| Electricity | |
|---|---|
| Installed generating capacity | 1.148 million kW (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 4.399 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Transmission/distribution losses | 328.234 million kWh (2023 est.) |
| Electricity access | |
| Electrification - total population | 19% (2022 est.) |
| Electrification - urban areas | 65.1% |
| Electrification - rural areas | 14.2% |
| Electricity generation sources | |
| Fossil fuels | 76.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Solar | 0.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Hydroelectricity | 21.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Geothermal | 2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Biomass and waste | 0.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Coal | |
| Imports | 2,000 metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Petroleum | |
| Total petroleum production | 32,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Refined petroleum consumption | 30,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Crude oil estimated reserves | 159.656 million barrels (2021 est.) |
| Refined petroleum products - production | |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | |
| Natural gas | |
| Production | 11.57 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 677.736 million cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 10.892 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 183.125 billion cubic meters (2021 est.) |
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