Share of renewables in electricity generation in North America

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

First in the ranking
99.9 %
Median country
17.0 %
half above, half below
World
31.6 %
Ember aggregate
Range
0.0 to 99.9
Grenada - Costa Rica

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Across 27 countries in North America, the highest value is in Costa Rica (99.9 %) and the lowest in Grenada (0.0 %).

The median country is at 17.0 %: half are above, half below.

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Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data · licence

Renewable electricity over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Costa Rica99.9
2El Salvador90.8
3Belize87.2
4Greenland83.3
5Guatemala68.3
6Panama68.0
7Canada64.3
8Nicaragua62.4
9Honduras55.4
10United States24.1
11Mexico21.1
12Dominican Republic18.9
13Haiti18.6
14Aruba17.0
15Saint Vincent and the Grenadines13.3
16Jamaica12.6
17Barbados9.0
18Saint Kitts and Nevis8.7
19Antigua and Barbuda8.1
20Puerto Rico6.0
21Cayman Islands4.2
22Cuba4.0
23Turks and Caicos Islands3.7
24Saint Lucia2.5
25Bahamas0.9
26Trinidad and Tobago0.1
27Grenada0.0
Ember · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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