Renewable energy consumption in El Salvador
El Salvador: Renewable energy consumption was 24.4% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Renewable energy consumption in El Salvador, 1990–2015
Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in % in TFEC.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 24.4% for renewable energy consumption in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.7% on the previous year and down 48.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, renewable energy consumption in El Salvador peaked at 67.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 24.4%, in 2015.
That places El Salvador 94th out of 226 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Renewable energy consumption in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | % in TFEC | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 67.1% | — |
| 1991 | 64.7% | -3.6% |
| 1992 | 61.7% | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 59.3% | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 57.2% | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 54.7% | -4.3% |
| 1996 | 56.9% | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 53.1% | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 51.6% | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 51.0% | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 50.9% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 50.2% | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 50.7% | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 48.0% | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 47.4% | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 47.2% | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 47.7% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 33.3% | -30.2% |
| 2008 | 36.9% | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 29.3% | -20.7% |
| 2010 | 30.8% | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 30.3% | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 27.3% | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 28.2% | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 28.3% | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 24.4% | -13.7% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 24.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15.8%, 1.5× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 24.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 15.1%, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Renewable energy consumption in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -30.2% | 47.7% | 33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 57.7% | 51.0% | 67.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 44.2% | 29.3% | 50.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.2% | 24.4% | 30.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is renewable energy consumption in El Salvador?
- Renewable energy consumption in El Salvador was 24.4% in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
- What is the highest renewable energy consumption recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 67.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest renewable energy consumption recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.4% in 2015.
- How does El Salvador rank for renewable energy consumption?
- El Salvador ranks 94th out of 226 countries with data for 2015.
- Is renewable energy consumption rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Renewable energy consumption(% in TFEC): Share of renewables energy in total final energy consumption