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Topic 16 of 18 · Country Index 2026
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Energy
Where does a country’s electricity come from, and who can get it?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is placed 124th of 165 countries on energy in the Country Index 2026, from 2 of its 3 key statistics. Readings behind it: Carbon Intensity of Electricity 573.33 (2024); Renewable Share of Electricity Generation 13.33 (2024).
Share
Energy
124th
of 165 countries placed
Placed from 2 of 3 key statistics
01The evidence
The 3 key statistics that decide it
Only these place Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.
573.33
Carbon intensity (gCO₂e per kWh generated)
Lower is better
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 573.33. 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
13.33
Renewables (% of electricity generated)
Higher is better
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13.33. 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesWorld median
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rose from 470 in 2000 to 573.33 in 2024; the world median went from 540.34 to 433.75.
Every year’s figures
Year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines World median 2024 573 433.7 2023 573 452.7 2022 573 476.3 2021 564 469.0 2020 573 482.0 2019 573 488.2 2018 573 500.4 2017 573 506.3 2016 581 521.9 2015 573 524.8 2014 614 522.3 2013 564 508.8 2012 533 525.4 2011 521 521.4 2010 533 515.5 2009 564 533.6 2008 564 517.2 2007 564 535.3 2006 562 537.5 2005 521 521.4 2004 500 523.1 2003 545 543.1 2002 530 551.3 2001 530 559.3 2000 470 540.3 Renewable Share of Electricity Generation
Renewables (% of electricity generated) · higher is better
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesWorld median
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines fell from 30 in 2000 to 13.33 in 2024; the world median went from 15.61 to 32.06.
Every year’s figures
Year Saint Vincent and the Grenadines World median 2024 13.3 32.062 2023 13.3 28.000 2022 13.3 28.881 2021 14.3 28.286 2020 13.3 27.125 2019 13.3 26.296 2018 13.3 25.505 2017 13.3 24.023 2016 12.5 22.218 2015 13.3 21.915 2014 7.1 21.151 2013 14.3 21.593 2012 20.0 19.869 2011 21.4 18.584 2010 20.0 18.572 2009 14.3 17.886 2008 14.3 15.923 2007 14.3 15.586 2006 15.4 15.392 2005 21.4 16.438 2004 25.0 16.445 2003 18.2 16.339 2002 20.0 13.826 2001 20.0 14.023 2000 30.0 15.612
03In context
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Caribbean
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the topic’s list.
Kuwait121st
Equatorial Guinea122nd- Jamaica123rd
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124th
Philippines125th
Senegal126th
Eritrea=127th
04Context, no vote
Where Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is ahead of the world, and behind
21 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 median2
Statistics on which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does better than the middle country measured.
Energy Intensity of GDP (PPP)EIA · 2024 · world median 2.7382.4222.738▼ Worsened since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.422 · 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 3.212.5413.21No real change since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 2.541 · 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 118th of 210 · derived, 1st = worst.
Behind the world median4
Statistics on which Saint Vincent and the Grenadines does worse than the middle country measured.
Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 24.8533.7724.85No earlier reading
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 33.77 · world median 24.85 · Firms owning or sharing a generator (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0.158 to 90.51; lower is better.
Firms Identifying Electricity as a Major ConstraintWorld Bank Group · 2026 · world median 25.7734.6725.77No earlier reading
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 34.67 · world median 25.77 · Firms rating electricity a major or very severe constraint (%). World Bank Group, 2026 edition, data for 2026.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 84.77; lower is better.
Position 61st of 179 · derived, 1st = worst.
Low-Carbon Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 37.3213.3337.32▼ Worsened since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13.33 · 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 121st of 162 · derived.
Wind and Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 5.27905.279▼ Worsened since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 · 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.
Level with the median, or no median to compare4
Access to ElectricityWorld Bank Group · 2024 · world median 100100100▲ Improved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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 real change since 2016
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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 end11
These describe the shape of a country — more is not better or worse, only different — so they are never ahead or behind.
Hydro Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 12.8513.3312.85Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 13.33 · world median 12.85 · Hydropower (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 100.
Photovoltaic Power Potential (PVOUT)World Bank Group (ESMAP), data by Solargis · 2020 · world median 4.2734.2734.273No earlier reading
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 4.273 · 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 49.538.6349.5Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 38.63 · 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.
Nuclear Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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.
Natural Gas ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 000No real change since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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.
Gas Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 2.58502.585Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 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.
Solar Electricity Installed CapacityEIA · 2024 · world median 0.1440.0050.144Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0.005 · 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.
Primary Energy ProductionEIA · 2024 · world median 0.07700.077Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 · 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.
Solar Share of Electricity GenerationEmber · 2024 · world median 3.04903.049Moved since 2014
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 0 · world median 3.049 · Solar (% of electricity generated). Ember, 2024 edition, data for 2024.
Published values in that edition run from 0 to 50.
No current reading for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Operating Coal Power Capacity, Operating Wind 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s 14 topics
Energy is Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s 13th best-placed topic of 14. Strongest first, each marker at its share of that topic’s field.
- Education & Knowledge11th of 1983/4 keys
- Food & Agriculture18th of 1844/4 keys
- Democracy & Civil Liberties42nd of 1982/4 keys
- Risk & Resiliencejoint 59th of 1933/4 keys
- Environment & Sustainabilityjoint 78th of 1862/4 keys
- Governance & Institutions82nd of 1943/4 keys
- Economy & Innovation85th of 1762/4 keys
- Development & Human Capital95th of 1963/3 keys
- Health & Wellbeing109th of 2002/4 keys
- Mobility & Trade103rd of 1772/4 keys
- Gender & Equalityjoint 116th of 1832/4 keys
- Work & Labour131st of 1824/4 keys
- Energy124th of 1652/3 keys
- Digital & Technologyjoint 174th of 1983/4 keys
No standing on Peace & Security, Poverty & Inequality: 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines124th2/3 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank on energy?
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is placed 124th 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
573.33 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
13.33 in 2024 (renewables (% of electricity generated)), according to Ember. The world median in the same edition was 32.06.
How have Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s energy figures changed?
Carbon Intensity of Electricity rose from 470 in 2000 to 573.33 in 2024; Renewable Share of Electricity Generation fell from 30 in 2000 to 13.33 in 2024.
Which energy statistics are missing for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
No current reading is published for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Operating Coal Power Capacity, Operating Wind 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 21 statistics on this page come from 6 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
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’s banner and the countries placed highest, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (banner) — Nikonian derivative work: Jjtkk, CC BY 3.0
- 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). Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Energy — standing and statistics, Country Index 2026. https://nationsinquiry.com/countries/saint-vincent-and-the-grenadines/energy