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Solar Share of Electricity by African country

2025

Share of electricity generation that comes from solar (Ember via Our World in Data).

Africa, 20257 of 54 countries
2.3%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025South Africa · 8.0%Lowest in 2025Ethiopia · 0.1%Reported in 20257 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 4.6%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 8.0%Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 0.3%Cameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — 2.5%Algeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 5.8%Egypt — 3.1%Libya — no dataEthiopia — 0.1%Djibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 0.3%Nigeria 0.3%Ethiopia 0.1%Ethiopia 0.1%Kenya 4.6%Kenya 4.6%South Africa 8.0%South Africa 8.0%2025HIGHEST IN 2025South Africa8.0%Morocco5.8%Kenya4.6%Egypt3.1%Tunisia2.5%LOWEST IN 2025Ethiopia0.1%Nigeria0.3%Tunisia2.5%Egypt3.1%Kenya4.6%OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of total · quintiles of the observed range0.1%0.3%2.5%3.1%4.6%8%no record
20142025
Ember via OWID · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries8.0%
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries3.7%
Eastern Africa2 of 18 countries1.5%
Western Africa1 of 16 countries0.3%
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 7 with a 2025 figure2.3%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
47 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 42 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Solar Share of ElectricityShare of electricity generation that comes from solar (Ember via Our World in Data).
SourceEmber via OWID, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of total
Last updated27 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range1990–2025
Coverage7 of 54 countries · 7 reported, 0 modelled, 47 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 7 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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Everything on this page is open under CC BY 4.0 — use it anywhere, including commercially, as long as Africa API and the original provider are credited. The provider’s own licence still applies to their data.

How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Solar Share of Electricity". Data adapted from Ember via OWID. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/solar-electricity-share
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=solar_electricity_share_pct&year=2025&limit=100

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Solar Share of Electricity: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

53 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountrySolar Share of ElectricityPeriod
1Namibia35.4%2024
2Somalia18.6%2024
3Togo18.31%2024
4Democratic Republic of the Congo15.8%2024
5Cabo Verde15.4%2024
6Seychelles14.3%2024
7Eritrea11.1%2024
8Sierra Leone9.5%2024
9Senegal8.9%2024
10South Africa8%2025
11Mauritania7.7%2024
12Burkina Faso6.5%2024
13Morocco5.8%2025
14Mauritius5%2024
15Eswatini4.9%2024
16Kenya4.63%2025
17Madagascar4.1%2024
18Benin3.96%2024
19Rwanda3.54%2024
20Niger3.2%2024
21Egypt3.1%2025
22Uganda2.9%2024
23Mali2.9%2024
24Angola2.8%2024
25Tunisia2.51%2025
26South Sudan1.8%2024
27Liberia1.8%2024
28Sudan1.1%2024
29Algeria1%2024
30Zambia0.9%2024
31Guinea0.7%2024
32Ghana0.7%2024
33Cameroon0.6%2024
34Malawi0.5%2024
35Tanzania0.5%2024
36Mozambique0.4%2024
37Zimbabwe0.39%2024
38Nigeria0.3%2025
39Botswana0.3%2024
40Cote d'Ivoire0.2%2024
41Republic of the Congo0.2%2024
42Ethiopia0.12%2025
43Libya0%2024
44Burundi0%2024
45Central African Republic0%2023
46Chad0%2024
47Comoros0%2023
48Djibouti0%2024
49Equatorial Guinea0%2024
50Gabon0%2024
51Gambia0%2024
52Guinea-Bissau0%2024
53Sao Tome and Principe0%2023
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 53 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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