Saudi Arabia Energy - 2023

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2020)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 76.785 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 331,381,500,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

imports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 31.055 billion kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 18; consumption 11; exports 190; imports 193; transmission/distribution losses 13

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 99.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 0.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 73,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 73,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 10,815,700 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 3,182,300 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 7,340,800 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 258.6 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

2.476 million bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

1.784 million bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

609,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 113,776,648,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

consumption: 113,776,648,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 9,422,812,000,000 cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

579.925 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 300,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 358.414 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 221.211 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

296.949 million Btu/person (2019 est.)