North America · country explainer · estimated data
El Salvador's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2019-01 → 2025-12 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2025-12
208gCO₂e/kWh
#30 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
73.8%
clean incl. nuclear: 73.8%
Records
Cleanest: 84 (2020-11)
Dirtiest: 364 (2023-06)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 227 | -1 | 67.7 | 8.6 |
| 2024 | 228 | -38 | 67.8 | 8.3 |
| 2023 | 266 | +92 | 61 | 8.1 |
| 2022 | 174 | +21 | 78 | 7.1 |
| 2021 | 153 | 0 | 84.1 | 5.4 |
| 2020 | 153 | -90 | 83.7 | 5.4 |
| 2019 | 243 | — | 69.3 | 5.2 |
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Open the globe →Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/sv".