Share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia
Colombia: Share of electricity generation from gas was 13.8% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 13.8% for share of electricity generation from gas in 2025.
That represents a change of down 38.0% on the previous year and down 40.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia peaked at 23.0% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2008.
That places Colombia 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 19.3% | — |
| 2001 | 20.1% | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 18.3% | -9.2% |
| 2003 | 14.8% | -19.2% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 14.8% | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 13.8% | -6.6% |
| 2007 | 12.0% | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 10.4% | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 19.3% | +85.7% |
| 2010 | 19.9% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -37.7% |
| 2012 | 14.3% | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 20.9% | +46.6% |
| 2014 | 20.2% | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 23.0% | +13.9% |
| 2016 | 20.9% | -9.3% |
| 2017 | 14.0% | -32.8% |
| 2018 | 14.9% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 16.7% | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 19.5% | +17.0% |
| 2021 | 16.3% | -16.5% |
| 2022 | 16.3% | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 18.7% | +14.9% |
| 2024 | 22.2% | +18.7% |
| 2025 | 13.8% | -38.0% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 13.8% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 13.6%, 1.0× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 15.7% | 10.4% | 20.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.7% | 12.4% | 23.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.8% | 13.8% | 22.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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 share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia?
- Share of electricity generation from gas in Colombia was 13.8% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 23.0% in 2015.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from gas recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2008.
- How does Colombia rank for share of electricity generation from gas?
- Colombia ranks 84th out of 206 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from gas rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.