Geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity rose 0% to 204 MW in El Salvador in 2016, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity in El Salvador reached an all time high of 204 MW in 2016 and an all time low of 95.0 MW in 1990. When compared to El Salvador's main peers, geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity in Costa Rica amounted to 208 MW, 48.0 MW in Guatemala, 0 MW in Honduras and 160 MW in Nicaragua in 2016.
El Salvador has been ranked 12th within the group of 27 countries we follow in terms of geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity, 1 place below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Geothermal Capacity (Cumulative Installed Power Capacity) | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 
| Belize | MW | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| Costa Rica | MW | ... | 218 | 218 | 217 | 207 | 207 | |||||||||||||||
| El Salvador | MW | ... | 204 | 204 | 204 | 204 | 204 | |||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | MW | ... | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | 49.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Honduras | MW | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 35.0 | |||||||||||||||
| Mexico | MW | ... | 823 | 813 | 906 | 926 | 985 | |||||||||||||||
| Nicaragua | MW | ... | 155 | 155 | 155 | 155 | 155 | |||||||||||||||
| Panama | MW | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 
| USA | MW | ... | 2,607 | 2,514 | 2,542 | 2,517 | 2,483 |