Share of electricity generation from renewables in El Salvador
El Salvador: Share of electricity generation from renewables was 86.5% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from renewables in El Salvador, 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 renewables in El Salvador stood at 86.5%.
The figure is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 48.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from renewables in El Salvador peaked at 90.8% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 50.7%, in 2002.
That places El Salvador 28th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 56.2% | 50.7% | 63.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.2% | 58.3% | 77.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.8% | 84.8% | 90.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 25 Belize 87.2% compare
- 26 Afghanistan 86.9% compare
- 27 Brazil 86.6% compare
- 29 Kyrgyzstan 84.7% compare
- 30 Austria 83.6% compare
- 31 Mozambique 83.4% 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 share of electricity generation from renewables in El Salvador?
- Share of electricity generation from renewables in El Salvador was 86.5% 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 renewables recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 90.8% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from renewables recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.7% in 2002.
- How does El Salvador rank for share of electricity generation from renewables?
- El Salvador ranks 28th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from renewables rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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 renewables. 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.