Fossil fuel sources (including petroleum, natural gas, and coal) represented almost 80 percent of primary energy production in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022. Petroleum accounted for some 51 percent of the region's primary energy production. That year, Latin America's primary energy production added up to some seven billion barrels of oil equivalent.
Distribution of primary energy production in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2022, by source
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