Chile's electricity generation rose from 30.8 in 1996 to 88.5 in 2025.
Chile's primary energy consumption rose from 232.2 in 1995 to 518.7 in 2024.
Chile · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Chile's electricity consumption per capita rose from 2,089.8 kWh in 1996 to 4,456.2 kWh in 2025.
Chile's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 22.2 in 2025.
Chile's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 11.6 in 2025.
Chile's hydropower electricity generation rose from 16.9 in 1996 to 19.7 in 2025.
Chile's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
Chile's energy use per capita rose from 15,986.1 kWh in 1995 to 26,245.3 kWh in 2024.
Chile's renewable energy fell from 38.6 % in 1992 to 24.2 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −3.7 pts25th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +3.7 pts35th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −3.7 pts35th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −7.1 pts32nd of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +2.3 pts3rd of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +1.3 pts22nd of 88
- Coal electricity shareup +2.5 pts61st of 89
- Gas electricity shareup +1.0 pts52nd of 87
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- Energy importsdown −4.0 pts20th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts46th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +3.0 %102nd of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +11.4 %41st of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)down −1.0 pts135th of 215
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- Oil productiondown −26.1 %80th of 204*
- Gas productionup +19.7 %64th of 204*
- Coal productiondown −19.9 %36th of 204*