Fossil electricity share in Nicaragua
Oil, gas and coal produced 36.1% of electricity in Nicaragua in 2024.
Nicaragua, 2024
36.1%
Change from 2023
−1.4percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Fossil electricity share in Nicaragua over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Nicaragua | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 36.1% | – |
| 2023 | 37.5% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 32.9% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 30.8% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 30.1% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 43.1% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 41.2% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 44.0% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 47.8% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 49.9% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 46.1% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 47.7% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 57.2% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 66.0% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 63.0% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 69.1% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 64.5% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 71.0% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 69.9% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 65.4% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 72.3% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 72.9% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 75.4% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 80.2% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.4 percentage points from 37.5% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 46.1%, the figure has changed by −10.0 percentage points.