Renewables share of electricity in South America in 2025 — 76.83%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 0.41 pp.
2000–2025 · % of generation
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76.83 | +0.05 pp |
| 2024 | 76.78 | −0.45 pp |
| 2023 | 77.23 | +2.31 pp |
| 2022 | 74.92 | +6.54 pp |
| 2021 | 68.39 | −2.85 pp |
| 2020 | 71.24 | +2.04 pp |
| 2019 | 69.2 | −0.18 pp |
| 2018 | 69.39 | +1.79 pp |
| 2017 | 67.6 | +1.9 pp |
| 2016 | 65.7 | +2.66 pp |
| 2015 | 63.04 | −0.12 pp |
| 2014 | 63.16 | −1.87 pp |
| 2013 | 65.03 | −3.41 pp |
| 2012 | 68.44 | −4.22 pp |
| 2011 | 72.66 | +1.87 pp |
| 2010 | 70.79 | −3.07 pp |
| 2009 | 73.86 | +1.92 pp |
| 2008 | 71.94 | −2.45 pp |
| 2007 | 74.38 | −0.69 pp |
| 2006 | 75.07 | −0.17 pp |
| 2005 | 75.24 | +1.23 pp |
| 2004 | 74.02 | −1.59 pp |
| 2003 | 75.6 | −0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 75.8 | +1.3 pp |
| 2001 | 74.5 | −2.75 pp |
| 2000 | 77.24 | — |
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.
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