Pakistan Key Figures
- Population:
- 240 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 0.0 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 70.5%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 67.8 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 0.73 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 7.55%
* at purchasing power parity
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Pakistan Total Energy Production & Consumption
Per capita consumption is about 0.4 toe, including 492 kWh of electricity (2023).
The country's total consumption decreased by 1.5% in 2023, after a 12% drop in 2022; it increased rapidly (4.6%/year) between 2014 and 2021 and then remained largely stable between 2006 and 2013.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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Pakistan Oil Production & Consumption
Oil production has fluctuated around 4-5 Mt since 2012 (4 Mt in 2023). Production supplies around 20% of the country's needs. Crude oil imports decreased slightly to 7.8 Mt in 2022, after two years at a higher level (about 9 Mt in 2020 and 2021).
Source: Pakistan energy report
Interactive Chart Pakistan Crude Oil Production & Consumption
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Interactive Chart Pakistan Refined Oil Products Production & Consumption
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Pakistan Natural Gas Production & Consumption
Gas production has decreased slowly (-2%/year) since 2014, reaching 28 bcm in 2023. Previously, it had risen significantly (8%/year) between 2000 and 2008, following the exploitation of new fields, and then had remained stable around 34 bcm until 2014.
Pakistan imports gas in the form of LNG since 2014. Imports reached a peak in 2020 (11.6 bcm) and have decreased since then (6.5 bcm in 2023).
Source: Pakistan energy report
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Pakistan Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption
Coal and lignite production has increased by 31% per year on average since 2017 and reached about 20 Mt in 2023 (6 times more than in 2010). Coal imports quadrupled between 2015 and 2021, reaching around 20 Mt in 2021, in order to supply coal-fired power plants. However, tensions on international coal prices led to a significant drop in coal imports in 2022 and 2023, by around 60% to 7.3 Mt.
Source: Pakistan energy report
Interactive Chart Pakistan Coal and Lignite Production & Consumption
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Pakistan Renewable in % Electricity Production
AEDB, Alternative Energy Development Board, is the national agency for the promotion of renewables.
The new Alternative and Renewable Energy Policy (ARE, 2019) included a target of at least 20% of alternative and renewable energy (excluding hydroelectricity) in the power capacity in 2025 (currently 8% in 2023) and 30% in 2030. With hydropower, this corresponds to a share of 60% (currently 32% in 2023). In 2020, Pakistan announced its intention to reach 27 GW of solar by 2047.
Source: Pakistan energy report
Interactive Chart Pakistan Share of Renewables in Electricity Production (incl hydro)
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Pakistan GHG emissions and CO2 emissions
In its updated NDC (2021), Pakistan committed to cut its GHG emissions in 2030 by up to 50% relative to a BAU scenario (unconditional target of 15% plus a conditional target of 35%, depending on international grants).
CO2 emissions from fuel combustion remained stable in 2023 (176 MtCO2) after a significant drop in 2022 (-17% compared to 2021 historical peak), partly due to lower coal use in the power sector, linked to higher coal prices. Previously, emissions increased rapidly (+9%/year) from 2013 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2021.
Source: Pakistan energy report
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