Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources was 5.4 terawatt-hours in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Dominican Republic, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 5.4 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from low-carbon sources in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 19.2% on the previous year and up 280.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Dominican Republic peaked at 5.4 terawatt-hours in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.86 terawatt-hours, in 2001.
Dominican Republic ranks 95th of 209 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.49 terawatt-hours | 0.86 terawatt-hours | 2.06 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.13 terawatt-hours | 1.42 terawatt-hours | 3.04 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2 terawatt-hours | 3.15 terawatt-hours | 5.4 terawatt-hours | 6 |
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More climate change data for Dominican Republic
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Population, total 11.52 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Urban population 8.35 million (2025)
- Urban population 72.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 2.9 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 869.15 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 2.9 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 2.9 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Dominican Republic?
- Electricity generation from low-carbon sources in Dominican Republic was 5.4 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 5.4 terawatt-hours in 2025.
- What is the lowest electricity generation from low-carbon sources recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.86 terawatt-hours in 2001.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for electricity generation from low-carbon sources?
- Dominican Republic ranks 95th out of 209 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity generation from low-carbon sources rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 280.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from low-carbon sources. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.