WorldDataRank / Energy
Compare Fossil Electricity Share across 20 selected countries in the Americas using World Bank data for 2022. Values are measured in % of total electricity production.
Data year: 2022 Source: World Bank Last refreshed:
The latest sufficiently complete World Bank data for the selected countries is from 2022. Retrieval date and data year are different; no newer values are inferred.
Key findings
- Cuba has the highest observed value at 95.9%.
- Paraguay has the lowest observed value at 0%.
- The median across 20 reporting countries is 29.8%.
- The difference between the highest and lowest values is 95.9 percentage points.
Comparison across selected countries in the Americas. Values in % of total electricity production. Bar lengths start at zero; the table below provides the same observations.
Complete selected-country ranking
| Rank | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuba | 95.9% |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 84.4% |
| 3 | Mexico | 68.6% |
| 4 | Bolivia | 63.4% |
| 5 | Argentina | 60.9% |
| 6 | United States | 60% |
| 7 | Chile | 44.7% |
| 8 | Peru | 44.6% |
| 9 | Honduras | 40.5% |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 35.5% |
| 11 | Colombia | 24.2% |
| 12 | Ecuador | 23.9% |
| 13 | Guatemala | 23.6% |
| 14 | Panama | 22.8% |
| 15 | El Salvador | 22.1% |
| 16 | Canada | 17.9% |
| 17 | Brazil | 9.8% |
| 18 | Uruguay | 8.9% |
| 19 | Costa Rica | 0.7% |
| 20 | Paraguay | 0% |
What the data shows
The unweighted country mean is 37.6%, compared with a median of 29.8%. Each reporting country has equal weight; this is not a population-weighted or regional aggregate. The gap between the two highest observed values is 11.5 percentage points. These comparisons describe the observations and do not establish causes.
Methodology
- Provider
- World Bank
- Dataset
- Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)
- Indicator ID
- EG.ELC.FOSL.ZS
- Data year
- 2022
- Units
- % of total electricity production
- Coverage
- 20 of 20 selected countries in the Americas.
Source: World Bank: Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) (2022)
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
- Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, United States, Chile, Peru, Honduras, Nicaragua, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Panama, El Salvador, Canada, Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Paraguay
- 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: 10 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.