Electricity production from hydroelectric sources
Hydropower is the largest renewable source of electricity, and makes river flows a material factor in supply.
Benin, 2021, ranked 154 of 209
0.0%
% of total
Since 2011
Unchanged
percentage points, unchanged from 0.0%
Benin, its region and the world
- Benin
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
10%
20%
30%
Sub-Saharan AfricaWorldBenin View data table
| Year | Benin | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 15.2% | – |
| 2024 | – | 14.6% | 29.9% |
| 2023 | – | 14.5% | 29.3% |
| 2022 | – | 15.2% | 28.6% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | 15.4% | 28.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | 16.6% | 28.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | 16.1% | 26.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | 16.2% | 25.9% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | 16.2% | 24.6% |
| 2016 | 1.8% | 16.5% | 23.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | 16.4% | 24.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | 16.5% | 24.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | 16.6% | 24.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | 16.5% | 23.8% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | 16.1% | 23.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | 16.4% | 23.4% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | 16.6% | 22.5% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | 16.2% | 21.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | 15.9% | 20.7% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | 16.4% | 21.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | 16.5% | 21.4% |
| 2004 | 1.2% | 16.5% | 21.2% |
| 2003 | 2.5% | 16.2% | 20.9% |
| 2002 | 3.2% | 16.8% | 22.1% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | 16.9% | 21.9% |
| 2000 | 2.4% | 17.4% | 20.9% |
| 1999 | 2.8% | 17.8% | 19.8% |
| 1998 | 2.5% | 18.3% | 18.8% |
| 1997 | 3.4% | 18.7% | 17.9% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | 18.8% | 18.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | 19.2% | 18.5% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Latin America & Caribbean 37.0% 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa 29.9% 2024
- Europe & Central Asia 16.4% 2025
- World 15.2% 2025
- North America 11.6% 2025
- South Asia 8.2% 2024
- East Asia & Pacific 6.8% 2025
- Middle East & North Africa 3.3% 2024
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
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