World Energy 2023, CIA World Factbook

population without electricity: (2020) 757 million

electrification - total population: 91.4% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 97.6% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 84.4% (2021)

note: sub-Saharan Africa remains the region with the largest number of people without access to electricity with 77% of the World's total

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 60.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 10.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 3.3% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 6.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 17% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

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

geothermal: 0.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 2.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Nuclear energy

Number of operational nuclear reactors: 410 (2023)

Number of nuclear reactors under construction: 57

Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors: 368.61GW (2023)

Percent of total electricity production: 10% (2021)

Percent of total energy produced: 4.6% (2021)

note: Three countries, the US, France, and China, have 57% of the World's net capacity of operational nuclear reactors

Refined petroleum products - production

88.4 million bbl/day (2014 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

29.66 million bbl/day (2014 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

28.62 million bbl/day (2014 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

35,551,713,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 15,587,834,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 12,195,793,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 7,768,086,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

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