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Earnings per share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings per share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Diluted earnings per share equal basic earnings per share for the years 2019 and 2018.
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Item |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
Profit from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica |  |  | 11,968 |  |  |  | 62,135 |  |  |  | 41,596 |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic |  |  | 101,879 |  |  |  | 101,063 |  |  |  | 100,217 |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - diluted |  |  | 103,392 |  |  |  | 101,063 |  |  |  | 100,217 |
Earnings per share from continuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | 0.12 |  |  |  | 0.61 |  |  |  | 0.42 |
Earnings per share from profit for the period (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | 0.12 |  |  |  | 0.61 |  |  |  | 0.42 |

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