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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators


Energy Production and Reserves

 

Hydroelectric
Production

Solid Fuel
Production

Liquid Fuel
Production

Gas Fuel
Production

Geothermal
Energy

Nuclear
Power

 

Terajoules

Terajoules

Terajoules

Terajoules

Terajoules

Terajoules

 

1971

1991

1971

1991

1971

1991

1971

1991

1991

1991

Argentina

5,557

59,152

15,621

7,213

915,863

1,108,469

224,027

885,664

 

84,775

Bolivia

2,441

4,554

 

 

72,009

52,482

1,377

107,248

 

 

Brazil

155,788

784,015

61,722

92,506

353,743

1,391,855

5,041

149,183

 

15,731

Chile

15,829

36,846

37,807

64,473

76,229

49,145

50,673

61,300

 

 

Colombia

24,070

99,814

62,748

642,255

477,128

904,124

61,253

161,162

 

 

Costa Rica

3,725

13,129

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cuba

396

306

 

 

5,012

33,494

59

1,200

 

 

Dominica

32

58

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dominican Rep.

240

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ecuador

1,586

18,220

 

 

8,265

661,733

674

4,425

15,120

 

El Salvador

1,785

6,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guatemala

1,313

7,524

 

 

 

7,118

 

 

 

 

Guyana

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haiti

 

1,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honduras

870

3,186

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamaica

454

468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mexico

52,264

87,480

86,780

219,807

980,163

6,573,981

420,476

948,000

190,440

33,055

Nicaragua

683

947

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,620

 

Panama

 

7,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paraguay

613

107,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peru

15,419

40,770

791

4,014

131,796

257,127

14,654

18,000

 

 

St. Vincent & Grens.

41

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Suriname

3,863

4,014

 

 

 

9,797

 

 

 

 

United States

970,486

1,037,632

12,511,500

22,083,690

22,088,580

18,055,340

23,516,740

19,509,140

555,228

6,682,527

Uruguay

5,293

22,003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venezuela

19,413

123,480

1,055

78,968

7,856,137

5,376,635

397,792

1,054,000

 

 

  

 

Hydraulic Resources Terajoules

 

Oil Reserves
Million MT

Raw Natural
Gas Reserves
Billion MT

Hard Coal
Reserves
Terajoules

Soft Coal
Reserves
Terajoules

 

1990

1990

1990

1990

1990

Argentina

1,926,000

215

579

 

9,525

Barbados

 

1

 

 

 

Bolivia

 

25

118

 

 

Brazil

10,873,440

395

115

 

367,371

Chile

818,082

40

131

3,224

165,588

Colombia

4,644,000

280

108

283,961

20,808

Costa Rica

802,631

 

 

 

791

Ecuador

2,944,800

207

16

 

1,583

Guatemala

343,458

24

 

 

 

Guyana

243,000

 

 

 

 

Haiti

 

 

 

 

381

Honduras

705,600

 

 

 

615

Jamaica

1,638

 

 

 

 

Mexico

1,800,000

6,079

2,025

82,677

35,169

Paraguay

182,592

 

 

 

 

Peru

6,622,560

52

200

 

2,931

Trinidad & Tob.

 

80

252

 

 

United States

 

3,560

4,732

9,865,231

9,721,917

Venezuela

1,206,000

8,604

3,429

32,649

 

Source: World Resources Database, 1994-1995.
A terajoule is one trillion joules; 1000 terajoules are equivalent to one petrajoule. MT refers to metric tons.
"Solid fuels" include bituminous coal, oil shale, and peat. "Liquid fuels" include crude petroleum and liquid natural gas.
"Gas" includes natural gas and other petroleum gases.
Electricity production data generally refer to gross production, except for Dominican Rep., Mexico, and the United States.
Net production is 5-10 percent less than gross.
Fuelwood, charcoal, bagasse, animal and vegetable wastes, and solar energy are excluded from production figures.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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