Nicaragua's electricity generation rose from 2.3 in 2000 to 4.5 in 2024.
Nicaragua's primary energy consumption rose from 10.7 in 1994 to 21.3 in 2023.
Nicaragua · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Nicaragua's electricity consumption per capita rose from 453.9 kWh in 2000 to 653.5 kWh in 2024.
Nicaragua's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Nicaragua's wind electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.6 in 2024.
Nicaragua's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.7 in 2024.
Nicaragua's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Nicaragua's energy use per capita rose from 2,357.6 kWh in 1994 to 3,124.2 kWh in 2023.
Nicaragua's renewable energy fell from 67.2 % in 1992 to 50.4 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts51st of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts61st of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts61st of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts89th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts139th of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts24th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts117th of 190
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- Energy importsup +4.7 pts43rd of 132
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +1.2 pts26th of 194
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.5 %38th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricityunchanged +0.0 %65th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +0.4 pts165th of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionunchanged +0.096th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*