Energy consumption in Colombia

The most important figure in the energy balance of Colombia is the total consumption of

68.25 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 1,325 kWh.

Colombia could be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 75 bn kWh, which is 110 percent of the country's own usage. Despite this, Colombia trades energy with foreign countries. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Colombia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	68.25 bn kWh	1,324.82 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	74.92 bn kWh	1,454.29 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
Import	378.00 m kWh	7.34 kWh	219.11 kWh
Export	460.00 m kWh	8.93 kWh	29.21 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Colombia per capita	USA per capita
Production	863,000.00 bbl	0.017 bbl	0.033 bbl
Export	726,700.00 bbl	0.014 bbl	0.003 bbl
In 2018 there were still 1.67 bn barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Colombia. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.6 tn billion barrels. Colombia therefore has a share of 0.103% and ranks 36th out of 98 countries with crude oil reserves.
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Colombia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	10.08 bn m³	195.67 m³	2,312.79 m³
Production	10.02 bn m³	194.50 m³	2,328.46 m³
Import	48.14 m m³	0.93 m³	259.57 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Colombia per capita	USA per capita
total	81.04 m t	1.61 t	14.67 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Colombia	Percentage in Colombia	Percentage USA	per capita in Colombia	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	42.91 bn kWh	29,0 %	70,0 %	832.88 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	102.09 bn kWh	69,0 %	7,0 %	1,981.69 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	2.96 bn kWh	2,0 %	14,0 %	57.44 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Total production capacity	147.96 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	2,872.02 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	74.92 bn kWh	50.6 %	43.0 %	1,454.29 kWh	12,338.29 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 30.7 percent of actual total consumption in Colombia. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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