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
El Salvador recorded 86.5% for share of electricity generation from renewables in 2025.
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.
El Salvador ranks 28th 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 renewables in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 55.9% | — |
| 2001 | 53.9% | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 50.7% | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 56.3% | +11.1% |
| 2004 | 52.8% | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 56.9% | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 58.6% | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 57.2% | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 63.3% | +10.7% |
| 2009 | 56.8% | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 65.5% | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 63.5% | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 60.6% | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 60.8% | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 60.2% | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 58.3% | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 59.4% | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 74.8% | +25.9% |
| 2018 | 77.9% | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 71.5% | -8.3% |
| 2020 | 84.8% | +18.6% |
| 2021 | 86.0% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 90.8% | +5.5% |
| 2023 | 87.8% | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 90.8% | +3.4% |
| 2025 | 86.5% | -4.7% |
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
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -3.87 % 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 14.8% (2024)
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.