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Energy

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Last updated: November 5, 2026

Sections in Energy
  1. Electricity access
  2. Electricity
  3. Electricity generation sources
  4. Nuclear energy
  5. Coal
  6. Petroleum
  7. Natural gas
  8. Energy consumption per capita

Energy

Electricity access:139

electrification - total population:100% (2022 est.)
electrification - urban areas:99.9%
electrification - rural areas:100%
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Electricity:140

installed generating capacity:114.749 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption:262.166 billion kWh (2023 est.)
exports:9.449 billion kWh (2023 est.)
imports:33.212 billion kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses:28.961 billion kWh (2023 est.)
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Electricity generation sources:141

fossil fuels:36.2% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
nuclear:13.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
solar:4.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
wind:30.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
hydroelectricity:1.7% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
biomass and waste:12.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
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Nuclear energy:142

Number of operational nuclear reactors:9 (2025)
Number of nuclear reactors under construction:2 (2025)
Net capacity of operational nuclear reactors:5.88GW (2025 est.)
Percent of total electricity production:12.5% (2023 est.)
Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down:36 (2025)
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Coal:143

production:1.568 million metric tons (2023 est.)
consumption:7.372 million metric tons (2023 est.)
exports:981,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
imports:6.633 million metric tons (2023 est.)
proven reserves:26 million metric tons (2023 est.)
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Petroleum:144

total petroleum production:753,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption:1.406 million bbl/day (2024 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves:2.5 billion barrels (2021 est.)
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Natural gas:145

production:34.029 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
consumption:63.553 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
exports:15.842 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
imports:45.226 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
proven reserves:180.661 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)
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Energy consumption per capita:146

Total energy consumption per capita 2023:94.28 million Btu/person (2023 est.)
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Historical observations

Notes & sources

  1. Electricity access. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  2. Electricity. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  3. Electricity generation sources. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  4. Nuclear energy. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  5. Coal. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  6. Petroleum. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  7. Natural gas. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
  8. Energy consumption per capita. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 13:07:35 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
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