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Guatemala's renewable power mix and electrification versus the region

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Guatemala against the region19-benchmark-regional.md
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Guatemala against the regionbenchmark-regional
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Economy/economia
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Renewable share of generation in 2024 (ECLAC): Costa Rica 89.4% > El Salvador 68.2% > Nicaragua 61.2% > Guatemala 59.5% > Honduras 54.8% > Dominican Republic 16.6%. Electrification rates: Nicaragua 99.6% (2024), Costa Rica 99.4% (2023), Dominican Republic 98.9%, El Salvador 95.1% (2024), Guatemala 90.4% (2023), Honduras 88.2% (2024). Guatemala sells the ‘renewable grid’ narrative, but in the regional data it is fourth of six and its coverage is above only Honduras. Note: the 44% renewable figure in dossier 05 is the AMM's for 2025 and measures supply including 16% imports; ECLAC's 59.5% is for 2024 and measures domestic generation by source — a different year and a different denominator, not contradictory.

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Figures

Renewable generation, GuatemalaCEPAL pág. 14
59.5% (4th of 6)2024
Renewable generation, Costa RicaCEPAL
89.4%2024
Electrification rate, GuatemalaCEPAL págs. 14-15
90.4%2023
Electrification rate, HondurasCEPAL
88.2%2024

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  • CEPALTechnical support for the digital dashboard of Banguat's Regional and Departmental GDP (PIBR); its Urban Platform publishes the text of Decree 121-96 (the boleto de ornato) used for the cross-checkMultilateral

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