Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Jamaica

Wind share of electricity in Jamaica in 2024 — 5.89%. Ranked 43 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.89 pp.

2024 5.89% +0.23 pp vs 2023
World rank 43of 193
Period maximum 7.58%2018
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Jamaica, 2000–2024024682000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0.41%2005: 0.67%2006: 0.67%2007: 0.83%2008: 1.18%2009: 1.36%2010: 1.16%2011: 2.06%2012: 2.55%2013: 2.8%2014: 2.82%2015: 3.04%2016: 4.68%2017: 5.71%2018: 7.58%2019: 5.82%2020: 6.54%2021: 5.98%2022: 6.01%2023: 5.66%2024: 5.89%
Change over the period: +5.89 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 5.89%
World computed 8.16%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 9.26%
Caribbean computed 2.33%
Wind share of electricity — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 5.89 +0.23 pp
2023 5.66 −0.35 pp
2022 6.01 +0.03 pp
2021 5.98 −0.56 pp
2020 6.54 +0.72 pp
2019 5.82 −1.76 pp
2018 7.58 +1.87 pp
2017 5.71 +1.03 pp
2016 4.68 +1.64 pp
2015 3.04 +0.22 pp
2014 2.82 +0.02 pp
2013 2.8 +0.25 pp
2012 2.55 +0.49 pp
2011 2.06 +0.9 pp
2010 1.16 −0.2 pp
2009 1.36 +0.18 pp
2008 1.18 +0.35 pp
2007 0.83 +0.16 pp
2006 0.67 +0 pp
2005 0.67 +0.26 pp
2004 0.41 +0.41 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

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