Bolivia energy mix & electricity

In 2025, Bolivia generated 13.6 TWh of electricity. That puts it in the same league as Georgia. Natural gas dominates the mix with 62.4%, followed by hydropower at 27.9% and bioenergy at 3.2%.

36.1% of the country’s power came from renewable sources: 80th of 158 countries. That is 2 points above the world average of 33.8%. It is also below the average for South America (76.8%). The carbon intensity of electricity is 481 g CO₂e/kWh; the global average is 458 g/kWh. The grid is more carbon-intensive than the world average. In the cleanest-grid ranking, Bolivia is 92nd of 158.

Since 2015, natural gas has added the most generation in absolute terms (+2.3 TWh), yet its share of the mix fell by 7.1 percentage points because other sources grew even faster. In share terms the biggest gainer was solar power (up 2.9 percentage points). The net effect: renewables gained 6.7 percentage points of share since 2015. Total generation grew by 4.6 TWh over the same period. Carbon intensity dropped from 527 to 481 g/kWh, a 9% cut.

Coal has essentially never been burned for electricity here: its share has stayed below 1% throughout the record.

Solar (2.9%) and wind (2.1%) now add up to 5% of generation; the global figure is 17.3%. Per person, that is 32 kWh of solar electricity a year, versus a global average of 338 kWh.

Generation per person is 1,083 kWh a year, 28% of the world average of 3,860 kWh. Bolivia does not trade electricity with other countries: the grid is not interconnected with any neighbour.