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Coal > Production	24,060,000 ton		[15th of 65]
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Coal consumption	103,600,000		[9th of 41]
DEFINITION: Billion short tons of coal consumed per country per year.
SOURCE: Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division
Coal Proved Reserves > Total	3,050		[16th of 32]
DEFINITION: Coal Proved Reserves - Total, million tonnes, as of end of 2004
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Electric power consumption > kWh	18,501,000,000 kWh		[65th of 132]
DEFINITION: Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.		View time series
SOURCE: BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2005
Electric power transmission and distribution losses > % of output	15.81 %		[39th of 131]
DEFINITION: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electric power transmission and distribution losses > million kWh	3,473,000,000 million kWh		[58th of 132]
DEFINITION: Electric power transmission and distribution losses include losses in transmission between sources of supply and points of distribution and in the distribution to consumers, including pilferage.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electricity > Production by source > Fossil fuel	29%		[179th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Electricity > Production by source > Hydro	71%		[32nd of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Electricity > Production by source > Nuclear	0%		[126th of 223]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Electricity > Production by source > Other	0%		[135th of 210]
DEFINITION: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).		View time series
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
electricity consumption > Date of > Information	2003
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Electricity production from coal sources > % of total	38.58 %		[23rd of 69]
DEFINITION: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources > kwh	12,500,000,000 kWh		[33rd of 117]
DEFINITION: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Gasoline prices	1.46		[20th of 141]
DEFINITION: Ratio of premium gasoline price to world average Units: Ratio of Gasoline Price to World Average Units: Pump price for super gasoline (US$ per liter): Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Hydroelectricity consumption	10.53		[36th of 213]
DEFINITION: Figures for year 2003 in billion kilowatthours
SOURCE: German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org
imports, net > % of energy use	5.72 %		[81st of 130]
DEFINITION: Net energy imports are estimated as energy use less production, both measured in oil equivalents. A negative value indicates that the country is a net exporter. Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.		View time series
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration
Oil refining ability	71,000 barrels per day		[41st of 51]
DEFINITION: Crude oil refining capacity
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
use > kt of oil equivalent	20,373 kt of oil equivalent		[57th of 132]
DEFINITION: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.		View time series
SOURCE: Energy Information Administration, US Department of Energy
Wall plugs > Frequency	50 HZ		[83rd of 151]
DEFINITION: PowerStream
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Wall plugs > Plug type Europe
DEFINITION: PowerStream

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