El Salvador Electricity
Generation (2024)#118 World
6.77TWh+2.2% YoY
Consumption (2024)#125 World
5.6TWh+2.6% YoY
Generation Mix (2024)
Fossil Fuels (oil + gas + coal)
(nuclear + renewables) Low-Carbon
10.4%89.6%
Electricity Generation in El Salvador
- Net electricity generation in El Salvador reached 6.77 terawatt-hours in 2024 (#118 in the world), an increase of 2.2% from 6.62 terawatt-hours in 2023. This is equivalent to 0.02% of global electricity generation.
- In 2024, fossil fuels generated 10.4% (0.7 terawatt-hours) of electricity in El Salvador and renewables 89.6% (6.07 terawatt-hours).
- El Salvador reduced its fossil fuel use for electricity generation 2024 by 0.71% compared to 2023, with low-carbon sources (renewables) generating 89.6% of the total electricity.
Electricity Consumption in El Salvador
- El Salvador consumed 5.6 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (#125 in the world), an increase of 2.6% from 2023. This represents 0.02% of the world's total electricity consumption.
- Per capita, electricity consumption in El Salvador averaged 884.1 kilowatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 2.42 kilowatt-hours per day (#146 in the world).
Installed Electricity Capacity in El Salvador
- El Salvador had a total installed electricity capacity of 3.32 gigawatts in 2024 (#109 in the world), an increase of 0.09% from the previous year.
- fossil fuels made up 44% and renewables at 56% of El Salvador's installed capacity in 2024.
- El Salvador's power plants ran at an overall capacity factor of 23.3% in 2024, with hydro at 35.7%, wind at 31.5% and solar at 25%.
Electricity Imports & Exports in El Salvador
- El Salvador imported 0.17 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈3% of consumption).
- El Salvador exported 0.5 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024 (≈7.4% of generation).
- This made El Salvador a net exporter of 0.33 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2024.
Grid Efficiency in El Salvador
- Distribution losses in El Salvador were 0.84 terawatt-hours in 2024, equivalent to 12.4% of total generation, up from 10.4% in 2014.
Electricity Balance in El Salvador
- In 2024, El Salvador generated approximately 0.02 terawatt-hours per day and consumed 0.02 terawatt-hours per day. This represents a daily surplus of 0.0032 terawatt-hours.
El Salvador Electricity History (1980-2024)
| Generation | Consumption | Capacity | Trade | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.77 | +2.2% | 118 | 0.02% | 5.6 | +2.6% | 125 | 0.02% | 884.1 | 3.32 | +0.09% | 109 | 0.03% | 0.17 | 0.5 | −0.33 | 0.84 |
| 2023 | 6.62 | −0.14% | 118 | 0.02% | 5.46 | −15.6% | 127 | 0.02% | 865.6 | 3.32 | +20% | 105 | 0.04% | 0.17 | 0.56 | −0.39 | 0.77 |
| 2022 | 6.63 | +2.4% | 119 | 0.02% | 6.47 | −5.3% | 121 | 0.02% | 1,029.9 | 2.76 | +1.1% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.71 | 0.09 | 0.62 | 0.79 |
| 2021 | 6.48 | +2.2% | 121 | 0.02% | 6.83 | +10.5% | 119 | 0.03% | 1,091.8 | 2.73 | +3.1% | 110 | 0.03% | 1.32 | 0.03 | 1.28 | 0.93 |
