Share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of electricity generation from gas was 29.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico is 29.5%, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 9.3% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico peaked at 39.8% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7.9%, in 2000.
Puerto Rico ranks 56th of 206 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.8% | 7.9% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 15.3% | 39.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 27.9% | 27.0% | 29.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 53 Malaysia 33.8% compare
- 54 Japan 32.8% compare
- 55 United Kingdom 31.1% compare
- 57 Kazakhstan 29.4% compare
- 58 South Korea 27.9% compare
- 59 Dominican Republic 26.8% compare
More energy & mining data for Puerto Rico
- 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)
- Renewable freshwater resources per capita 2,205 cubic meters (2022)
- Internal renewable freshwater resources by region 7.1 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable freshwater resources per person 2,205 cubic meters (2022)
- Coal consumption and sulphur dioxide emissions 33,635 tonnes (2022)
- Mineral rents 0.0% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico?
- Share of electricity generation from gas in Puerto Rico was 29.5% 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 gas recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 39.8% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.9% in 2000.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of electricity generation from gas?
- Puerto Rico ranks 56th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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 gas. 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.