Paraguay
PRYParaguay runs almost entirely on hydro.
99% of its electricity comes from one source.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the cleanest electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
Paraguay generates a surplus and sells it on.
What this means
The share of what this country generates that is sold abroad rather than used at home. A country can only export if it produces more than it needs, which usually means plentiful hydro, nuclear or wind.
Also true of Paraguay
Paraguay sends abroad the equivalent of 53% of what it uses.
A net exporter, on the year's balance.
Paraguay's electricity is cleaner than the world average.
25 grams of CO2e a kilowatt-hour against a world figure of 458 — 95% below.
Paraguay runs one of the cleanest grids in Latin America and the Caribbean.
100% of its electricity is low-carbon, second of 42.
Paraguay’s neighbours
BoliviaBolivia is second in Latin America and the Caribbean for gas.
ArgentinaArgentina is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for nuclear.
BrazilBrazil is first in Latin America and the Caribbean for how much electricity it makes.
UruguayWind overtook hydro on Uruguay's grid in 2023.
PeruPeru gets next to none of its electricity from oil, in a region built on it.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for Paraguay. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.