El Salvador's electricity generation rose from 3.7 in 2000 to 6.5 in 2025.
El Salvador's primary energy consumption rose from 16.7 in 1994 to 45.2 in 2023.
El Salvador · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 23 with data
El Salvador's electricity consumption per capita rose from 614.1 kWh in 2000 to 1,014.8 kWh in 2025.
El Salvador's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 1.3 in 2025.
El Salvador's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 2020 to 0.2 in 2025.
El Salvador's hydropower electricity generation rose from 1.2 in 2000 to 2.0 in 2025.
El Salvador's energy use per capita rose from 2,925.3 kWh in 1994 to 7,157.1 kWh in 2023.
El Salvador's renewable energy fell from 61.7 % in 1992 to 21.9 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricitydown −4.3 pts12th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity shareup +4.3 pts16th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity sharedown −4.3 pts16th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −2.3 pts24th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts34th of 212*
- Solar electricity shareup +1.1 pts9th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +1.0 pts53rd of 88
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- Energy importsup +2.6 pts32nd of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +2.3 pts73rd of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +7.4 %48th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityup +22.9 %21st of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +0.4 pts138th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
›No data available (3)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for El Salvador.
- Nuclear electricity generationNo data
- Coal electricity shareNo data
- Gas electricity shareNo data