Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — all countries

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Puerto Rico

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity in Puerto Rico in 2021 — 4.38%. Ranked 121 in the world out of 208. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.38 pp.

2021 4.38% +0.63 pp vs 2020
World rank 121of 208
Period maximum 4.38%2021
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2021 · % of generation

Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Puerto Rico, 2000–20210246200020032006200920122015201820212000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 0%2010: 0.02%2011: 0.06%2012: 0.26%2013: 1.22%2014: 1.57%2015: 2.21%2016: 2.36%2017: 3.05%2018: 2.43%2019: 3.51%2020: 3.75%2021: 4.38%
Change over the period: +4.38 pp Annual average: 0.21 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Puerto Rico 4.38%
World 12.42%
Caribbean computed 5.4%
High-income countries computed 14.31%
Renewables excluding hydro, share of electricity — Puerto Rico, by year Puerto Rico All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 4.38 +0.63 pp
2020 3.75 +0.24 pp
2019 3.51 +1.08 pp
2018 2.43 −0.62 pp
2017 3.05 +0.69 pp
2016 2.36 +0.15 pp
2015 2.21 +0.64 pp
2014 1.57 +0.35 pp
2013 1.22 +0.96 pp
2012 0.26 +0.19 pp
2011 0.06 +0.05 pp
2010 0.02 +0.02 pp
2009 0 +0 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

About the indicator

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.