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
130
Highest
100.0%
Lesotho
Lowest
-235.1%
Laos
Median
1.2%
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 130 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Lesotho; the lowest is -235.1% in Laos.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 7.5%.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 69 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 77.0% | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 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 |
| 16 | Malta | 32.2% | 2025 | down 27.9% | 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 |
| 28 | Ireland | 17.8% | 2025 | up 664.8% | 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 | Bolivia | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Chile | 0.0% | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Libya | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Venezuela | 0.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 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
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.