| Electricity | |
|---|---|
| Installed generating capacity | 812,000 kW (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 1.7 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Imports | 378 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| Transmission/distribution losses | 320 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| Electricity access | |
| Electrification - total population | 49% (2022 est.) |
| Electrification - urban areas | 91.6% |
| Electricity generation sources | |
| Fossil fuels | 72.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Solar | 8.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Wind | 6.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Hydroelectricity | 12.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Coal | |
| Imports | 1 metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Petroleum | |
| Refined petroleum consumption | 32,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Crude oil estimated reserves | 20 million barrels (2021 est.) |
| Refined petroleum products - production | |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | |
| Natural gas | |
| Proven reserves | 28.317 billion cubic meters (2021 est.) |
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