Photo: Serge Melki · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale
Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Aruba: Energy
Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?
Aruba is placed 113th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 549 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 17 (2024).
Share
Energy
113th
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
Not placed in the Country Index 2026 overall: measured on too few topics.
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Aruba on energy — one vote each. Every value is the publisher’s own, read at the edition the Country Index 2026 used; the grey ticks are every other country it was compared with, lowest on the left.
549
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Aruba: 549. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 23.73 (Bhutan) to 1,306 (Turkmenistan); the world median is 433.75.
- World median
- 433.75
- Best in Caribbean
- 539.53 Haiti
17
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Aruba: 17. Across the 165 countries in this edition, values run from 0 (Gambia) to 100 (Paraguay); the world median is 32.06.
- World median
- 32.06
- Best in Caribbean
- 18.85 Dominican Republic
Key 3 of 3
World Energy Trilemma Index
World Energy Council
2023 edition · data for 2023 · Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
No reading
Trilemma score (0–100)
Higher is better
World Energy Council publishes no 2023 figure for Aruba, so the standing rests on the other keys.
Across the 126 countries in this edition, values run from 27.7 (Niger) to 83.2 (Denmark); the world median is 63.8.
- World median
- 63.8
- Best in Caribbean
- 58.1 Dominican Republic
02Over time
Which way Aruba is moving
Each key’s published value, edition by edition, beside the world median. The Country Index 2026 is the first edition of the standing, so the standing itself has no history to chart yet.
Carbon Intensity of Electricity
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) · lower is better
ArubaWorld median
Aruba fell from 657.69 in 2000 to 549 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year Aruba World median 2024 549.00 433.7 2023 549.00 452.7 2022 549.00 476.3 2021 549.00 469.0 2020 547.48 482.0 2019 547.48 488.2 2018 551.55 500.4 2017 564.95 506.3 2016 561.70 521.9 2015 538.14 524.8 2014 547.87 522.3 2013 554.26 508.8 2012 558.70 525.4 2011 580.65 521.4 2010 581.92 515.5 2009 637.90 533.6 2008 658.24 517.2 2007 658.51 535.3 2006 658.24 537.5 2005 658.24 521.4 2004 657.47 523.1 2003 658.33 543.1 2002 658.54 551.3 2001 658.03 559.3 2000 657.69 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
ArubaWorld median
Aruba rose from 0 in 2000 to 17 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year Aruba World median 2024 17.00 32.062 2023 17.00 28.000 2022 17.00 28.881 2021 17.00 28.286 2020 17.17 27.125 2019 17.17 26.296 2018 16.50 25.505 2017 14.43 24.023 2016 14.89 22.218 2015 18.56 21.915 2014 17.02 21.151 2013 15.96 21.593 2012 15.22 19.869 2011 11.83 18.584 2010 11.70 18.572 2009 3.16 17.886 2008 0.00 15.923 2007 0.00 15.586 2006 0.00 15.392 2005 0.00 16.438 2004 0.00 16.445 2003 0.00 16.339 2002 0.00 13.826 2001 0.00 14.023 2000 0.00 15.612
03In context
Aruba beside its neighbours
A position reads best beside the countries around it. Every position below is a place among all 165 countries on energy, never a place within the region.
Aruba and Caribbean
Aruba has no land border, so the table compares it with its sub-region. Standing among all 165; the key columns are the publishers’ own values.
| Country | Standing | Carbon Intensity of ElectricityCarbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated) | Renewable Share of Electricity GenerationRenewables (% of electricity generated) | World Energy Trilemma IndexTrilemma score (0–100) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Haiti | =108th | 539.53 | 18.61 | — |
| Aruba | 113th | 549 | 17 | — |
 Dominican Republic | 115th | 567.33 | 18.85 | 58.1 |
 Jamaica | 123rd | 562.4 | 12.6 | 57.3 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 124th | 573.33 | 13.33 | — |
 Barbados | 130th | 600.9 | 9.009 | — |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | 131st | 604.35 | 8.696 | — |
 Antigua and Barbuda | 135th | 608.11 | 8.108 | — |
 Cayman Islands | 142nd | 632.39 | 4.225 | — |
 Puerto Rico | =144th | 656.55 | 6 | — |
 Turks and Caicos Islands | 146th | 637.04 | 3.704 | — |
 Cuba | 148th | 642.92 | 4.014 | — |
 Trinidad and Tobago | =150th | 681.26 | 0.105 | 57.7 |
 Saint Lucia | 152nd | 642.5 | 2.5 | — |
 Bahamas | 156th | 652.44 | 0.889 | — |
 Grenada | 160th | 658.33 | 0 | — |
 Montserrat | 163rd | 700 | 0 | — |
 Anguilla | not placed | — | — | — |
 British Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
 Curaçao | not placed | — | — | — |
 Dominica | not placed | — | — | — |
 Saint Martin | not placed | — | — | — |
 Sint Maarten | not placed | — | — | — |
 United States Virgin Islands | not placed | — | — | — |
“—”: no published reading in that edition. What a standing is
Across Caribbean
Every country in the sub-region, by its place among all 165.
