Electricity generation by source in Mexico
Mexico: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation by source in Mexico, 1971–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity generation by source in Mexico stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Mexico peaked at 6.5 terawatt-hours in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1971.
That places Mexico 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.4367 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 1.02 terawatt-hours | 9 |
| 1980s | 2.47 terawatt-hours | 0.915 terawatt-hours | 4.67 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.07 terawatt-hours | 5.12 terawatt-hours | 6.5 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for Mexico
- Fuel imports 5.4% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 2.4% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 2.4% (2025)
- Gas production 347.91 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 2,637 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 347.91 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Gas production per person 2,637 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel exports 3.0% (2025)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 11.1% (2024)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 57.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation by source in Mexico?
- Electricity generation by source in Mexico was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation by source recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 6.5 terawatt-hours in 1993.
- What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1971.
- How does Mexico rank for electricity generation by source?
- Mexico ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Mexico data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.