Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador

El Salvador: Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding was 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP
Change on year
up 7.9%
World rank
3rd
of 205 countries
All-time high
0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP
in 2021
All-time low
0.0412 kWh per US$ of GDP
in 1998
Years of data
32
1990–2021

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador, 1990–2021

0.050.0750.10.1250.151990200520211990: 0.087 kWh per US$ of GDP1991: 0.081 kWh per US$ of GDP1992: 0.067 kWh per US$ of GDP1993: 0.057 kWh per US$ of GDP1994: 0.053 kWh per US$ of GDP1995: 0.05 kWh per US$ of GDP1996: 0.045 kWh per US$ of GDP1997: 0.048 kWh per US$ of GDP1998: 0.041 kWh per US$ of GDP1999: 0.053 kWh per US$ of GDP2000: 0.072 kWh per US$ of GDP2001: 0.084 kWh per US$ of GDP2002: 0.083 kWh per US$ of GDP2003: 0.085 kWh per US$ of GDP2004: 0.083 kWh per US$ of GDP2005: 0.082 kWh per US$ of GDP2006: 0.086 kWh per US$ of GDP2007: 0.096 kWh per US$ of GDP2008: 0.1 kWh per US$ of GDP2009: 0.105 kWh per US$ of GDP2010: 0.103 kWh per US$ of GDP2011: 0.094 kWh per US$ of GDP2012: 0.092 kWh per US$ of GDP2013: 0.094 kWh per US$ of GDP2014: 0.089 kWh per US$ of GDP2015: 0.091 kWh per US$ of GDP2016: 0.092 kWh per US$ of GDP2017: 0.098 kWh per US$ of GDP2018: 0.1 kWh per US$ of GDP2019: 0.107 kWh per US$ of GDP2020: 0.135 kWh per US$ of GDP2021: 0.146 kWh per US$ of GDP

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kWh per US$ of GDP.

Analysis

El Salvador recorded 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in 2021. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 54.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador peaked at 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0412 kWh per US$ of GDP, in 1998.

El Salvador ranks 3rd of 205 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.

Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per unit of GDP in El Salvador, 1990 to 2021.
Year kWh per US$ of GDP Change
1990 0.087 kWh per US$ of GDP
1991 0.0809 kWh per US$ of GDP -7.0%
1992 0.0673 kWh per US$ of GDP -16.9%
1993 0.0569 kWh per US$ of GDP -15.4%
1994 0.053 kWh per US$ of GDP -6.8%
1995 0.0497 kWh per US$ of GDP -6.3%
1996 0.045 kWh per US$ of GDP -9.5%
1997 0.0475 kWh per US$ of GDP +5.8%
1998 0.0412 kWh per US$ of GDP -13.3%
1999 0.053 kWh per US$ of GDP +28.5%
2000 0.0721 kWh per US$ of GDP +36.1%
2001 0.0839 kWh per US$ of GDP +16.2%
2002 0.0835 kWh per US$ of GDP -0.5%
2003 0.0854 kWh per US$ of GDP +2.3%
2004 0.0827 kWh per US$ of GDP -3.1%
2005 0.0819 kWh per US$ of GDP -1.0%
2006 0.0864 kWh per US$ of GDP +5.5%
2007 0.0955 kWh per US$ of GDP +10.6%
2008 0.0997 kWh per US$ of GDP +4.3%
2009 0.1054 kWh per US$ of GDP +5.7%
2010 0.1033 kWh per US$ of GDP -1.9%
2011 0.0945 kWh per US$ of GDP -8.6%
2012 0.0922 kWh per US$ of GDP -2.4%
2013 0.0935 kWh per US$ of GDP +1.4%
2014 0.0885 kWh per US$ of GDP -5.3%
2015 0.0909 kWh per US$ of GDP +2.7%
2016 0.0925 kWh per US$ of GDP +1.7%
2017 0.0979 kWh per US$ of GDP +5.9%
2018 0.1 kWh per US$ of GDP +2.1%
2019 0.1072 kWh per US$ of GDP +7.3%
2020 0.1354 kWh per US$ of GDP +26.3%
2021 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP +7.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0581 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.0412 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.087 kWh per US$ of GDP 10
2000s 0.0876 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.0721 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.1054 kWh per US$ of GDP 10
2010s 0.0961 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.0885 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.1072 kWh per US$ of GDP 10
2020s 0.1407 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.1354 kWh per US$ of GDP 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP 2

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 1 Iceland 0.2216 kWh per US$ of GDP compare
  2. 2 Nicaragua 0.1639 kWh per US$ of GDP compare
  3. 4 Uruguay 0.1353 kWh per US$ of GDP compare
  4. 5 Honduras 0.1215 kWh per US$ of GDP compare
  5. 6 Belize 0.1153 kWh per US$ of GDP compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador?
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding in El Salvador was 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP in 2021, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 0.1461 kWh per US$ of GDP in 2021.
What is the lowest electricity production from renewable sources, excluding recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.0412 kWh per US$ of GDP in 1998.
How does El Salvador rank for electricity production from renewable sources, excluding?
El Salvador ranks 3rd out of 205 countries with data for 2021.
Is electricity production from renewable sources, excluding rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per unit of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh), per unit of GDP
Unit
kWh per US$ of GDP
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
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Coverage
252 places, 7,259 data points, 1990–2021
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Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh) divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.