Pakistan Energy - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Electricity access

population without electricity: (2020) 46 million

electrification - total population: 94.9% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 99.9% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 91.9% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 39.925 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 103,493,520,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 487 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 17.389 billion kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 30; consumption 33; exports 178; imports 88; transmission/distribution losses 24

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 55.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 8.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

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

wind: 2.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 31.9% 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: 0.8% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Nuclear energy

Number of operational nuclear reactors: 6 (2023)

Number of nuclear reactors under construction: 0

Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors: 3.26GW (2023)

Percent of total electricity production: 10.6% (2021)

Percent of total energy produced: 8.7% (2021)

Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down: 0

Coal

production: 4.855 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 21.012 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 1,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 17.239 million metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 3.064 billion metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 100,700 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 493,400 bbl/day (2019 est.)

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

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 198,400 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 540 million barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

291,200 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

25,510 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

264,500 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 38,056,250,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 48,391,627,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

imports: 10,743,167,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

proven reserves: 592.218 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

193.869 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 47.468 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 67.789 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 78.611 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

15.859 million Btu/person (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Pakistan 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 Pakistan 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Pakistan 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.