Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Nicaragua

Clean electricity share in Nicaragua in 2024 — 62.39%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 40.9 pp.

2024 62.39% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 60of 196
Period maximum 69.92%2020
Period minimum 19.83%2001

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Nicaragua, 2000–20240204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 21.49%2001: 19.83%2002: 25.1%2003: 27.41%2004: 28.12%2005: 35.66%2006: 30.02%2007: 28.76%2008: 35.41%2009: 30.73%2010: 36.71%2011: 33.86%2012: 42.68%2013: 52.28%2014: 53.82%2015: 50.1%2016: 52.29%2017: 55.97%2018: 58.7%2019: 56.99%2020: 69.92%2021: 69.12%2022: 64.11%2023: 62.39%2024: 62.39%
Change over the period: +40.9 pp Annual average: 1.7 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Nicaragua

Nicaragua 62.39%
World computed 40.83%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 64.76%
Central America computed 32.03%
Clean electricity share — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 62.39 +0 pp
2023 62.39 −1.72 pp
2022 64.11 −5.01 pp
2021 69.12 −0.8 pp
2020 69.92 +12.93 pp
2019 56.99 −1.71 pp
2018 58.7 +2.73 pp
2017 55.97 +3.68 pp
2016 52.29 +2.19 pp
2015 50.1 −3.72 pp
2014 53.82 +1.54 pp
2013 52.28 +9.6 pp
2012 42.68 +8.82 pp
2011 33.86 −2.85 pp
2010 36.71 +5.98 pp
2009 30.73 −4.68 pp
2008 35.41 +6.65 pp
2007 28.76 −1.26 pp
2006 30.02 −5.64 pp
2005 35.66 +7.54 pp
2004 28.12 +0.71 pp
2003 27.41 +2.31 pp
2002 25.1 +5.27 pp
2001 19.83 −1.66 pp
2000 21.49

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.