Burkina Faso vs Sierra Leone: Renewable energy electricity output

Burkina Faso
93.46 GWh
in 2015
Sierra Leone
125 GWh
in 2015
Burkina Faso rank
154th
Sierra Leone rank
151st

Renewable energy electricity output over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Sierra Leone
050100150199020022015

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 125 GWh against 93.46 GWh in Burkina Faso, a difference of 31.54 GWh.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Burkina Faso's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Burkina Faso ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 154th and Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 232 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 59.43 GWh 0 GWh 59.43 GWh Burkina Faso
2000s 97.31 GWh 30.47 GWh 66.84 GWh Burkina Faso
2010s 97.57 GWh 128.19 GWh 30.62 GWh Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher renewable energy electricity output, Burkina Faso or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 125 GWh against 93.46 GWh in Burkina Faso as of 2015.
What is the difference in renewable energy electricity output between Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
31.54 GWh, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone?
26 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2015.
How do Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone rank globally for renewable energy electricity output?
Burkina Faso ranks 154th and Sierra Leone ranks 151st of 232 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as Renewable energy electricity output (GWh). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Renewable energy electricity output (GWh)
Unit
GWh
Source
World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 6,084 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Renewable energy electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by renewable power plants, including wind, solar PV, solar thermal, hydro, marine, geothermal, biomass, renewable municipal waste, liquid biofuels and biogas. Electricity production for hydro pumpted storage is excluded.