Energy & Mining in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

32 indicators covering energy & mining for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Fuel imports 10.9% 2024 down 22.3% 37th
Ores and metals imports 2.3% 2024 up 14.6% 29th
Ores and metals exports 10.5% 2025 up 10.5% 8th
Fuel exports 6.9% 2025 down 23.4% 38th
Electric power transmission and distribution losses 13.6% 2024 down 10.2% 18th
Mineral rents 3.7% 2021 up 86.1% 4th
Natural gas rents 0.2% 2021 down 41.2% 37th
Total natural resources rents 6.3% 2021 down 9.5% 21st
Alternative and nuclear energy 12.8% 2024 up 37.5% 24th
Electric power consumption 2,804 kWh per capita 2024 up 30.0% 16th
Combustible renewables and waste 28.3% 2024 up 65.1% 19th
Electricity production from oil sources 3.3% 2024 down 68.5% 21st
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources 38.4% 2024 down 18.5% 9th
Access to electricity 98.0% 2024 up 1.0% 19th
Electricity production from natural gas sources 26.5% 2024 down 2.7% 17th
Electricity production from coal sources 4.7% 2024 down 28.5% 35th
Energy use 1,487 kg of oil equivalent per capita 2024 up 4.9% 21st
GDP per unit of energy use 14.39 constant 2021 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 5.4% 8th
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent) per $1,000 GDP 69.5 constant 2021 PPP 2024 down 5.1% 37th
GDP per unit of energy use 16.69 PPP $ per kg of oil equivalent 2024 up 48.6% 6th
Electricity production from nuclear sources 2.6% 2024 up 30.4% 20th
Energy imports, net -5.0% 2023 up 75.8% 25th
Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources 28.4% 2023 down 34.2% 28th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 257.71 billion kWh 2021 up 380.7% 18th
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric 15.4% 2021 up 309.7% 5th
Renewable electricity output 58.1% 2021 down 0.9% 4th
Energy intensity level of primary energy 3.3 MJ/$2021 PPP GDP 2022 down 6.8% 42nd
Fossil fuel energy consumption 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% 1st
Oil rents 2.0% 2021 down 53.7% 19th
Access to electricity, urban 99.7% 2024 up 0.3% 18th
Renewable energy consumption 34.5% 2020 up 17.3% 18th
Investment in energy with private participation 8.40 billion current US$ 2024 down 54.5% 10th