Renewable energy consumption in French Guiana
French Guiana: Renewable energy consumption was 32.4% in 2015. ▲ Rising
Renewable energy consumption in French Guiana, 1990–2015
Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in % in TFEC.
Analysis
In 2015, renewable energy consumption in French Guiana stood at 32.4%.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in French Guiana peaked at 35.0% in 2008 and was at its lowest, 5.7%, in 1991.
French Guiana ranks 77th of 226 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | % in TFEC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 5.7% | — |
| 1991 | 5.7% | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 5.7% | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 6.2% | +7.6% |
| 1994 | 11.2% | +81.6% |
| 1995 | 13.5% | +20.3% |
| 1996 | 18.7% | +38.7% |
| 1997 | 20.3% | +8.7% |
| 1998 | 11.3% | -44.6% |
| 1999 | 23.3% | +107.3% |
| 2000 | 23.8% | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 25.9% | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 30.4% | +17.2% |
| 2003 | 23.0% | -24.4% |
| 2004 | 26.4% | +15.0% |
| 2005 | 28.5% | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 33.9% | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 30.7% | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 35.0% | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 26.0% | -25.8% |
| 2010 | 29.5% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 32.5% | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 33.8% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 32.9% | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 30.0% | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 32.4% | +8.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Renewable energy consumption in French Guiana changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +107.3% | 11.3% | 23.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12.2% | 5.7% | 23.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 28.4% | 23.0% | 35.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.9% | 29.5% | 33.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near French Guiana
More reference data data for French Guiana
- Milk production 293 tonnes (2006)
- Milk production, annual growth rate 2.81 % change on previous year (2006)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 3.39 live births per woman (2023)
- Land area in hectares 8.28 million hectares (2023)
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures 25,569 hectares (2023)
- FAO projections of arable land 16,435 hectares (2023)
- Share of land used for permanent meadows and pastures 0.31 percent (2023)
- Average age of mothers at childbirth 29.33 years (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 595.3 Millimetres per year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in French Guiana?
- Renewable energy consumption in French Guiana was 32.4% in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
- What is the highest renewable energy consumption recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 35.0% in 2008.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.7% in 1991.
- How does French Guiana rank for renewable energy consumption?
- French Guiana ranks 77th out of 226 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this French Guiana data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).
About this data
Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption