Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean

Wind share of electricity in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 9.26%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.23 pp.

2024 9.26% +0.63 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 9.26%2024
Period minimum 0.02%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, 2000–202402.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.02%2001: 0.03%2002: 0.04%2003: 0.05%2004: 0.05%2005: 0.04%2006: 0.06%2007: 0.11%2008: 0.14%2009: 0.2%2010: 0.33%2011: 0.41%2012: 0.75%2013: 0.91%2014: 1.59%2015: 2.5%2016: 3.42%2017: 4.09%2018: 4.69%2019: 5.69%2020: 6.38%2021: 7.46%2022: 7.98%2023: 8.62%2024: 9.26%
Change over the period: +9.23 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Latin America & Caribbean 9.26%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 9.26 +0.63 pp
2023 8.62 +0.64 pp
2022 7.98 +0.52 pp
2021 7.46 +1.08 pp
2020 6.38 +0.69 pp
2019 5.69 +1 pp
2018 4.69 +0.6 pp
2017 4.09 +0.67 pp
2016 3.42 +0.92 pp
2015 2.5 +0.91 pp
2014 1.59 +0.68 pp
2013 0.91 +0.16 pp
2012 0.75 +0.34 pp
2011 0.41 +0.08 pp
2010 0.33 +0.13 pp
2009 0.2 +0.06 pp
2008 0.14 +0.03 pp
2007 0.11 +0.04 pp
2006 0.06 +0.02 pp
2005 0.04 −0.01 pp
2004 0.05 −0 pp
2003 0.05 +0 pp
2002 0.04 +0.01 pp
2001 0.03 +0.01 pp
2000 0.02

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.