Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — Central America

Wind share of electricity in Central America in 2024 — 5.67%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 5.58 pp.

2024 5.67% −0.32 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 6.39%2021
Period minimum 0.08%2005

Trend over time

2000–2024 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — Central America, 2000–2024024682000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.09%2001: 0.09%2002: 0.12%2003: 0.13%2004: 0.11%2005: 0.08%2006: 0.11%2007: 0.16%2008: 0.15%2009: 0.34%2010: 0.56%2011: 0.72%2012: 1.45%2013: 1.64%2014: 2.46%2015: 3.34%2016: 3.72%2017: 3.66%2018: 4.22%2019: 5.34%2020: 6.11%2021: 6.39%2022: 6.03%2023: 5.99%2024: 5.67%
Change over the period: +5.58 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Central America 5.67%
World computed 8.16%
Wind share of electricity — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 5.67 −0.32 pp
2023 5.99 −0.04 pp
2022 6.03 −0.36 pp
2021 6.39 +0.28 pp
2020 6.11 +0.77 pp
2019 5.34 +1.12 pp
2018 4.22 +0.56 pp
2017 3.66 −0.06 pp
2016 3.72 +0.38 pp
2015 3.34 +0.87 pp
2014 2.46 +0.83 pp
2013 1.64 +0.19 pp
2012 1.45 +0.73 pp
2011 0.72 +0.16 pp
2010 0.56 +0.22 pp
2009 0.34 +0.19 pp
2008 0.15 −0.01 pp
2007 0.16 +0.05 pp
2006 0.11 +0.03 pp
2005 0.08 −0.03 pp
2004 0.11 −0.02 pp
2003 0.13 +0.02 pp
2002 0.12 +0.03 pp
2001 0.09 +0 pp
2000 0.09

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.