| Electricity | |
|---|---|
| Installed generating capacity | 114.749 million kW (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 262.166 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 9.449 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Imports | 33.212 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Transmission/distribution losses | 28.961 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Electricity access | |
| Electrification - total population | 100% (2022 est.) |
| Electrification - urban areas | 99.9% |
| Electrification - rural areas | 100% |
| Electricity generation sources | |
| Fossil fuels | 36.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Nuclear | 13.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Solar | 4.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Wind | 30.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Hydroelectricity | 1.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Biomass and waste | 12.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Coal | |
| Production | 1.568 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 7.372 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 981,000 metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Imports | 6.633 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 26 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Petroleum | |
| Total petroleum production | 753,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Refined petroleum consumption | 1.406 million bbl/day (2024 est.) |
| Crude oil estimated reserves | 2.5 billion barrels (2021 est.) |
| Refined petroleum products - production | |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | |
| Natural gas | |
| Production | 34.029 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 63.553 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Exports | 15.842 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Imports | 45.226 billion cubic meters (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 180.661 billion cubic meters (2021 est.) |
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