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Wind Capacity by African country

2025

Installed wind electricity capacity, in megawatts (IRENA).

Africa, 202521 of 54 countries
11,449total across the countries with a figure
Highest in 2025South Africa · 4,326Lowest in 2025Ghana · 0.020Reported in 202521 of 54 countries surveyed
All 54, ranked. Pinned countries are drawn in vermilion.
01k3k4k5kSouth Africa4,326Egypt3,028Morocco2,452Ethiopia504.0Kenya436.1Tunisia245.0Senegal158.7Mauritania136.8Djibouti80.0Cabo Verde40.3Mauritius10.6Algeria10.0Namibia6.23Seychelles6.00Somalia3.55Tanzania2.40Gambia1.21Chad1.10Eritrea0.830Madagascar0.180Ghana0.020Angolano dataBeninno dataBotswanano dataBurkina Fasono dataBurundino dataCameroonno dataCentral African Republicno dataComorosno dataCote d'Ivoireno dataDemocratic Republic of the Congono dataEquatorial Guineano dataEswatinino dataGabonno dataGuineano dataGuinea-Bissauno dataLesothono dataLiberiano dataLibyano dataMalawino dataMalino dataMozambiqueno dataNigerno dataNigeriano dataRepublic of the Congono dataRwandano dataSao Tome and Principeno dataSierra Leoneno dataSouth Sudanno dataSudanno dataTogono dataUgandano dataZambiano dataZimbabweno data
20142025
IRENA · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Summed across the countries with a figure, so a region’s total is only as complete as its coverage.
Northern Africa4 of 6 countries5,735
Southern Africa2 of 5 countries4,332
Eastern Africa9 of 18 countries1,044
Western Africa5 of 16 countries337.0
Middle Africa1 of 9 countries1.10
Africaall 54 countries · 21 with a 2025 figure11,449

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
33 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi and 28 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

Wind CapacityInstalled wind electricity capacity, in megawatts (IRENA).
SourceIRENA, with processing by Africa API
Unitmw
Last updated2 May 2026
Next expected updateMay 2027
Date range2000–2025
Coverage21 of 54 countries · 21 reported, 0 modelled, 33 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 21 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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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Wind Capacity". Data adapted from IRENA. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/wind-capacity
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=wind_capacity_mw&year=2025&limit=100

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Wind Capacity: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

21 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.

#CountryWind CapacityPeriod
1South Africa4.3K MW2025
2Egypt3K MW2025
3Morocco2.5K MW2025
4Ethiopia504 MW2025
5Kenya436.1 MW2025
6Tunisia245 MW2025
7Senegal158.7 MW2025
8Mauritania136.8 MW2025
9Djibouti80 MW2025
10Cabo Verde40.3 MW2025
11Mauritius10.6 MW2025
12Algeria10 MW2025
13Namibia6.2 MW2025
14Seychelles6 MW2025
15Somalia3.6 MW2025
16Tanzania2.4 MW2025
17Gambia1.2 MW2025
18Chad1.1 MW2025
19Eritrea0.8 MW2025
20Madagascar0.2 MW2025
21Ghana0 MW2025
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 21 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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