Botswana vs Latvia: Net electricity imports

Botswana
1.24 terawatt-hours
in 2024
Latvia
1.25 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Botswana rank
47th
Latvia rank
45th

Net electricity imports over time

  • Botswana
  • Latvia
01234199020072025

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 1.25 terawatt-hours against 1.24 terawatt-hours in Botswana, a difference of 0.01 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Latvia ahead.

Botswana ranks 47th and Latvia ranks 45th of 214 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Latvia Difference Ahead
2000s 1.85 terawatt-hours 2.26 terawatt-hours 0.405 terawatt-hours Latvia
2010s 2 terawatt-hours 1.23 terawatt-hours 0.767 terawatt-hours Botswana
2020s 1.65 terawatt-hours 1.52 terawatt-hours 0.136 terawatt-hours Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net electricity imports, Botswana or Latvia?
Latvia, at 1.25 terawatt-hours against 1.24 terawatt-hours in Botswana as of 2025.
What is the difference in net electricity imports between Botswana and Latvia?
0.01 terawatt-hours, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Latvia?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Latvia rank globally for net electricity imports?
Botswana ranks 47th and Latvia ranks 45th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Net electricity imports. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Net electricity imports
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 5,787 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Electricity imports minus exports, measured in terawatt-hours.