Electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Electricity production from coal sources was 4.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2024, electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) stood at 4.1%.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 20.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 5.3% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 3.1%, in 1990.
That places Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 41st out of 47 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.1% | — |
| 1991 | 3.4% | +10.9% |
| 1992 | 3.4% | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 3.5% | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 3.8% | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 3.9% | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 3.8% | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 3.6% | -7.0% |
| 1999 | 3.7% | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 3.8% | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 4.3% | +14.2% |
| 2002 | 4.4% | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 4.7% | +8.2% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | -15.1% |
| 2005 | 4.8% | +19.1% |
| 2006 | 4.6% | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 4.4% | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 3.6% | -19.0% |
| 2009 | 4.1% | +14.1% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 4.1% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 4.3% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 4.8% | +11.8% |
| 2014 | 5.2% | +9.6% |
| 2015 | 5.3% | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 5.2% | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 4.4% | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 4.0% | -8.0% |
| 2019 | 4.3% | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 3.8% | -12.4% |
| 2021 | 3.8% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 3.5% | -8.6% |
| 2023 | 4.1% | +17.9% |
| 2024 | 4.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.6% | 3.1% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.3% | 3.6% | 4.8% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 4.0% | 5.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.9% | 3.5% | 4.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 38 Brunei Darussalam 20.4% compare
- 39 Madagascar 19.5% compare
- 40 Russian Federation 18.1% compare
- 41 Niger 17.1% compare
- 42 Guatemala 16.8% compare
- 43 Puerto Rico 16.6% compare
- 44 United States of America 15.7% compare
More energy & mining data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- Fuel imports 9.9% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 2.4% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 5.6% (2025)
- Fuel exports 7.4% (2025)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 14.2% (2024)
- Mineral rents 2.9% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.1% (2021)
- Total natural resources rents 5.7% (2021)
- Alternative and nuclear energy 12.6% (2024)
- Electric power consumption 2,739 kWh per capita (2024)
All data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Electricity production from coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 4.1% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2015.
- What is the lowest electricity production from coal sources recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.1% in 1990.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for electricity production from coal sources?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 41st out of 47 groups with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from coal sources rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from coal sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.