Chile's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) was 48.08% in 2021, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 8.36 percentage points from 39.73% in 2011.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 48.08% | 2021 |
| Five years earlier | 43.46% | 2016 |
| Ten years earlier | 39.73% | 2011 |
| Highest | 82.69% | 1992 |
| Lowest | 35.91% | 2013 |
| Average since 2012 | 43.55% | 2012–2021 |
| First recorded | 53.84% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2021, Chile's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) fell 0.7 percentage points on 2020 (from 48.78% to 48.08%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 17.14 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.96 percentage points in 1998. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2012 to 2021 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.29 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 83% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2021, Chile had the 64th highest value of the 204 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 48.08% | 2021 |
| World | 27.84% | 2021 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 56.66% | 2021 |
| High income | 26.66% | 2021 |
Closest to Chile in the 2021 ranking
What this measures
Renewable electricity is the share of electricity generated by renewable power plants in total electricity generated by all types of plants.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 32 values
| Year | Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.08 |
| 2020 | 48.78 |
| 2019 | 45.39 |
| 2018 | 46.32 |
| 2017 | 44.1 |
| 2016 | 43.46 |
| 2015 | 43.65 |
| 2014 | 43.12 |
| 2013 | 35.91 |
| 2012 | 36.73 |
| 2011 |
Renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 5.66% (2021)
- Argentina — 25.54% (2021)
- Aruba — 14.8% (2021)
- Bahamas, The — 0.48% (2021)
- Barbados — 7.33% (2021)
- Belize — 92.86% (2021)
- Bolivia — 38.24% (2021)
- Brazil — 77.38% (2021)
- British Virgin Islands
More environment data for Chile
- Population in largest city — 7 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 39.52% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 7 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 35.24% (2025)
- Rural population — 2.15 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 10.82% (2025)
- Urban population — 17.71 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 89.18% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 1.42 million (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Chile's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output)?
- 48.08% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 5.76 percentage points from 53.84% in 1990. The highest value was 82.69% in 1992 and the lowest 35.91% in 2013.
- How does Chile rank?
- 64th highest of 204 economies with data for 2021.
- Is the latest change in renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) unusual for Chile?
- In 2021, Chile's renewable electricity output (% of total electricity output) fell 0.7 percentage points on 2020 (from 48.78% to 48.08%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1991 to 2020), the average change was −0.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 7.14 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.RNEW.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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