Colombia Energy - 2023


SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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Electricity access

electrification - total population: 99.9% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 100% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 99.9% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 19.769 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 69,856,680,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 251 million kWh (2020 est.)

imports: 1.302 billion kWh (2020 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 5.724 billion kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 48; consumption 42; exports 86; imports 68; transmission/distribution losses 44

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 32.9% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

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

solar: 0.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0.1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 65.7% 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: 1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 51.395 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 8.547 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 69.861 million metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 79,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 4.554 billion metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 756,400 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 352,400 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 481,300 bbl/day (2018 est.)

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

crude oil estimated reserves: 2.036 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

303,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

56,900 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

57,170 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 11,305,086,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

consumption: 11,708,232,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2020 est.)

imports: 403.146 million cubic meters (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 87.782 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

81.007 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 12.666 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 47.679 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 20.662 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

34.703 million Btu/person (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Colombia on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Colombia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Colombia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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