Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Nicaragua

Wind share of electricity in Nicaragua in 2024 — 12.39%. Ranked 24 in the world out of 193. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.39 pp.

2024 12.39% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 24of 193
Period maximum 19.06%2014
Period minimum 0%2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Nicaragua, 2000–2024051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0%2001: 0%2002: 0%2003: 0%2004: 0%2005: 0%2006: 0%2007: 0%2008: 0%2009: 3.19%2010: 4.38%2011: 5.51%2012: 8.19%2013: 13.43%2014: 19.06%2015: 18.95%2016: 15.9%2017: 13.94%2018: 17.2%2019: 15.94%2020: 14.51%2021: 15.68%2022: 12.96%2023: 12.39%2024: 12.39%
Change over the period: +12.39 pp Annual average: 0.52 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Nicaragua 12.39%
World computed 8.16%
Latin America & Caribbean computed 9.26%
Central America computed 5.67%
Wind share of electricity — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 12.39 +0 pp
2023 12.39 −0.57 pp
2022 12.96 −2.72 pp
2021 15.68 +1.17 pp
2020 14.51 −1.43 pp
2019 15.94 −1.26 pp
2018 17.2 +3.26 pp
2017 13.94 −1.96 pp
2016 15.9 −3.05 pp
2015 18.95 −0.11 pp
2014 19.06 +5.63 pp
2013 13.43 +5.24 pp
2012 8.19 +2.68 pp
2011 5.51 +1.13 pp
2010 4.38 +1.19 pp
2009 3.19 +3.19 pp
2008 0 +0 pp
2007 0 +0 pp
2006 0 +0 pp
2005 0 +0 pp
2004 0 +0 pp
2003 0 +0 pp
2002 0 +0 pp
2001 0 +0 pp
2000 0

Central America, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.