Net electricity imports as a share of demand by country

Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.

Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Lesotho
Lowest
-235.1%
Laos
Median
0.0%
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
5,693

What the numbers show

Net electricity imports as a share of demand is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Lesotho; the lowest is -235.1% in Laos.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 4.1%.

Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 9,606.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 9,807.8%).

Net electricity imports as a share of demand: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Lesotho 100.0% 2024 up 192.6% volatile
2 Palestine 87.6% 2024 down 6.4% flat
3 Macao 87.6% 2024 up 1.3% volatile
4 Afghanistan 85.5% 2024 up 12.2% volatile
6 Djibouti 75.0% 2024 down 2.9% volatile
7 Togo 67.9% 2024 down 16.0% falling
8 Eswatini 63.0% 2024 down 6.1% rising
9 Namibia 59.4% 2024 down 8.1% rising
10 Benin 56.3% 2024 down 25.8% falling
11 Niger 55.8% 2024 down 9.8% rising
12 Burkina Faso 47.0% 2024 up 31.5% rising
13 Belize 44.7% 2024 up 14.7% falling
14 Montenegro 43.3% 2025 up 193.2% volatile
15 Estonia 34.6% 2025 up 447.0% volatile
17 Lithuania 27.8% 2025 down 55.8% volatile
18 Croatia 26.7% 2025 down 29.1% rising
19 Botswana 26.6% 2024 down 36.9% falling
20 Hong Kong 23.3% 2024 up 25.5% rising
21 Mongolia 21.9% 2025 up 10.1% volatile
22 Cambodia 20.7% 2025 down 19.4% volatile
23 Uruguay 19.1% 2025 up 279.3% volatile
24 North Macedonia 18.3% 2025 down 40.4% volatile
25 Kyrgyzstan 18.3% 2025 up 347.7% volatile
26 Gabon 18.2% 2024 up 11.3% volatile
27 Denmark 18.1% 2025 up 6.4% volatile
29 Hungary 17.7% 2025 down 43.1% volatile
30 Latvia 16.6% 2025 down 32.8% falling
31 Nicaragua 16.6% 2024 up 2,552.0% volatile
32 Thailand 16.4% 2025 up 156.0% volatile
33 Belgium 15.8% 2025 down 32.7% volatile
34 Portugal 15.4% 2025 up 262.4% volatile
35 Zimbabwe 15.2% 2024 up 1,584.2% volatile
36 Italy 15.1% 2025 up 5.8% falling
37 Burundi 14.0% 2024 down 57.9% falling
38 Mauritania 12.7% 2024 down 14.9% rising
39 Bangladesh 12.4% 2025 up 130.2% volatile
40 Bhutan 11.7% 2024 up 105.1% volatile
41 Tunisia 10.4% 2025 up 2,115.8% volatile
42 Kenya 9.9% 2025 up 9,606.5% volatile
43 United Kingdom 9.0% 2025 up 54.2% volatile
44 Romania 8.4% 2025 up 173.7% volatile
45 Democratic Republic of Congo 8.3% 2024 down 24.0% volatile
46 Georgia 8.2% 2025 up 2,102.0% volatile
47 Morocco 7.7% 2025 down 45.7% volatile
48 Rwanda 7.4% 2024 down 59.0% volatile
49 Finland 6.2% 2025 down 67.5% rising
50 Senegal 6.2% 2024 down 13.5% volatile
51 Argentina 5.7% 2025 down 1.4% rising
52 Sudan 5.1% 2024 up 38.4% volatile
53 Iraq 4.5% 2024 down 60.2% volatile
54 Albania 3.8% 2024 down 90.3% volatile
55 Germany 3.8% 2025 up 146.6% volatile
56 Austria 3.5% 2025 down 75.3% volatile
57 Guatemala 3.4% 2024 up 169.5% volatile
58 Uzbekistan 3.3% 2025 up 242.2% volatile
59 Tanzania 2.1% 2024 up 121.6% falling
60 Serbia 2.1% 2025 up 183.1% volatile
61 Kazakhstan 1.9% 2025 volatile
62 Brazil 1.5% 2025 down 72.8% falling
63 Colombia 1.4% 2025 up 358.1% volatile
64 Bahrain 1.3% 2024 volatile
65 Honduras 1.2% 2024 down 68.0% volatile
66 Vietnam 1.1% 2025 up 90.8% volatile
67 Myanmar 1.0% 2024 volatile
68 Cameroon 0.8% 2024 down 91.2% volatile
69 Poland 0.6% 2025 up 399.3% volatile
70 Singapore 0.5% 2025 volatile
71 United States 0.4% 2025 down 78.0% rising
72 Indonesia 0.3% 2024 up 6,022.1% volatile
73 Jordan 0.3% 2024 down 87.3% volatile
74 Pakistan 0.2% 2025 down 39.6% volatile
75 Moldova 0.2% 2025 down 50.9% volatile
76 Switzerland 0.2% 2025 up 109.7% volatile
77 Ecuador 0.1% 2025 down 93.9% volatile
78 Ukraine 0.1% 2022 up 101.5% volatile
79 India 0.1% 2025 up 753.0% volatile
80 Peru 0.0% 2025 up 147.8% volatile
81 Aruba 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Angola 0.0% 2024 flat
81 American Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Australia 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Bolivia 0.0% 2025 volatile
81 Barbados 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Brunei 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Chile 0.0% 2025 volatile
