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Wind Share of Electricity by African country

2025

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

Africa, 20257 of 54 countries
4.2%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Kenya · 16.4%Lowest in 2025Nigeria · 0.0%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 — 16.4%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 4.7%Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 0.0%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 — 1.5%Algeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 16.0%Egypt — 3.8%Libya — no dataEthiopia — 3.3%Djibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 0.0%Nigeria 0.0%Ethiopia 3.3%Ethiopia 3.3%Kenya 16.4%Kenya 16.4%South Africa 4.7%South Africa 4.7%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Kenya16.4%Morocco16.0%South Africa4.7%Egypt3.8%Ethiopia3.3%LOWEST IN 2025Nigeria0.0%Tunisia1.5%Ethiopia3.3%Egypt3.8%South Africa4.7%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%1.5%3.3%3.8%4.7%16.4%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.
Eastern Africa2 of 18 countries7.2%
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries6.4%
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries4.7%
Western Africa1 of 16 countries0.0%
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 7 with a 2025 figure4.2%

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

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

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Wind 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.

#CountryWind Share of ElectricityPeriod
1Djibouti35%2024
2Kenya16.4%2025
3Morocco16%2025
4Cabo Verde15.4%2024
5Senegal5.4%2024
6Mauritania4.8%2024
7South Africa4.7%2025
8Egypt3.8%2025
9Ethiopia3.3%2025
10Chad2.7%2024
11Somalia2.3%2024
12Seychelles1.6%2024
13Tunisia1.5%2025
14Namibia1.22%2024
15Mauritius0.3%2024
16Algeria0%2024
17Angola0%2024
18Benin0%2024
19Botswana0%2024
20Burkina Faso0%2024
21Burundi0%2024
22Cameroon0%2024
23Central African Republic0%2023
24Comoros0%2023
25Cote d'Ivoire0%2024
26Democratic Republic of the Congo0%2024
27Equatorial Guinea0%2024
28Eritrea0%2024
29Eswatini0%2024
30Gabon0%2024
31Gambia0%2024
32Ghana0%2024
33Guinea0%2024
34Guinea-Bissau0%2024
35Liberia0%2024
36Libya0%2024
37Madagascar0%2024
38Malawi0%2024
39Mali0%2024
40Mozambique0%2024
41Niger0%2024
42Nigeria0%2025
43Republic of the Congo0%2024
44Rwanda0%2024
45Sao Tome and Principe0%2023
46Sierra Leone0%2024
47South Sudan0%2024
48Sudan0%2024
49Tanzania0%2024
50Togo0%2024
51Uganda0%2024
52Zambia0%2024
53Zimbabwe0%2024
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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