Brazil's electricity generation rose from 291.2 in 1996 to 750.5 in 2025.
Brazil's primary energy consumption rose from 1,913 in 1995 to 3,919 in 2024.
Brazil · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Brazil's electricity consumption per capita rose from 1,773.7 kWh in 1996 to 3,526.7 kWh in 2025.
Brazil's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 88.6 in 2025.
Brazil's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 117.6 in 2025.
Brazil's hydropower electricity generation rose from 265.7 in 1996 to 388.6 in 2025.
Brazil's nuclear electricity generation rose from 2.4 in 1996 to 15.9 in 2025.
Brazil's energy use per capita rose from 11,828.2 kWh in 1995 to 18,486.2 kWh in 2024.
Brazil's renewable energy fell from 48.7 % in 1992 to 46.5 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −0.7 pts11th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +0.7 pts14th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −0.7 pts14th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −3.6 pts16th of 89
- Nuclear electricity sharedown −0.0 pts28th of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +2.2 pts26th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +1.1 pts19th of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +0.1 pts43rd of 89
- Gas electricity shareup +0.8 pts59th of 87
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- Energy importsdown −6.4 pts56th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.0 pts34th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +1.3 %106th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +3.7 %14th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts126th of 215
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- Oil productiondown −0.8 %8th of 50
- Gas productiondown −2.5 %29th of 49
- Coal productiondown −1.2 %23rd of 34