| Electricity | |
|---|---|
| Installed generating capacity | 8.357 million kW (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 22.448 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Transmission/distribution losses | 4.101 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| Electricity access | |
| Electrification - total population | 54.7% (2022 est.) |
| Electricity generation sources | |
| Fossil fuels | 36.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Solar | 0.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Hydroelectricity | 62.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| Coal | |
| Production | 21.928 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Consumption | 22.105 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Proven reserves | 10.6 billion metric tons (2023 est.) |
| Petroleum | |
| Refined petroleum consumption | 18,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| Refined petroleum products - production | |
| Refined petroleum products - exports | |
| Refined petroleum products - imports | |
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