| 2020 | 6.33 | +4.3% | 116 | 0.02% | 6.18 | −6.1% | 120 | 0.03% | 991.7 | 2.65 | +4.2% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.77 | 0.13 | 0.64 | 0.79 |
| 2019 | 6.07 | +12.4% | 118 | 0.02% | 6.58 | +3.9% | 116 | 0.03% | 1,057.7 | 2.54 | +8.8% | 110 | 0.03% | 1.45 | 0.16 | 1.29 | 0.78 |
| 2018 | 5.4 | −2.9% | 120 | 0.02% | 6.33 | −0.05% | 119 | 0.03% | 1,018.4 | 2.34 | +5.7% | 111 | 0.03% | 1.82 | 0.07 | 1.76 | 0.83 |
| 2017 | 5.57 | −8.9% | 119 | 0.02% | 6.34 | +0.97% | 114 | 0.03% | 1,019.9 | 2.21 | +10.2% | 111 | 0.03% | 1.68 | 0.09 | 1.59 | 0.81 |
| 2016 | 6.11 | +0.37% | 115 | 0.02% | 6.28 | −0.83% | 114 | 0.03% | 1,012.2 | 2.01 | +6.6% | 113 | 0.03% | 1.07 | 0.08 | 0.99 | 0.82 |
| 2015 | 6.09 | −3.1% | 115 | 0.03% | 6.33 | +5.3% | 109 | 0.03% | 1,023.5 | 1.88 | −1% | 116 | 0.03% | 0.96 | 0.06 | 0.9 | 0.66 |
| 2014 | 6.28 | −0.01% | 114 | 0.03% | 6.01 | −0.18% | 114 | 0.03% | 975 | 1.9 | +1.9% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.59 | 0.21 | 0.38 | 0.65 |
| 2013 | 6.28 | +0.82% | 116 | 0.03% | 6.02 | +5.5% | 113 | 0.03% | 980.6 | 1.87 | +6.6% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.28 | 0.09 | 0.19 | 0.46 |
| 2012 | 6.23 | +2.5% | 114 | 0.03% | 5.71 | +4.4% | 112 | 0.03% | 933.5 | 1.75 | +2.7% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.16 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.61 |
| 2011 | 6.08 | +1.7% | 113 | 0.03% | 5.46 | +3.2% | 112 | 0.03% | 897.2 | 1.7 | +5.2% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.22 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.73 |
| 2010 | 5.98 | +3.2% | 114 | 0.03% | 5.3 | +1.6% | 111 | 0.03% | 872.6 | 1.62 | +0.05% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.17 | 0.09 | 0.09 | 0.77 |
| 2009 | 5.79 | −2.9% | 112 | 0.03% | 5.21 | −0.61% | 109 | 0.03% | 861.4 | 1.62 | +4.4% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.21 | 0.08 | 0.13 | 0.71 |
| 2008 | 5.96 | +2.7% | 109 | 0.03% | 5.24 | −2.6% | 106 | 0.03% | 869.4 | 1.55 | −0.01% | 110 | 0.03% | 0.08 | 0.09 | −0.006 | 0.72 |
| 2007 | 5.81 | +2.8% | 110 | 0.03% | 5.38 | +8.4% | 108 | 0.03% | 895.4 | 1.55 | +9.2% | 109 | 0.03% | 0.04 | 0.007 | 0.03 | 0.46 |
| 2006 | 5.65 | +17.3% | 108 | 0.03% | 4.96 | +8.6% | 108 | 0.03% | 826.7 | 1.42 | +6.6% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.01 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.69 |
| 2005 | 4.82 | +7.4% | 112 | 0.03% | 4.57 | +10.2% | 108 | 0.03% | 760.5 | 1.33 | +10.7% | 110 | 0.03% | 0.32 | 0.04 | 0.28 | 0.54 |
| 2004 | 4.49 | +1.8% | 112 | 0.03% | 4.14 | −0.14% | 108 | 0.03% | 690 | 1.2 | −1.1% | 109 | 0.03% | 0.47 | 0.08 | 0.38 | 0.73 |
| 2003 | 4.41 | +6.5% | 110 | 0.03% | 4.15 | +4.4% | 107 | 0.03% | 691.7 | 1.22 | +7.9% | 107 | 0.03% | 0.43 | 0.1 | 0.33 | 0.59 |
| 2002 | 4.14 | +5.6% | 110 | 0.03% | 3.97 | +7.1% | 108 | 0.03% | 663.7 | 1.13 | −5.7% | 110 | 0.03% | 0.44 | 0.05 | 0.38 | 0.55 |
| 2001 | 3.92 | +5.7% | 110 | 0.03% | 3.71 | −6.2% | 108 | 0.03% | 621.5 | 1.2 | +16.8% | 108 | 0.03% | 0.35 | 0.04 | 0.31 | 0.52 |
| 2000 | 3.71 | +0.54% | 111 | 0.02% | 3.95 | +14.9% | 104 | 0.03% | 665.1 | 1.03 | +8% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.81 | 0.11 | 0.7 | 0.45 |
