Electricity generation by source in Colombia
Colombia: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation by source in Colombia, 1974–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation by source in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 52 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Colombia peaked at 0.532 terawatt-hours in 1998 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1974.
That places Colombia 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity generation by source in Colombia, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1975 | 0.189 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1976 | 0.202 terawatt-hours | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 0.192 terawatt-hours | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.206 terawatt-hours | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 0.216 terawatt-hours | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 0.227 terawatt-hours | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 0.212 terawatt-hours | -6.6% |
| 1982 | 0.231 terawatt-hours | +9.0% |
| 1983 | 0.234 terawatt-hours | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 0.255 terawatt-hours | +9.0% |
| 1985 | 0.267 terawatt-hours | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 0.266 terawatt-hours | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.268 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 0.274 terawatt-hours | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.274 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.274 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.269 terawatt-hours | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 0.34 terawatt-hours | +26.4% |
| 1993 | 0.389 terawatt-hours | +14.4% |
| 1994 | 0.444 terawatt-hours | +14.1% |
| 1995 | 0.477 terawatt-hours | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 0.496 terawatt-hours | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 0.483 terawatt-hours | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 0.532 terawatt-hours | +10.1% |
| 1999 | 0.457 terawatt-hours | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2025 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity generation by source in Colombia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -100.0% | 0.457 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.1675 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.216 terawatt-hours | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.2508 terawatt-hours | 0.212 terawatt-hours | 0.274 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4161 terawatt-hours | 0.269 terawatt-hours | 0.532 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
More energy & mining data for Colombia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -4.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 9.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation by source in Colombia?
- Electricity generation by source in Colombia was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity generation by source recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.532 terawatt-hours in 1998.
- What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1974.
- How does Colombia rank for electricity generation by source?
- Colombia ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.