Environment · Nicaragua
Yearly data from 1990 to 2024, from the World Bank.
Nicaragua's alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) was 17.76% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.24 percentage points from 19% in 2014.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 17.76% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 18.93% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 19% | 2014 |
| Highest | 20.2% | 2018 |
| Lowest | 4.95% | 1999 |
| Average since 2015 | 18.49% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 18.16% | 1990 |
Over five years it is down 1.17 percentage points from 18.93% in 2019. Since 1990 it is down 0.4 percentage points from 18.16% in 1990.
In 2024, Nicaragua's alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) rose 0.12 percentage points on 2023 (from 17.64% to 17.76%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.07 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.1 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 5.96 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.57 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 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 12% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
In 2024, Nicaragua had the 28th highest value of the 149 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 17.76% | 2024 |
| World | 11.16% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 12.58% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 5.19% | 2024 |
Clean energy is noncarbohydrate energy that does not produce carbon dioxide when generated. It includes hydropower and nuclear, geothermal, and solar power, among others. This is the share of total energy supply that is non-fossil.
Limitations: The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts. The IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes, and energy statistics undergo continual changes in coverage or methodology as more detailed energy accounts become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
| Year | Alternative and nuclear energy (% of total energy use) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 17.76 |
| 2023 | 17.64 |
| 2022 | 17.15 |
| 2021 | 18.5 |
| 2020 | 19.87 |
| 2019 | 18.93 |
| 2018 | 20.2 |
| 2017 | 18.57 |
| 2016 | 18.08 |
| 2015 | 18.15 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2013 | 19.47 |
| 2012 | 15.37 |
| 2011 | 9.41 |
| 2010 | 10.44 |
| 2009 | 9.81 |
| 2008 | 10.84 |
| 2007 | 7.92 |
| 2006 | 10.06 |
| 2005 | 9.58 |
| 2004 | 8.89 |
| 2003 | 9.83 |
| 2002 | 8.14 |
| 2001 | 7.65 |
| 2000 | 5.3 |
| 1999 | 4.95 |
| 1998 | 5.35 |
| 1997 | 8.92 |
| 1996 | 11.97 |
| 1995 | 13.36 |
| 1994 | 16.2 |
| 1993 | 17.99 |
| 1992 | 19.25 |
| 1991 | 19.82 |
| 1990 | 18.16 |
Every indicator for Nicaragua is on the Nicaragua data page.
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.USE.COMM.CL.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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