El Salvador vs Senegal: Electricity generation

El Salvador
6.46 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Senegal
7.63 terawatt-hours
in 2024
El Salvador rank
119th
Senegal rank
116th

Electricity generation over time

  • El Salvador
  • Senegal
2468200020122025

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 7.63 terawatt-hours against 6.46 terawatt-hours in El Salvador, a difference of 1.17 terawatt-hours.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times El Salvador's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 119th and Senegal ranks 116th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Senegal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Senegal Difference Ahead
2000s 5.03 terawatt-hours 2.42 terawatt-hours 2.61 terawatt-hours El Salvador
2010s 6.05 terawatt-hours 4.28 terawatt-hours 1.77 terawatt-hours El Salvador
2020s 6.53 terawatt-hours 7.14 terawatt-hours 0.61 terawatt-hours Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity generation, El Salvador or Senegal?
Senegal, at 7.63 terawatt-hours against 6.46 terawatt-hours in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in electricity generation between El Salvador and Senegal?
1.17 terawatt-hours, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Senegal?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Senegal rank globally for electricity generation?
El Salvador ranks 119th and Senegal ranks 116th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 6,724 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Total electricity generated in each country or region, measured in terawatt-hours.