- Haiti=108th
- Aruba113th
- Dominican Republic115th
- Jamaica123rd
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124th
- Barbados130th
- Saint Kitts and Nevis131st
- Antigua and Barbuda135th
- Cayman Islands142nd
- Puerto Rico=144th
- Turks and Caicos Islands146th
- Cuba148th
- Trinidad and Tobago=150th
- Saint Lucia152nd
- Bahamas156th
- Grenada160th
- Montserrat163rd
- Anguillanot placed
- British Virgin Islandsnot placed
- Curaçaonot placed
- Dominicanot placed
- Saint Martinnot placed
- Sint Maartennot placed
- United States Virgin Islandsnot placed
Placed either side on energy
The countries immediately above and below Aruba in the topic’s list.
04Context, no vote
Where Aruba is ahead of the world, and behind
20 more statistics filed under energy, published in full and deliberately given no vote in the standing. Select a row for the publisher, the rank and the links.
Ahead of the world median1
Statistics on which Aruba does better than the middle country measured.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.279175.279▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 17 · world median 5.279 · Wind and solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 69.12; higher is better.
Behind the world median3
Statistics on which Aruba does worse than the middle country measured.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.321737.32▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 17 · world median 37.32 · Low-carbon sources (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100; higher is better.
Position 115th of 162 · derived.
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7384.6642.738▲ Improved since 2014
Aruba: 4.664 · world median 2.738 · Energy use per dollar of GDP (thousand Btu per US$ at PPP). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.666 to 17.45; lower is better.
CO₂ Emissions per CapitaGlobal Carbon Project · 2024 · world median 3.218.5193.21▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 8.519 · world median 3.21 · Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person). Global Carbon Project, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.054 to 41.27; lower is better.
Position 31st of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.
Level with the median, or no median to compare4
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 100 · world median 100 · Population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 5.4 to 100; higher is better.
Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▼ Worsened since 2014
Aruba: 100 · world median 100 · Rural population with electricity access (%). World Bank Group, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.7 to 100; higher is better.
Primary Schools with ElectricityUIS · 2024 · world median 100100100No earlier reading
Aruba: 100 · world median 100 · Primary schools with access to electricity (%). UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 1.246 to 100; higher is better.
Coal Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 0 · Coal (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 98.25; lower is better.
No better end12
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.9654.273No earlier reading
Aruba: 4.965 · world median 4.273 · Practical solar power potential (kWh per kWp per day, long-term average). World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis, 2020 edition, data for 2020.
Published values in that edition run from 2.513 to 5.379.
Primary Energy Consumption per CapitaEIA · 2024 · world median 49.5155.5249.5No real change since 2014
Aruba: 155.52 · world median 49.5 · Energy use per person (million Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0.95 to 766.07.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.04933.049Moved since 2014
Aruba: 3 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 0 · Nuclear (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 67.4.
Net Electricity Imports (share of generation)Ember · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 0 · Net electricity imports (% of domestic generation). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from -70.16 to 707.07.
Operating Wind Power CapacityGlobal Energy Monitor · 2026 · world median 10030100No earlier reading
Aruba: 30 · world median 100 · Wind farm capacity in operation (megawatts). Global Energy Monitor, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 542,758.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 0 · Dry natural gas produced (billion cubic metres). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 1,069.
Crude Oil ProductionEIA · 2025 · world median 000No real change since 2015
Aruba: 0 · world median 0 · Crude oil produced (thousand barrels per day). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2025 edition, data for 2025.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 13,586.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.0150.144Moved since 2014
Aruba: 0.015 · world median 0.144 · Solar generating capacity installed (gigawatts). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 886.66.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 2.585 · Natural gas (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 99.97.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.0770.0010.077No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0.001 · world median 0.077 · Primary energy produced (quadrillion Btu). U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 130.76.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.85012.85No real change since 2014
Aruba: 0 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
No current reading for Aruba
Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, Firms Owning or Sharing a Generator, Operating Coal Power Capacity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score, RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. Listed rather than hidden, so the page can be checked against it.
