
Ukraine 4.38%
Cuba 3.95%
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 3.88%
Iraq 3.73%
Curacao 3.71%
Mongolia 3.08%
Tunisia 2.84%
Lebanon 2.60%
Seychelles 2.38%
Syrian Arab Republic 2.31%
Kosovo 2.29%
Solomon Islands 2.26%
South Africa 2.26%
South Korea 1.89%
Israel 1.89%
Puerto Rico 1.84%
Singapore 1.82%
Micronesia 1.60%
British Virgin Islands 1.29%
Maldives 1.28%
Bangladesh 1.23%
Jordan 0.97%
American Samoa 0.89%
Isle of Man 0.83%
Belarus 0.82%
Niger 0.75%
South Sudan 0.61%
Eritrea 0.49%
Nauru 0.40%
Algeria 0.32%
Hong Kong 0.28%
Marshall Islands 0.23%
UAE 0.23%
Brunei 0.05%
Botswana 0.03%
Saudi Arabia 0.00%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.00%
Bahrain 0.00%
Bahamas 0.00%
Bermuda 0.00%
Barbados 0.00%
Channel Islands 0.00%
Comoros 0.00%
Cayman Islands 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Gibraltar 0.00%
Gambia 0.00%
Guinea-Bissau 0.00%
Grenada 0.00%
Guam 0.00%
Guyana 0.00%
Kuwait 0.00%
Liberia 0.00%
Libya 0.00%
St. Lucia 0.00%
Macao 0.00%
St. Martin (French part) 0.00%
Monaco 0.00%
Northern Mariana Islands 0.00%
Oman 0.00%
Palau 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Qatar 0.00%
San Marino 0.00%
Somalia 0.00%
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.00%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.00%
Chad 0.00%
Turkmenistan 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Trinidad and Tobago 0.00%
Yemen 0.00%