Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to roughly 566 million tons of oil equivalent (Mtoe) in 2020, down from more than 662 million tons a year earlier. Consumption decreased across every sector aside from the residential. The transport sector recorded the largest year-over-year drop, at 21 percent.
Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent)
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Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. (December 16, 2021). Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 10, 2024, from https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. "Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent)." Chart. December 16, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. (2021). Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 10, 2024. https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía. "Energy Consumption in Latin America and The Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by Sector (in Million Tons of Oil Equivalent)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2021, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/
Organización Latinoamericana de Energía, Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent) Statista, https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/ (last visited June 10, 2024)
Energy consumption in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2019 and 2020, by sector (in million tons of oil equivalent) [Graph], Organización Latinoamericana de Energía, December 16, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://internal.statista.com/statistics/1177331/latin-america-energy-consumption-coronavirus-sector/