Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Jamaica

Renewables share of electricity in Jamaica in 2024 — 12.6%. Ranked 140 in the world out of 196. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 8.03 pp.

2024 12.6% +0.43 pp vs 2023
World rank 140of 196
Period maximum 14.65%2018
Period minimum 2.15%2002

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Jamaica, 2000–20240510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 4.57%2001: 3.38%2002: 2.15%2003: 2.51%2004: 3.17%2005: 3.62%2006: 3.73%2007: 4.96%2008: 6.14%2009: 7.49%2010: 7.64%2011: 8.71%2012: 10.21%2013: 9.33%2014: 9.86%2015: 10.28%2016: 12.25%2017: 11.64%2018: 14.65%2019: 12.72%2020: 13.78%2021: 13.34%2022: 12.92%2023: 12.17%2024: 12.6%
Change over the period: +8.03 pp Annual average: 0.33 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 12.6%
World computed 31.97%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 62.65%
Caribbean computed 9.01%
Renewables share of electricity — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.6 +0.43 pp
2023 12.17 −0.75 pp
2022 12.92 −0.42 pp
2021 13.34 −0.44 pp
2020 13.78 +1.06 pp
2019 12.72 −1.93 pp
2018 14.65 +3.01 pp
2017 11.64 −0.61 pp
2016 12.25 +1.97 pp
2015 10.28 +0.42 pp
2014 9.86 +0.53 pp
2013 9.33 −0.88 pp
2012 10.21 +1.5 pp
2011 8.71 +1.07 pp
2010 7.64 +0.15 pp
2009 7.49 +1.35 pp
2008 6.14 +1.18 pp
2007 4.96 +1.23 pp
2006 3.73 +0.11 pp
2005 3.62 +0.45 pp
2004 3.17 +0.66 pp
2003 2.51 +0.36 pp
2002 2.15 −1.23 pp
2001 3.38 −1.19 pp
2000 4.57

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

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