| 1999 | 3.69 | −0.62% | 111 | 0.03% | 3.44 | +6.1% | 107 | 0.03% | 581.8 | 0.95 | +11.3% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.46 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 3.71 | +5.3% | 108 | 0.03% | 3.24 | +3.5% | 106 | 0.03% | 551.6 | 0.85 | −0.36% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.06 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.51 |
| 1997 | 3.53 | +5.8% | 108 | 0.03% | 3.13 | +8.3% | 106 | 0.03% | 536.2 | 0.86 | +0% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.11 | 0.02 | 0.09 | 0.48 |
| 1996 | 3.33 | +2.2% | 106 | 0.03% | 2.89 | +3.3% | 106 | 0.02% | 498.5 | 0.86 | +0% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 3.26 | +15.2% | 108 | 0.03% | 2.8 | +15.6% | 107 | 0.02% | 486.1 | 0.86 | +11.9% | 110 | 0.03% | 0.03 | 0.07 | −0.03 | 0.43 |
| 1994 | 2.83 | +17.6% | 108 | 0.02% | 2.42 | +19.4% | 107 | 0.02% | 423.9 | 0.77 | +0% | 112 | 0.03% | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.5 |
| 1993 | 2.41 | +18.9% | 112 | 0.02% | 2.03 | +17.3% | 111 | 0.02% | 358.3 | 0.77 | +18.6% | 111 | 0.03% | 0.09 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.46 |
| 1992 | 2.03 | +5.2% | 111 | 0.02% | 1.73 | +7.4% | 110 | 0.02% | 309.5 | 0.65 | +6.3% | 112 | 0.02% | 0.1 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.35 |
| 1991 | 1.93 | −4.9% | 92 | 0.02% | 1.61 | −3.2% | 93 | 0.02% | 293 | 0.61 | +0% | 95 | 0.02% | 0.007 | 0.002 | 0.005 | 0.32 |
| 1990 | 2.03 | −1.7% | 91 | 0.02% | 1.66 | −4.6% | 92 | 0.02% | 308.2 | 0.61 | +0% | 94 | 0.02% | 0.01 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.36 |
| 1989 | 2.06 | +2.8% | 89 | 0.02% | 1.75 | +3.3% | 89 | 0.02% | 329.3 | 0.61 | +0% | 94 | 0.02% | 0.006 | 0.002 | 0.004 | 0.32 |
| 1988 | 2.01 | +4.3% | 88 | 0.02% | 1.69 | +2.7% | 89 | 0.02% | 325.3 | 0.61 | +0% | 94 | 0.02% | 0.02 | 0.004 | 0.01 | 0.33 |
| 1987 | 1.92 | +11% | 88 | 0.02% | 1.65 | +5.1% | 88 | 0.02% | 323.2 | 0.61 | +0% | 92 | 0.02% | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.008 | 0.28 |
| 1986 | 1.73 | −1.6% | 88 | 0.02% | 1.57 | +3.2% | 88 | 0.02% | 313.7 | 0.61 | +0% | 91 | 0.02% | 0.09 | 0.001 | 0.09 | 0.25 |
| 1985 | 1.76 | −2.8% | 87 | 0.02% | 1.52 | −4.7% | 86 | 0.02% | 309.9 | 0.61 | −2.9% | 91 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.24 |
| 1984 | 1.81 | +12.5% | 86 | 0.02% | 1.59 | +14% | 85 | 0.02% | 331.6 | 0.63 | +6.1% | 89 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
| 1983 | 1.61 | −8.3% | 90 | 0.02% | 1.4 | −9.4% | 90 | 0.02% | 296.6 | 0.59 | +45.7% | 91 | 0.03% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.21 |
| 1982 | 1.76 | +5.2% | 84 | 0.02% | 1.54 | +4.3% | 86 | 0.02% | 333.4 | 0.41 | +0% | 97 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.22 |
| 1981 | 1.67 | +2% | 84 | 0.02% | 1.48 | +3.1% | 88 | 0.02% | 323.2 | 0.41 | +0.25% | 96 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 1.64 | — | 82 | 0.02% | 1.43 | — | 86 | 0.02% | 315.6 | 0.4 | — | 94 | 0.02% | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 |
See also
Sources
- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), International Energy Statistics.