Peru Energy - 2024

Electricity access

population without electricity: (2020) less than 1 million

electrification - total population: 95.6% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 98.9% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 83.5% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 15.34 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 49,121,370,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2019 est.)

imports: 60 million kWh (2019 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 6.408 billion kWh (2019 est.)

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 38.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

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

solar: 1.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 3.5% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 55.4% 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: 1.1% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 696,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 396,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 252,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 262,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 102 million metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 122,500 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 265,500 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 6,500 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 112,900 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 858.9 million barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

166,600 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

62,640 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

65,400 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 12,079,211,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

consumption: 8,278,048,000 cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 5.446 billion cubic meters (2019 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 300.158 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

54.996 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 1.171 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 35.119 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 18.706 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

36.465 million Btu/person (2019 est.)