Renewable electricity generation by source in El Salvador
El Salvador: Renewable electricity generation by source was 0.2 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
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.
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
- Fuel imports 14.8% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 0.9% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 1.3% (2024)
- Gas production 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 0 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 0 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel exports 5.0% (2024)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 9.8% (2023)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 64.2% (2023)
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.