Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile
Chile: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 5.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile stood at 5.7%.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 24.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile peaked at 7.9% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2.3%, in 2000.
Chile ranks 34th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.3% | — |
| 2001 | 4.9% | +114.0% |
| 2002 | 4.5% | -8.7% |
| 2003 | 3.9% | -13.1% |
| 2004 | 4.0% | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 3.4% | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 2.6% | -24.2% |
| 2007 | 4.6% | +78.3% |
| 2008 | 5.2% | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 7.1% | +36.5% |
| 2010 | 3.7% | -47.2% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | +90.5% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 7.9% | +13.4% |
| 2014 | 7.6% | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 7.5% | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 7.6% | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 7.7% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 7.0% | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 6.4% | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 6.3% | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 6.4% | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 5.1% | -20.0% |
| 2023 | 5.8% | +14.3% |
| 2024 | 5.6% | -3.2% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | +0.7% |
Chile compared with similar countries
- Chile's 5.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.2%, 4.7× the median. (75 countries reporting)
- Chile's 5.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 10.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +114.0% | 2.3% | 4.9% |
| 2011 | +90.5% | 3.7% | 7.1% |
| 2007 | +78.3% | 2.6% | 4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4.2% | 2.3% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9% | 3.7% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.8% | 5.1% | 6.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chile
More energy & mining data for Chile
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.972 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- 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 (2025)
- Fuel imports 15.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Chile was 5.7% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 7.9% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.3% in 2000.
- How does Chile rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Chile ranks 34th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from bioenergy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.