“Position · derived” is this site’s ordering of the published values, 1st = best unless the row says otherwise; the publisher ranks no country on it. Rank, position and standing
05Country Index 2026
Energy among Aruba’s 3 topics
Energy is Aruba’s 2nd best-placed topic of 3. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledgejoint 41st of 1982/4 keys
- Energy113th of 1652/3 keys
- Mobility & Trade134th of 1772/4 keys
No standing on Governance & Institutions, Economy & Innovation, Work & Labour, Health & Wellbeing, Development & Human Capital, Environment & Sustainability, Gender & Equality, Democracy & Civil Liberties, Peace & Security, Risk & Resilience, Food & Agriculture, Poverty & Inequality, Digital & Technology: too few of those topics’ key statistics are published for this country.
06The top of the list
Who leads on energy
The three countries placed highest of 165, and the leaders Aruba can most readily be measured against.
1
BhutanSouthern Asia
1st of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2
NorwayNorthern Europe
2nd of 165 · 3 of 3 keys
Photo: Ximonic , Simo Räsänen · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
3
UgandaEastern Africa
3rd of 165 · 2 of 3 keys
Photo: Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia · CC BY-SA 2.0, greyscale
Placed highest nearby
Highest in Americas
Venezuela=8th2/3 keysHighest in Caribbean
Haiti=108th2/3 keysThis page
Aruba113th2/3 keys
Positions out of 165 placed on the topic. A country needs readings on enough keys to be placed, and the top of the list is often held on fewer of them.
07Questions
Aruba on energy: questions answered
Every answer is built from the numbers on this page, so none can say something the page does not.
How does Aruba rank on energy?
Aruba is placed 113th of 165 countries on Energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics (Carbon Intensity of Electricity and Renewable Share of Electricity Generation). The position is this site’s ordering of published statistics, not a rank any publisher printed.
What is the latest Carbon Intensity of Electricity figure for Aruba?
549 in 2024 (carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 433.75.
What is the latest Renewable Share of Electricity Generation figure for Aruba?
17 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.
How have Aruba’s energy figures changed?
Carbon Intensity of Electricity fell from 657.69 in 2000 to 549 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 17 in 2024.
Which energy statistics are missing for Aruba?
No current reading is published for Aruba on Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major Constraint, Firms Owning or Sharing a Generator, Operating Coal Power Capacity, RISE Clean Cooking Policy Score, RISE Electricity Access Policy Score, RISE Energy Efficiency Policy Score, RISE Renewable Energy Policy Score and World Energy Trilemma Index. They are listed rather than hidden, so the evidence on the page can be checked against it.
08Method
Method, sources and how to cite
What this topic does not measure
This is deliberately the electricity and energy-system subject, not an infrastructure one: roads, railways, ports, water and telecommunications would each need a global series this site does not hold. Emissions are under Environment & Sustainability. Access to electricity is published here in full but takes no part in any ranking — more than half the world’s countries now report 100%, and a position derived from that would read “1, 1, 1 … 123”, which is noise rather than information.
How the Energy standing is decided
A standing is this site’s ordering, named with its edition — never a publisher’s rank. 3 key statistics vote, one vote each; every country’s published value becomes a place within that key’s own field, the places are averaged, and the average is never published. A country needs 2 of the 3 keys to be placed.
The energy method, step by stepHow every standing on this site is built
The key statistics and their licences
- Carbon Intensity of Electricity — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- Renewable Share of Electricity Generation — Ember, CC BY 4.0
- World Energy Trilemma Index — World Energy Council, Express reuse grant (no Creative Commons licence named)
The other 20 statistics on this page come from 7 publishers, each named beside its numbers, with every edition and licence on the datasets pages.
The standing itself is part of the Country Index 2026, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photographs
Aruba’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Aruba (banner) — Serge Melki, CC BY 2.0
- Bhutan — VIkramjit Kakati derivative work: ויקיג'אנקי, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Norway — Ximonic , Simo Räsänen, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Uganda — Rod Waddington from Kergunyah, Australia, CC BY-SA 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Aruba: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/aruba/energy