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Earnings per share | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings per share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Note 22.- Earnings per share Basic earnings per share for the year 2020 have been calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders by the average number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share for the year 2020 have been calculated considering the potential issuance of 3,347,305 shares on settlement of the Green Exchangeable Notes (Note 14). 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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