Coal share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 4.75%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 0.78 pp.
1990–2024 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.75 | +0.1 pp |
| 2023 | 4.65 | +0.15 pp |
| 2022 | 4.5 | −0.71 pp |
| 2021 | 5.2 | −0.03 pp |
| 2020 | 5.23 | −0.63 pp |
| 2019 | 5.86 | +0.23 pp |
| 2018 | 5.63 | −0.29 pp |
| 2017 | 5.92 | −0.9 pp |
| 2016 | 6.81 | +0.02 pp |
| 2015 | 6.79 | +0.11 pp |
| 2014 | 6.68 | +0.16 pp |
| 2013 | 6.52 | +0.73 pp |
| 2012 | 5.79 | +0.41 pp |
| 2011 | 5.38 | +0.08 pp |
| 2010 | 5.29 | +0.24 pp |
| 2009 | 5.06 | +0.49 pp |
| 2008 | 4.57 | −0.72 pp |
| 2007 | 5.29 | +0.01 pp |
| 2006 | 5.28 | +0.09 pp |
| 2005 | 5.18 | +0.6 pp |
| 2004 | 4.58 | −0.4 pp |
| 2003 | 4.98 | +0.46 pp |
| 2002 | 4.52 | +0.13 pp |
| 2001 | 4.39 | +0.11 pp |
| 2000 | 4.28 | −0.55 pp |
| 1999 | 4.83 | +0.22 pp |
| 1998 | 4.61 | −0.1 pp |
| 1997 | 4.71 | −0.05 pp |
| 1996 | 4.76 | +0.29 pp |
| 1995 | 4.47 | +0.29 pp |
| 1994 | 4.18 | +0.48 pp |
| 1993 | 3.69 | +0.15 pp |
| 1992 | 3.55 | −0.32 pp |
| 1991 | 3.87 | −0.1 pp |
| 1990 | 3.97 | — |
The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.
Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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