Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean

Renewables share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 62.65%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2.57 pp.

2024 62.65% +0.27 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 62.65%2024
Period minimum 50.9%2015

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–2024505560652000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 60.08%2001: 56.69%2002: 57.19%2003: 56.64%2004: 56.5%2005: 57.4%2006: 57.47%2007: 57.03%2008: 56.64%2009: 57.15%2010: 56.24%2011: 57.18%2012: 54.37%2013: 52.09%2014: 51.32%2015: 50.9%2016: 52.64%2017: 54.22%2018: 55.25%2019: 55.15%2020: 58.34%2021: 57.47%2022: 62.07%2023: 62.38%2024: 62.65%
Change over the period: +2.57 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 62.65%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 62.65 +0.27 pp
2023 62.38 +0.31 pp
2022 62.07 +4.6 pp
2021 57.47 −0.88 pp
2020 58.34 +3.2 pp
2019 55.15 −0.1 pp
2018 55.25 +1.03 pp
2017 54.22 +1.58 pp
2016 52.64 +1.74 pp
2015 50.9 −0.42 pp
2014 51.32 −0.77 pp
2013 52.09 −2.28 pp
2012 54.37 −2.81 pp
2011 57.18 +0.95 pp
2010 56.24 −0.92 pp
2009 57.15 +0.52 pp
2008 56.64 −0.4 pp
2007 57.03 −0.44 pp
2006 57.47 +0.07 pp
2005 57.4 +0.9 pp
2004 56.5 −0.15 pp
2003 56.64 −0.54 pp
2002 57.19 +0.49 pp
2001 56.69 −3.39 pp
2000 60.08

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.