Energy & Mining in Nicaragua

269 indicators covering energy & mining for Nicaragua.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Share of electricity production by source 35.5% 2022 down 37.9% 146th
Renewable electricity-generating capacity per person 110.74 watts per capita 2024 up 12.7% 133rd
Proportion of population with primary reliance on clean fuels and 63.0% 2024 up 23.5% 139th
International financial flows to developing countries in support of 0.93 2024 down 99.4% 117th
Installed renewable electricity-generating capacity 110.74 2024 up 12.7% 144th
Proportion of population with access to electricity, by urban/rural 88.7% 2024 up 8.3% 178th
Share of energy used in agriculture, forestry and fishing 2.5% 2023 up 30.0% 72nd
Electricity production by source 55.3% 2021 up 147.1% 4th
Solar (photovoltaic) panels cumulative capacity 0.1063 gigawatts 2025 up 7,601.4% 115th
Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) as a proportion of 0.0% 2024 down 98.6% 129th
Oil yields by crop type 0.015 tonnes per hectare 2023 down 57.5% 50th
Energy intensity by sector 3.46 MJ/2011 USD PPP 2012 down 22.3% 80th
Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) 0.0045 2024 down 98.1% 130th
Fossil-fuel subsidies (consumption and production) per capita 0.647 2024 down 98.4% 131st
Fossil-fuel subsidies 0 billions of current united states dollars 2024 down 100.0% 121st
Fossil-fuel subsidies per capita 0.65 usd 2024 down 98.4% 125th
Explicit fossil fuel subsidies as a share of GDP 0.0% 2024 down 98.5% 118th
Product market, S2 - Electricity regulation 1 2014 unchanged 14th
Product market, S2 - Electricity unbundling 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Product market, S2 - Electricity wholesale 2 2014 unchanged 1st
Product market, S2 - Electricity access 1 2014 unchanged 1st
Product market, S1 - Electricity 0.8333 2014 unchanged 10th
Investment in energy with private participation 12.50 million current US$ 2024 down 83.6% 66th
Renewable energy consumption 50.4% 2021 up 0.8% 47th
Vegetable oil production 94 tonnes 2009 up 300.0% 57th
Oil palm fruit yields 15.36 tonnes per hectare 2023 up 18.1% 8th
Land use for vegetable oil crops 29,980 hectares 2023 up 76.4% 26th
Oil palm production 148,622 tonnes 2023 up 395.4% 18th
Annual patents filed in sustainable energy 3 patents 2020 down 72.7% 48th