Share of electricity generation from oil in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Share of electricity generation from oil was 47.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of electricity generation from oil in Puerto Rico, 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 oil in Puerto Rico stood at 47.6%.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 8.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from oil in Puerto Rico peaked at 89.5% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 38.0%, in 2019.
That places Puerto Rico 57th out of 208 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.2% | 66.3% | 89.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 53.5% | 38.0% | 70.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 50.5% | 47.6% | 51.7% | 6 |
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- 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 water resources per capita 2,205 (2022)
- Internal renewable freshwater resources by region 7.1 (2022)
- Per capita renewable freshwater resources 2,205 (2022)
- Sulphur dioxide and coal 33,635 (2022)
- Mineral rents 0.0% (2021)
- Natural gas rents 0.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from oil in Puerto Rico?
- Share of electricity generation from oil in Puerto Rico was 47.6% 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 oil recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 89.5% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from oil recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.0% in 2019.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for share of electricity generation from oil?
- Puerto Rico ranks 57th out of 208 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from oil rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 oil. 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.