Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2021 — 15.13%. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 13.69 pp.
1990–2021 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15.13 | +1.23 pp |
| 2020 | 13.9 | +2.4 pp |
| 2019 | 11.51 | +1.76 pp |
| 2018 | 9.75 | +1.34 pp |
| 2017 | 8.41 | +0.06 pp |
| 2016 | 8.35 | +1.45 pp |
| 2015 | 6.91 | +0.13 pp |
| 2014 | 6.77 | +2.4 pp |
| 2013 | 4.37 | +0 pp |
| 2012 | 4.36 | +0.67 pp |
| 2011 | 3.69 | +0.15 pp |
| 2010 | 3.54 | +0.58 pp |
| 2009 | 2.96 | +0.36 pp |
| 2008 | 2.6 | +0.05 pp |
| 2007 | 2.55 | +0.58 pp |
| 2006 | 1.97 | −0.38 pp |
| 2005 | 2.34 | +0.15 pp |
| 2004 | 2.19 | +0.07 pp |
| 2003 | 2.12 | +0.3 pp |
| 2002 | 1.83 | +0.08 pp |
| 2001 | 1.75 | +0.26 pp |
| 2000 | 1.48 | −0.22 pp |
| 1999 | 1.71 | +0.18 pp |
| 1998 | 1.53 | −0.05 pp |
| 1997 | 1.58 | −0.21 pp |
| 1996 | 1.79 | +0.13 pp |
| 1995 | 1.66 | +0.06 pp |
| 1994 | 1.6 | −0.17 pp |
| 1993 | 1.77 | −0.29 pp |
| 1992 | 2.06 | +0.33 pp |
| 1991 | 1.72 | +0.29 pp |
| 1990 | 1.44 | — |
The share of electricity from renewable sources other than hydroelectric plants: solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and tidal. Hydro is set apart deliberately — it was developed long ago and is nearly exhausted, while the growth of renewable generation over the past twenty years came precisely from solar and wind. This series therefore reads as a measure of the energy transition, whereas the total renewable share has always been high in countries with large hydro plants.
Important: The World Bank keeps solar and wind together with biomass and geothermal; separately they are available as Ember series. The total renewable share is available as a ready-made series, Renewables share of electricity. Aggregates are weighted by generation, from 2000 onward.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
What share of its electricity a country gets from solar plants.
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