Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in Cuba
Cuba: Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Cuba, 1990–2024
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
The most recent figure for electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Cuba is 0.5%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Cuba peaked at 0.9% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2015.
Cuba ranks 146th of 210 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.6% | — |
| 1991 | 0.8% | +30.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7% | -11.4% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -45.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +45.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7% | +20.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9% | +28.0% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -25.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 0.6% | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -17.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +37.7% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | +19.9% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -30.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -21.3% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +28.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +20.3% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | +13.7% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -34.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -55.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +32.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +29.1% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | +72.4% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -15.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +13.1% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 0.5% | -18.4% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | -5.4% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 0.5% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10.0%, 5% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 0.5% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10.5%, 5% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More energy & mining data for Cuba
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.1025 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Fuel imports 30.9% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Cuba?
- Electricity production from hydroelectric sources in Cuba was 0.5% in 2024, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from hydroelectric sources recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 1997.
- What is the lowest electricity production from hydroelectric sources recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2015.
- How does Cuba rank for electricity production from hydroelectric sources?
- Cuba ranks 146th out of 210 countries with data for 2024.
- Is electricity production from hydroelectric sources rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.