South America · country explainer · estimated data
Colombia's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2016-01 → 2025-12 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2025-12
123gCO₂e/kWh
#14 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
87.7%
clean incl. nuclear: 87.7%
Records
Cleanest: 90 (2017-07)
Dirtiest: 408 (2016-03)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 122 | -126 | 87.3 | 84.4 |
| 2024 | 248 | +48 | 70.6 | 83.3 |
| 2023 | 200 | +68 | 77 | 80.6 |
| 2022 | 132 | -17 | 85.4 | 76.9 |
| 2021 | 149 | -84 | 83.4 | 73.9 |
| 2020 | 233 | +43 | 73.3 | 69.3 |
| 2019 | 190 | +40 | 79 | 70.1 |
| 2018 | 150 | +29 | 83.3 | 69 |
| 2017 | 121 | -109 | 87 | 66.7 |
| 2016 | 230 | — | 72.1 | 65.8 |
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Open the globe →Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/co".