81 Comoros 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Cuba 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Cayman Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Cyprus 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Dominica 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Dominican Republic 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Fiji 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Guam 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Guyana 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Iceland 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Japan 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 flat
81 South Korea 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Lebanon 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
81 Liberia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Libya 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% volatile
81 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Sri Lanka 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Madagascar 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Maldives 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 flat
81 New Caledonia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Nauru 0.0% 2024 flat
81 New Zealand 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Oman 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Philippines 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Papua New Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Puerto Rico 0.0% 2025 flat
81 North Korea 0.0% 2024 flat
81 French Polynesia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Qatar 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Somalia 0.0% 2024 flat
81 South Sudan 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Suriname 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Chad 0.0% 2024 flat
81 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Tonga 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Venezuela 0.0% 2024 up 100.0% volatile
81 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
81 United States Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Vanuatu 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Samoa 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Yemen 0.0% 2024 flat
81 French Guiana 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Reunion 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Taiwan 0.0% 2025 flat
81 Western Sahara 0.0% 2009 flat
81 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
81 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Saint Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat
169 Saudi Arabia -0.0% 2024 up 27.8% volatile
170 Iran -0.0% 2025 up 95.3% volatile
171 Mexico -0.1% 2025 up 59.8% volatile
172 United Arab Emirates -0.1% 2024 down 426.5% volatile
173 China -0.2% 2025 up 14.1% rising
174 Turkey -0.5% 2025 down 137.0% volatile
175 Egypt -0.6% 2025 down 50.4% rising
176 Malaysia -0.6% 2025 down 8,961.1% volatile
177 Nepal -0.9% 2024 down 103.4% volatile
178 Canada -1.1% 2025 up 89.4% falling
179 Panama -1.1% 2024 down 209.9% volatile
180 Malawi -1.1% 2024 down 18.8% falling
181 Russia -1.4% 2025 down 28.4% rising
182 Congo -1.5% 2024 volatile
183 Belarus -2.0% 2025 down 127.7% volatile
184 Syria -2.5% 2024 down 272.6% volatile
185 South Africa -2.5% 2025 down 300.7% volatile
186 Algeria -2.7% 2024 down 805.7% volatile
187 Costa Rica -2.9% 2025 down 180.2% volatile
188 El Salvador -3.0% 2025 down 123.5% volatile
189 Azerbaijan -3.4% 2025 down 416.6% volatile
190 Slovenia -3.7% 2025 down 992.6% volatile
191 Bulgaria -3.9% 2025 up 85.9% volatile
192 Spain -4.6% 2025 down 9,807.8% volatile
193 Greece -4.9% 2025 down 130.8% volatile
194 Nigeria -5.9% 2025 volatile
195 Cote d'Ivoire -7.3% 2024 up 39.1% volatile
196 Ethiopia -7.6% 2025 down 4.9% volatile
197 Uganda -8.2% 2024 down 95.4% volatile
198 Israel -8.5% 2025 up 4.0% falling
199 Slovakia -8.8% 2025 down 206.6% volatile
200 Mali -9.2% 2024 up 17.2% volatile
201 Czechia -11.0% 2025 up 38.7% volatile
202 Ghana -11.2% 2024 down 199.9% volatile
203 Netherlands -11.4% 2025 down 253.9% volatile
204 Norway -16.8% 2025 down 47.0% volatile
205 Zambia -18.8% 2024 down 101.3% volatile
206 Armenia -19.4% 2025 up 2.2% volatile
207 France -19.6% 2025 down 55.9% rising
208 Mozambique -20.0% 2024 down 44.1% volatile
209 Sweden -24.5% 2025 down 51.2% volatile
210 Tajikistan -26.7% 2025 down 215.3% volatile
211 Turkmenistan -37.5% 2024 down 100.7% volatile
212 Paraguay -53.0% 2025 up 81.0% volatile
213 Laos -235.1% 2024 down 7.4% falling

About this data

Indicator
Net electricity imports as a share of demand
Unit
%
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
213 places, 5,693 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.