Energy consumption in Mongolia

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

5.93 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 1,782 kWh.

Mongolia can partly provide itself with self-produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is five bn kWh. That is 90% of the countries own usage. The rest of the needed energy is imported from foreign countries. Along with pure consumptions 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	Mongolia per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	5.93 bn kWh	1,781.77 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	5.34 bn kWh	1,603.65 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
Import	1.45 bn kWh	434.33 kWh	219.11 kWh
Export	51.00 m kWh	15.32 kWh	29.21 kWh
98.1% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.In rural areas, the share was 94.6%
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Mongolia per capita	USA per capita
Production	20,000.00 bbl	0.006 bbl	0.033 bbl
Export	14,360.00 bbl	0.004 bbl	0.003 bbl

Carbon footprint

	CO2 emissions in 2019	Mongolia per capita	USA per capita
total	23.07 m t	7.15 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 could only be obtainable 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 unter 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 Mongolia	Percentage in Mongolia	Percentage USA	per capita in Mongolia	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	8.64 bn kWh	87,0 %	70,0 %	2,595.89 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	9,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	198.68 m kWh	2,0 %	7,0 %	59.68 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	1.09 bn kWh	11,0 %	14,0 %	328.22 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Total production capacity	9.93 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	2,983.78 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	5.34 bn kWh	53.7 %	43.0 %	1,603.65 kWh	12,338.29 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energies include 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 energies from hydropower are displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energies accounted for around 3.3 percent of actual total consumption in Mongolia. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

Greenhouse gases emissions by countryMethane and CO2 are the main greenhouse gases. This list names the biggest polluters by country.

Global warming by continentsAvg. temperatures from 1950 to 2022. Increased in Europe and North America - Antarctic colder again.

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