Renewable energy consumption
Includes traditional biomass: a high share can signal energy poverty as much as clean energy.
Congo, 2021, ranked 27 of 212
71.4%
% of total final energy consumption
Since 2011
+7.1
percentage points, up from 64.3%
Congo, its region and the world
- Congo
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
50%
100%
CongoSub-Saharan AfricaWorld View data table
| Year | Congo | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71.4% | – | – |
| 2020 | 71.4% | 19.7% | 70.3% |
| 2019 | 69.8% | 18.6% | 68.2% |
| 2018 | 70.6% | 18.1% | 67.7% |
| 2017 | 69.8% | 17.9% | 67.8% |
| 2016 | 67.7% | 17.6% | 68.0% |
| 2015 | 64.2% | 17.4% | 68.0% |
| 2014 | 62.1% | 17.3% | 67.6% |
| 2013 | 62.3% | 17.2% | 67.9% |
| 2012 | 65.1% | 16.9% | 69.0% |
| 2011 | 64.3% | 16.7% | 70.0% |
| 2010 | 54.5% | 16.7% | 70.6% |
| 2009 | 55.9% | 17.1% | 70.0% |
| 2008 | 56.8% | 16.7% | 70.0% |
| 2007 | 60.2% | 16.5% | 70.1% |
| 2006 | 69.3% | 16.7% | 70.6% |
| 2005 | 63.1% | 16.6% | 70.5% |
| 2004 | 63.1% | 16.8% | 70.8% |
| 2003 | 62.1% | 17.1% | 71.3% |
| 2002 | 68.6% | 17.2% | 72.0% |
| 2001 | 61.2% | 17.2% | 72.5% |
| 2000 | 64.9% | 17.5% | 72.6% |
| 1999 | 77.0% | 17.9% | 72.8% |
| 1998 | 79.7% | 17.6% | 72.3% |
| 1997 | 80.2% | 17.5% | 71.6% |
| 1996 | 75.4% | 17.4% | 72.4% |
| 1995 | 69.8% | 17.4% | 73.3% |
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
- Sub-Saharan Africa 70.3% 2020
- South Asia 36.9% 2020
- Latin America & Caribbean 34.2% 2020
- World 19.7% 2020
- Europe & Central Asia 15.1% 2020
- East Asia & Pacific 14.8% 2020
- North America 12.5% 2020
- Middle East & North Africa 7.5% 2020
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
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