Sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)

Within the “Sub-Saharan Africa” group, Lesotho leads Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2021 at 99.79%, while Comoros sits at the lower end of the current snapshot with 0.00%. This format is well suited to long-tail regional and income-group queries.

Group leaders

0.024.949.974.899.8LesothoLesotho: 99.79%99.8Central African RepublicCentral African Republic: 96.47%96.5NamibiaNamibia: 93.37%93.4ZambiaZambia: 92.00%92.0AngolaAngola: 91.16%91.2Congo, Dem. Rep.Congo, Dem. Rep.: 90.43%90.4UgandaUganda: 90.01%90.0ZimbabweZimbabwe: 88.31%88.3GuineaGuinea: 88.13%88.1EswatiniEswatini: 83.07%83.1MozambiqueMozambique: 82.71%82.7MalawiMalawi: 80.06%80.1

Country table

#CountryValue
1 Lesotho 99.79%
2 Central African Republic 96.47%
3 Namibia 93.37%
4 Zambia 92.00%
5 Angola 91.16%
6 Congo, Dem. Rep. 90.43%
7 Uganda 90.01%
8 Zimbabwe 88.31%
9 Guinea 88.13%
10 Eswatini 83.07%
11 Mozambique 82.71%
12 Malawi 80.06%
13 Kenya 78.08%
14 Sierra Leone 75.28%
15 Mali 62.29%
16 Cameroon 61.90%
17 Burundi 61.30%
18 Rwanda 59.89%
19 Sudan 57.96%
20 Liberia 57.42%
21 Tanzania 37.20%
22 Ghana 34.87%
23 Madagascar 34.11%
24 Congo, Rep. 31.71%
25 Gabon 31.59%
26 Togo 25.30%
27 Cote d'Ivoire 22.78%
28 Nigeria 22.23%
29 Mauritius 21.68%
30 Mauritania 19.36%
31 Cabo Verde 18.27%
32 Burkina Faso 13.92%
33 Senegal 13.29%
34 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 11.21%
35 Equatorial Guinea 8.82%
36 Niger 7.83%
37 Guinea-Bissau 7.09%
38 South Africa 6.45%
39 Sao Tome and Principe 6.06%
40 Eritrea 5.05%
41 Chad 4.61%
42 Seychelles 4.51%
43 Gambia, The 1.60%
44 South Sudan 0.34%
45 Benin 0.26%
46 Botswana 0.25%
47 Comoros 0.00%

Analytical takeaways

  • Inside the Sub-Saharan Africa group for Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in 2021, Lesotho leads with a gap of 3.31% to the next country.
  • The peer set on this page covers 47 countries, and the lower end of the current distribution sits with Comoros at 0.00%.
  • This page bridges the global ranking context with a more relevant regional or income-based comparison layer.