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Electricity access | electrification - total population: 32% (2019) electrification - urban areas: 56% (2019) electrification - rural areas: 4% (2019) |
Electricity - production | 1.139 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - consumption | 1.059 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - exports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - imports | 0 kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - installed generating capacity | 558,000 kW (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from fossil fuels | 65% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from nuclear fuels | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from other renewable sources | 20% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants | 16% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Oil - production | 4,000 bbl/day (2018 est.) |
Oil - exports | 5,333 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - imports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Oil - proved reserves | 20 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - production | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - consumption | 17,000 bbl/day (2016 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - exports | 0 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - imports | 17,290 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Natural gas - production | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - exports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - imports | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves | 28.32 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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