Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi
Malawi: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was -1.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi, 2000–2024
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded -1.1% for net electricity imports as a share of demand in 2024.
That represents a change of down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi peaked at 0.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, -1.3%, in 2007.
That places Malawi 180th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | -0.8% | — |
| 2002 | -0.8% | -4.7% |
| 2003 | -0.8% | -2.3% |
| 2004 | -0.7% | -11.0% |
| 2005 | -0.7% | -3.9% |
| 2006 | -0.6% | -2.6% |
| 2007 | -1.3% | +100.0% |
| 2008 | -1.2% | -7.1% |
| 2009 | -1.2% | +1.8% |
| 2010 | -1.1% | -13.2% |
| 2011 | -1.0% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | -1.0% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | -1.0% | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -0.9% | -5.6% |
| 2015 | -0.9% | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -0.9% | +0.9% |
| 2017 | -1.1% | +12.7% |
| 2018 | -1.1% | +5.6% |
| 2019 | -1.1% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | -1.2% | +2.9% |
| 2021 | -1.1% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | -1.1% | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -1.1% | -0.0% |
| 2024 | -1.1% | -0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | -100.0% | -0.6% | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.8% | -1.3% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.0% | -1.1% | -0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.1% | -1.2% | -1.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
More energy & mining data for Malawi
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 7.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 16.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Malawi was -1.1% in 2024, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.3% in 2007.
- How does Malawi rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- Malawi ranks 180th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.