WorldDataRank / Energy
Compare Renewable Energy Use across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2021. Values are measured in % of total final energy consumption.
Data year: 2021 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2021. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Guatemala has the highest observed value at 62.1%.
- Argentina has the lowest observed value at 9.2%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 26.1%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 52.9 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of total final energy consumption. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala | 62.1% |
| 2 | Paraguay | 58.8% |
| 3 | Uruguay | 57.8% |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 50.4% |
| 5 | Brazil | 46.5% |
| 6 | Honduras | 45.9% |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 34.2% |
| 8 | Peru | 30.6% |
| 9 | Colombia | 29.7% |
| 10 | Panama | 28% |
| 11 | Chile | 24.2% |
| 12 | Canada | 23.8% |
| 13 | El Salvador | 21.9% |
| 14 | Cuba | 20.9% |
| 15 | Ecuador | 18.9% |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 14.8% |
| 17 | Mexico | 13% |
| 18 | Bolivia | 12.8% |
| 19 | United States | 10.9% |
| 20 | Argentina | 9.2% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 30.7%, compared with a median of 26.1%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 3.3 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption)
- Indicator ID
- EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS
- Data year
- 2021
- Units
- % of total final energy consumption
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Renewable energy consumption (% of total final energy consumption) (2021)
Rankings use the cited source values without imputation or interpolation. Display rounding does not affect rank.
Technical details
- Coverage threshold
- Minimum 18 reporting countries.
- Countries included
- Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Nicaragua, Brazil, Honduras, Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Panama, Chile, Canada, El Salvador, Cuba, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bolivia, United States, Argentina
- Countries excluded (missing observations; ISO3 codes)
- None
- Ranking direction
- descending
- Sorting
- Exact source values; equal values share competition rank. Ties display by ascending country ID, then record ID.
- Statistics
- Unweighted arithmetic mean, median, and highest minus lowest. Derived decimals use half-up rounding; source values remain exact.
Why a newer year was not selected
- 2026: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2025: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2024: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2023: 0 available observations; 18 required.
- 2022: 0 available observations; 18 required.
Caveats
This is a selected-country comparison, not a global ranking. Missing countries may affect the distribution. A higher value does not necessarily imply a better outcome. Source observations may be revised.