Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD): Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) rose 1.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 24.89% to 26.51%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above 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 2.05 percentage points in 2003 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.32 percentage points in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.23 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 34% 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

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What this measures

The share of electricity production from natural gas sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.

Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.

All 36 values

Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 0% (2021)
• Algeria — 98.98% (2024)
• Bahrain — 99.67% (2024)
• Djibouti — 0% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 76.86% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 79.15% (2024)
• Iraq — 52.65% (2024)
• Israel — 74.84% (2025)
• Jordan — 60.01% (2024)

More environment data for Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)

• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 23.42% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 39.83% (2025)
• Rural population — 120.45 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 18.49% (2025)
• Urban population — 531.01 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 81.51% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 4.44 million (2024)
• Capture fisheries production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)?

26.51% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 17.37 percentage points from 9.14% in 1990. The highest value was 27.79% in 2015 and the lowest 9.14% in 1990.

Is the latest change in electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)?

In 2025, Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD)'s electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total) rose 1.62 percentage points on 2024 (from 24.89% to 26.51%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was +0.52 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.11 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.0 standard deviations above 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.NGAS.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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