Renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador
El Salvador: Renewable electricity generation by source was 0.2 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.2 terawatt-hours
Change on year
up 42.9%
World rank
79th
of 212 countries
All-time high
0.2 terawatt-hours
in 2025
All-time low
0.01 terawatt-hours
in 2020
Years of data
6
2020–2025
Renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador, 2020–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
The most recent figure for renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador is 0.2 terawatt-hours, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 42.9% on the previous year and up 1,900.0% over ten years.
El Salvador ranks 79th of 212 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 0.01 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0.13 terawatt-hours | +1200.0% |
| 2022 | 0.14 terawatt-hours | +7.7% |
| 2023 | 0.17 terawatt-hours | +21.4% |
| 2024 | 0.14 terawatt-hours | -17.6% |
| 2025 | 0.2 terawatt-hours | +42.9% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 0.2 terawatt-hours is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.16 terawatt-hours, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 0.2 terawatt-hours is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.07 terawatt-hours, 2.9× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 76 Puerto Rico 0.23 terawatt-hours compare
- 77 Latvia 0.22 terawatt-hours compare
- 78 Cyprus 0.21 terawatt-hours compare
- 79 North Macedonia 0.2 terawatt-hours compare
- 79 United Arab Emirates 0.2 terawatt-hours compare
- 82 Ecuador 0.19 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for El Salvador
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -3.87 % 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 (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- 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 (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 14.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador?
- Renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador was 0.2 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest renewable electricity generation by source recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2 terawatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest renewable electricity generation by source recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.01 terawatt-hours in 2020.
- How does El Salvador rank for renewable electricity generation by source?
- El Salvador ranks 79th out of 212 countries with data for 2025.
- Is renewable electricity generation by source rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,900.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Renewable electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.