El Salvador vs Panama: Net electricity imports

El Salvador
-0.19 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Panama
-0.14 terawatt-hours
in 2024
El Salvador rank
172nd
Panama rank
170th

Net electricity imports over time

  • El Salvador
  • Panama
-0.500.511.52200020122025

How they compare

Panama currently reports -0.14 terawatt-hours against -0.19 terawatt-hours in El Salvador, a difference of 0.05 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 172nd and Panama ranks 170th of 210 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Panama Difference Ahead
2000s 0.252 terawatt-hours -0.046 terawatt-hours 0.298 terawatt-hours El Salvador
2010s 0.739 terawatt-hours -0.132 terawatt-hours 0.871 terawatt-hours El Salvador
2020s 0.364 terawatt-hours -0.298 terawatt-hours 0.662 terawatt-hours El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher net electricity imports, El Salvador or Panama?
Panama, at -0.14 terawatt-hours against -0.19 terawatt-hours in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in net electricity imports between El Salvador and Panama?
0.05 terawatt-hours, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Panama?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Panama rank globally for net electricity imports?
El Salvador ranks 172nd and Panama ranks 170th of 210 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.