Explore how renewable electricity generation has developed in Afghanistan through data on hydropower and other renewable sources.
Renewable sources generated 78.2% of electricity in Afghanistan in 2021. Hydropower accounted for 71.7% of total generation, while non-hydro renewables contributed 6.6%. The total renewable share changed by -9.5 percentage points over five years and by +3.8 percentage points over ten years.
In the common comparison year 2021, Afghanistan ranked 35th of 209 economies by renewable electricity share and 196th of 207 by five-year growth in the renewable share.
Afghanistan Renewable Electricity Generation by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output (EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS); Electricity production from hydroelectric sources, % of total (EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS); Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, % of total (EG.ELC.RNWX.ZS); Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, kWh (EG.ELC.RNWX.KH).
License: CC BY-4.0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
About the Indicators
Renewable electricity output, % of total electricity output. The share of a country’s electricity generated from renewable sources, including hydropower, solar, wind, geothermal and biomass.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources. The share of total electricity generation produced by hydropower plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric. The share of total electricity generated from non-hydro renewables: wind, solar, geothermal and biomass.
Electricity production from renewable sources excluding hydroelectric, kWh. The absolute volume of electricity generated from non-hydro renewable sources, measured in kilowatt-hours.