Central African Republic vs. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Energy
| Central African Republic | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Electricity - production | 171.4 million kWh (2016 est.) | 9.046 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - consumption | 159.4 million kWh (2016 est.) | 7.43 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) | 422 million kWh (2015 est.) |
Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) | 20 million kWh (2016 est.) |
Oil - production | 0 bbl/day (2018 est.) | 17,000 bbl/day (2018 est.) |
Oil - imports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - exports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) | 20,000 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - proved reserves | 0 bbl (1 January 2018 est.) | 180 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves | 0 cu m (1 January 2014 est.) | 991.1 million cu m (1 January 2018 est.) |
Natural gas - production | 0 cu m (2017 est.) | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption | 0 cu m (2017 est.) | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - exports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - imports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Electricity - installed generating capacity | 38,300 kW (2016 est.) | 2.587 million kW (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from fossil fuels | 50% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) | 2% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants | 50% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) | 98% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from nuclear fuels | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from other renewable sources | 1% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - production | 0 bbl/day (2017 est.) | 0 bbl/day (2017 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - consumption | 2,800 bbl/day (2016 est.) | 21,000 bbl/day (2016 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - exports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - imports | 2,799 bbl/day (2015 est.) | 21,140 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Electricity access | electrification - total population: 3% (2019)
electrification - urban areas: 7% (2019)
electrification - rural areas: 0.4% (2019) | electrification - total population: 9% (2019)
electrification - urban areas: 19% (2019)
electrification - rural areas: 0.4% (2019) |
Source: CIA Factbook