Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources was 28.4% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), 1990–2023
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) recorded 28.4% for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.2% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) peaked at 45.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 28.4%, in 2023.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st of 47 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 30.5% | — |
| 1991 | 30.8% | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 31.0% | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 29.6% | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 30.7% | +3.6% |
| 1995 | 30.0% | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 30.2% | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 31.0% | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 33.3% | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 33.8% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 34.7% | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 37.2% | +7.3% |
| 2002 | 37.0% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 37.8% | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 37.8% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 37.3% | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 36.8% | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 37.3% | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 37.9% | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 37.4% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 38.9% | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 38.0% | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 40.8% | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 42.7% | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 44.5% | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 45.7% | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 43.4% | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 41.3% | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 40.9% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 40.4% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 37.2% | -8.1% |
| 2021 | 38.0% | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 33.1% | -13.0% |
| 2023 | 28.4% | -14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.1% | 29.6% | 33.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.1% | 34.7% | 37.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.7% | 38.0% | 45.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.1% | 28.4% | 38.0% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- 28 Saint Lucia 97.5% compare
- 29 Eritrea 97.2% compare
- 30 Cayman Islands 97.1% compare
- 31 Niger 96.8% compare
- 32 Benin 96.6% compare
- 33 American Samoa 96.1% compare
- 34 Tunisia 95.9% 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 oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) was 28.4% in 2023, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 45.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources recorded in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.4% in 2023.
- How does Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank for electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 31st out of 47 groups with data for 2023.
- Is electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources rising or falling in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. 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 oil, gas and 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 oil, gas and coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. 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.