Jamaica's electricity generation fell from 6.8 in 2000 to 4.9 in 2024.
Jamaica's primary energy consumption fell from 35.1 in 1994 to 35.0 in 2023.
Jamaica · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Jamaica's electricity consumption per capita fell from 2,596 kWh in 2000 to 1,732.9 kWh in 2024.
Jamaica's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.2 in 2024.
Jamaica's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.3 in 2024.
Jamaica's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 2000 to 0.1 in 2024.
Jamaica's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Jamaica's energy use per capita fell from 14,178.7 kWh in 1994 to 12,336.7 kWh in 2023.
Jamaica's renewable energy fell from 13.1 % in 1992 to 10.5 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +0.4 pts140th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −0.4 pts145th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +0.4 pts145th of 193
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.1 pts123rd of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +0.3 pts97th of 193
- Wind electricity shareup +0.2 pts43rd of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity sharedown −2.0 pts38th of 190
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- Energy importsup +1.7 pts1st of 126*
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts75th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +0.9 %141st of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −0.2 %129th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts143rd of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*