Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras
Honduras: Share of electricity generation from bioenergy was 6.7% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras stood at 6.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 47.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras peaked at 9.1% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2000.
Honduras ranks 26th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3% | — |
| 2001 | 1.5% | +458.6% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +41.3% |
| 2003 | 4.3% | +97.1% |
| 2004 | 7.2% | +67.8% |
| 2005 | 2.4% | -67.2% |
| 2006 | 2.3% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2.7% | +15.1% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | +14.2% |
| 2009 | 7.0% | +126.7% |
| 2010 | 6.2% | -10.7% |
| 2011 | 7.1% | +13.5% |
| 2012 | 6.9% | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 7.3% | +6.1% |
| 2014 | 4.6% | -37.4% |
| 2015 | 6.0% | +30.9% |
| 2016 | 8.1% | +34.6% |
| 2017 | 8.6% | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 7.4% | -14.1% |
| 2019 | 9.1% | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 7.0% | -23.1% |
| 2021 | 7.2% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 7.1% | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 6.6% | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 6.7% | +1.3% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 6.7% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 12.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras 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 | +458.6% | 0.3% | 1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.3% | 0.3% | 7.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 4.6% | 9.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.9% | 6.6% | 7.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
More energy & mining data for Honduras
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.15 % 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 17.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras?
- Share of electricity generation from bioenergy in Honduras was 6.7% in 2024, 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 9.1% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from bioenergy recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for share of electricity generation from bioenergy?
- Honduras ranks 26th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of electricity generation from bioenergy rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.