Energy & Mining in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

35 indicators covering energy & mining for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fuel imports 9.9% 2024 down 24.5% 42nd
Ores and metals imports 2.4% 2024 up 14.6% 29th
Ores and metals exports 5.6% 2025 down 12.8% 16th
Fuel exports 7.4% 2025 down 21.5% 35th
Electric power transmission and distribution losses 14.2% 2024 down 10.2% 15th
Mineral rents 2.9% 2021 up 84.5% 8th
Natural gas rents 0.1% 2021 down 35.7% 41st
Total natural resources rents 5.7% 2021 down 15.7% 23rd
Alternative and nuclear energy 12.6% 2024 up 35.1% 28th
Electric power consumption 2,739 kWh per capita 2024 up 31.7% 21st
Combustible renewables and waste 28.3% 2024 up 64.1% 19th
Electricity production from oil sources 3.4% 2024 down 70.1% 20th
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 38.7% 2024 down 17.9% 8th
Access to electricity 98.0% 2024 up 1.1% 22nd
Electricity production from natural gas sources 27.6% 2024 down 1.1% 16th
Electricity production from coal sources 4.1% 2024 down 20.7% 41st
Energy use 1,469 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 7.5% 25th
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent) per $1,000 GDP 70.14 constant 2021 PPP 2024 down 3.4% 35th
GDP per unit of energy use 14.26 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 3.6% 13th
GDP per unit of energy use 16.51 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 45.7% 10th
Electricity production from nuclear sources 2.8% 2024 up 31.4% 18th
Energy imports, net -9.7% 2023 up 58.7% 30th
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources 28.4% 2023 down 33.6% 31st
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 364.65 kWh per person 2021 up 345.6% 19th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 222.48 billion kWh 2021 up 387.3% 21st
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 14.4% 2021 up 320.4% 11th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 0.0474 kWh per US$ of GDP 2021 up 480.6% 12th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 11,850 kWh per square kilometre 2021 up 387.3% 26th
Energy intensity level of primary energy 3.34 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 2022 down 3.9% 41st
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 1st
Oil rents 2.2% 2021 down 52.1% 16th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding 14.47 % change on previous year 2021 up 192.9% 21st
Access to electricity, urban 99.7% 2024 up 0.3% 21st
Investment in energy with private participation 8.40 billion current US$ 2024 down 54.1% 10th
Renewable energy consumption 34.8% 2020 up 22.2% 17th