Share of fossil fuels in electricity generation in North America

27 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: % of generation. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.1 %
Median country
83.0 %
half above, half below
World
59.4 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.1 to 100.0
Costa Rica - Grenada

How to read it

Across 27 countries in North America, the highest value is in Grenada (100.0 %) and the lowest in Costa Rica (0.1 %).

The median country is at 83.0 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Fossil electricity over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Costa Rica0.1
2El Salvador9.2
3Belize12.8
4Greenland16.7
5Canada22.3
6Guatemala31.7
7Panama32.0
8Nicaragua37.6
9Honduras44.6
10United States58.1
11Mexico75.4
12Dominican Republic81.1
13Haiti81.4
14Aruba83.0
15Saint Vincent and the Grenadines86.7
16Jamaica87.4
17Barbados91.0
18Saint Kitts and Nevis91.3
19Antigua and Barbuda91.9
20Puerto Rico94.0
21Cayman Islands95.8
22Cuba96.0
23Turks and Caicos Islands96.3
24Saint Lucia97.5
25Bahamas99.1
26Trinidad and Tobago99.9
27Grenada100.0
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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