Energy finance in Argentina
Argentina has 5 active World Bank energy projects, with $949 million committed, the 16th largest of 102 countries. 98.4% of its people had electricity in 2024.
- Committed
- $949m
- Projects
- 5
- Per person
- $21
- Electricity access
- 98.4%
- Without electricity
- 0.7 million
Active projects
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The objective of the Project is to increase energy access and energy efficiency in vulnerable households and communities and to respond promptly and effectively in case of an Eligible Crisis or Emergency.
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The Program Development Objectives are to increase access to safely managed water and sanitation services with a focus on vulnerable areas of Buenos Aires, and improve AySAs efficiency and capacity to respond to water and sanitation emergency needs
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Support the transition of the electricity ST scheme from the federal to the Buenos Aires provincial level, and the delivery of select social safety net programs targeting the vulnerable population in the PBA, as part of the COVID 19 emergency response
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Support the transition of the electricity ST scheme from the federal to the Buenos Aires provincial level, and the delivery of select social safety net programs targeting the vulnerable population in the PBA, as part of the COVID 19 emergency response
Source: World Bank Group, updated 23 Oct 2026.
Who else finances energy in Americas
- World Bank (IBRD and IDA)Loans, credits and grants to governments for generation, transmission, distribution and access. Co-leads Mission 300 with the African Development Bank, which aims to connect 300 million Africans to electricity by 2030.
- IFCEquity and loans for private power producers, utilities and off-grid companies; the World Bank Group’s private-sector arm.
- MIGAPolitical-risk insurance and credit enhancement that make cross-border energy investments bankable.
- SEFAGrants and concessional finance for project preparation, mini-grids, clean cooking and green baseload, managed by the African Development Bank.
- OPEC FundPublic- and private-sector loans and grants in developing countries, with energy among its core sectors.
- IsDBSharia-compliant finance for power, renewables and energy access in its member countries.
- GCFGrants, concessional loans, equity and guarantees for low-emission and climate-resilient projects, through accredited entities.
- CIFConcessional finance, delivered through the multilateral banks, for clean technology, renewables in low-income countries and coal transition.
- EIBThe EU’s lending arm: loans for renewables, grids and efficiency inside and outside Europe.
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