Colombia Key Figures
- Population:
- 52.4 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 0.61 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 100%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 77.0 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 1.64 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 5.66%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Per capita consumption is around 0.87 toe, including 17% of electricity (1 730 kWh in 2023).
Total energy consumption increased by around 5% in 2023 to 45 Mtoe, in line with the post-COVID. Previously, it had fluctuated around 39-44 Mtoe between 2015 and 2019 and dropped by 7% in 2020.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
Graph: TOTAL CONSUMPTION MARKET SHARE BY ENERGY (2023, %)
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Crude Oil Production
Oil production has increased by 3%/year since 2021 to 42 Mt in 2023. Previously, it peaked at 52 Mt in 2015 and decreased by 27% until 2021.
The 390 km (110 kb/d) Alto Magdalena oil pipeline has been operational since 1992 and connects the Tenay station (Huila department) and the Vasconia station (Boyaca department). The 780 km Cano Limon pipeline runs from the Caño Limón oil field in the municipalities of Arauca and Arauquita in Arauca Department. It has been operational since 1986.
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Renewable in % Electricity Production
The objective of the National Development Plan 2018-2022 of 1 500 MW of solar and wind capacity in 2022 was not met as only 670 MW had been installed at the end of 2023.
Three power auctions were launched in 2021 (Auction CLPE No. 01 - 2021, Auction CLPE No. 02 - 2021, and Auction CLPE No. 03 - 2021); the first two awarded 1.7 GW of wind capacity in 2021 and the third awarded 0.8 GW of solar projects in 2022. Previously, two power auctions had been held in 2019 and awarded 1 GW of wind and 0.2 GW of solar to be commissioned in 2022-2023.
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
According to its first NDC update (2020), Colombia has pledged to cut GHG emissions by at least 51% in 2030 compared to a BAU scenario (equivalent to 170 MtCO2eq of emissions). It is also committed to reducing black carbon by 40% compared to 2014 levels. In 2021, the government launched the Carbon Neutral Colombia strategy with the aim of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050, which corresponds to a 90% emissions reduction compared to 2015.