Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Central America

Renewables share of electricity in Central America in 2024 — 29.09%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 4.13 pp.

2024 29.09% +1.06 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 33.66%2021
Period minimum 17.72%2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Central America, 2000–202415202530352000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 24.96%2001: 21.58%2002: 19.87%2003: 17.72%2004: 19.59%2005: 20.25%2006: 20.61%2007: 19.5%2008: 23.41%2009: 19.24%2010: 23.33%2011: 21.82%2012: 21.43%2013: 20.59%2014: 24.12%2015: 22.77%2016: 22.74%2017: 23.69%2018: 24.04%2019: 23.91%2020: 29.55%2021: 33.66%2022: 33.01%2023: 28.03%2024: 29.09%
Change over the period: +4.13 pp Annual average: 0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 29.09%
World computed 31.97%
Renewables share of electricity — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 29.09 +1.06 pp
2023 28.03 −4.99 pp
2022 33.01 −0.64 pp
2021 33.66 +4.1 pp
2020 29.55 +5.64 pp
2019 23.91 −0.13 pp
2018 24.04 +0.36 pp
2017 23.69 +0.95 pp
2016 22.74 −0.04 pp
2015 22.77 −1.35 pp
2014 24.12 +3.53 pp
2013 20.59 −0.83 pp
2012 21.43 −0.39 pp
2011 21.82 −1.52 pp
2010 23.33 +4.09 pp
2009 19.24 −4.17 pp
2008 23.41 +3.91 pp
2007 19.5 −1.1 pp
2006 20.61 +0.35 pp
2005 20.25 +0.66 pp
2004 19.59 +1.87 pp
2003 17.72 −2.15 pp
2002 19.87 −1.71 pp
2001 21.58 −3.38 pp
2000 24.96

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.