Nicaragua - Electricity production

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total)

Electricity production from oil, gas and coal sources (% of total) in Nicaragua was 69.10 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 38 years was 81.76 in 2001, while its lowest value was 37.64 in 1989.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.

See also:

Year Value
1971 66.28
1972 47.05
1973 44.63
1974 49.50
1975 52.88
1976 56.26
1977 76.34
1978 71.03
1979 50.95
1980 47.92
1981 51.14
1982 56.81
1983 62.82
1984 44.41
1985 44.11
1986 52.94
1987 49.60
1988 51.43
1989 37.64
1990 41.64
1991 42.97
1992 52.58
1993 45.63
1994 54.78
1995 58.53
1996 60.44
1997 64.87
1998 77.45
1999 74.09
2000 81.66
2001 81.76
2002 75.42
2003 72.94
2004 72.28
2005 65.39
2006 69.94
2007 71.01
2008 64.47
2009 69.10

Electricity production (kWh)

The value for Electricity production (kWh) in Nicaragua was 3,453,000,000 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 38 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,453,000,000 in 2009 and a minimum value of 602,000,000 in 1971.

Definition: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.

Source: International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.

See also:

Year Value
1971 602,000,000
1972 695,000,000
1973 670,000,000
1974 808,000,000
1975 868,000,000
1976 1,006,000,000
1977 1,141,000,000
1978 1,122,000,000
1979 899,000,000
1980 987,000,000
1981 1,013,000,000
1982 984,000,000
1983 858,000,000
1984 912,000,000
1985 1,011,000,000
1986 1,175,000,000
1987 1,260,000,000
1988 1,188,000,000
1989 1,469,000,000
1990 1,352,000,000
1991 1,394,000,000
1992 1,529,000,000
1993 1,635,000,000
1994 1,643,000,000
1995 1,729,000,000
1996 1,863,000,000
1997 1,836,000,000
1998 2,111,000,000
1999 2,123,000,000
2000 2,263,000,000
2001 2,472,000,000
2002 2,620,000,000
2003 2,772,000,000
2004 2,922,000,000
2005 3,051,000,000
2006 3,134,000,000
2007 3,208,000,000
2008 3,361,000,000
2009 3,453,000,000

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use