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🇧🇷 Electricity Generation of Brazil

The electricity generated in Brazil has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2021, electricity generation in Brazil reach 662.58 TWh. Whereof 54.76% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Hydro. A renewable resource with little damage on the environment.

  • In 2021, the electricity generation in Brazil increased by 7.85%
  • In total, Brazil generated 662.58 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2021.
  • Electricity generation in Brazil grew with 48.21 TWh in 2021, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 93.41% in Brazil
  • In 2021, Brazil produced 2.3820214862954% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Brazil (2000-2021)

Between the year 2000 and 2021, Brazil's electricity generation has increased from 342.58 TWh to 662.58 TWh, a 93.41% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 21 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 342.58 % %
2001 323.17 -19.41% -5.67%
2002 340.29 17.12% 5.3%
2003 358.9 18.61% 5.47%
2004 381.17 22.27% 6.21%
2005 395.72 14.55% 3.82%
2006 411.93 16.21% 4.1%
2007 437.17 25.24% 6.13%
2008 454.69 17.52% 4.01%
2009 458.67 3.98% 0.88%
2010 510.78 52.11% 11.36%
2011 527.39 16.61% 3.25%
2012 547.16 19.77% 3.75%
2013 563.49 16.33% 2.98%
2014 581.86 18.37% 3.26%
2015 571.57 -10.29% -1.77%
2016 571.4 -0.17% -0.03%
2017 581.16 9.76% 1.71%
2018 594.14 12.98% 2.23%
2019 618.66 24.52% 4.13%
2020 614.37 -4.29% -0.69%
2021 662.58 48.21% 7.85%

Brazil's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Hydro was the largest generator of electrical energy in Brazil with 54.76% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Hydro 54.76%
Gas 13.74%
Wind 10.79%
Bioenergy 8.69%
Coal 3.81%
Other Fossil 3.47%
Solar 2.53%
Nuclear 2.22%
Other Renewables 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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