Net electricity imports by country

Electricity imports minus exports, measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
209
Highest
46.9 terawatt-hours
Italy
Lowest
-93.32 terawatt-hours
France
Median
0 terawatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
5,787

What the numbers show

Net electricity imports is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 46.9 terawatt-hours in Italy; the lowest is -93.32 terawatt-hours in France.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 0.0395 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 15,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 11,900.0%).

Net electricity imports: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 46.9 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1.1% rising
2 Thailand 36.86 terawatt-hours 2025 up 203.4% volatile
3 United Kingdom 29.07 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.7% volatile
4 Germany 19.8 terawatt-hours 2025 up 141.0% volatile
5 United States 16.02 terawatt-hours 2025 down 76.0% rising
6 Bangladesh 14.66 terawatt-hours 2025 up 333.7% volatile
7 Belgium 13.67 terawatt-hours 2025 down 34.9% volatile
8 Brazil 11.59 terawatt-hours 2025 down 66.3% falling
9 Hong Kong 11.37 terawatt-hours 2024 up 25.5% rising
10 Portugal 9.31 terawatt-hours 2025 up 310.1% volatile
11 Argentina 9.3 terawatt-hours 2025 up 3.8% rising
12 Hungary 8.66 terawatt-hours 2025 down 36.7% volatile
13 Denmark 7.37 terawatt-hours 2025 up 24.7% volatile
14 Iraq 7.1 terawatt-hours 2024 down 19.9% volatile
15 Palestine 7 terawatt-hours 2024 up 41.7% rising
17 Afghanistan 5.83 terawatt-hours 2024 up 57.1% volatile
18 Macao 5.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 34.1% volatile
19 Finland 5.48 terawatt-hours 2025 down 66.5% rising
20 Croatia 5.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.2% rising
22 Cambodia 4.63 terawatt-hours 2025 up 198.7% volatile
23 Romania 4.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 168.1% volatile
24 Morocco 3.73 terawatt-hours 2025 down 24.9% volatile
25 Vietnam 3.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 267.3% volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 3.53 terawatt-hours 2025 up 541.8% volatile
27 Lithuania 3.43 terawatt-hours 2025 down 52.4% volatile
28 Estonia 3.23 terawatt-hours 2025 up 451.1% volatile
29 Uzbekistan 2.93 terawatt-hours 2025 up 327.1% volatile
30 Uruguay 2.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 312.9% volatile
31 Mongolia 2.72 terawatt-hours 2025 up 98.5% volatile
32 Austria 2.62 terawatt-hours 2025 down 74.0% volatile
33 Tunisia 2.59 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,690.0% volatile
34 Kazakhstan 2.41 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
35 Namibia 2.4 terawatt-hours 2024 down 14.3% rising
36 Montenegro 1.88 terawatt-hours 2025 up 261.5% volatile
37 Zimbabwe 1.84 terawatt-hours 2024 up 1,940.0% volatile
38 Kenya 1.54 terawatt-hours 2025 up 15,300.0% volatile
39 North Macedonia 1.53 terawatt-hours 2025 down 39.0% volatile
40 Burkina Faso 1.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 206.1% volatile
40 Togo 1.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 2.0% rising
42 Bhutan 1.46 terawatt-hours 2024 up 129.3% volatile
43 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.44 terawatt-hours 2024 up 34.6% volatile
44 Benin 1.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 21.5% rising
45 Colombia 1.25 terawatt-hours 2025 up 404.9% volatile
45 Latvia 1.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 31.3% falling
47 Botswana 1.24 terawatt-hours 2024 down 26.2% falling
48 India 1.22 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,255.6% volatile
49 Georgia 1.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,900.0% volatile
49 Niger 1.2 terawatt-hours 2024 up 64.4% volatile
51 Poland 1.05 terawatt-hours 2025 up 418.2% volatile
52 Eswatini 1.04 terawatt-hours 2024 up 6.1% rising
54 Indonesia 0.96 terawatt-hours 2024 up 9,500.0% volatile
55 Nicaragua 0.9 terawatt-hours 2024 up 3,100.0% volatile
56 Sudan 0.8 terawatt-hours 2024 up 81.8% volatile
57 Serbia 0.78 terawatt-hours 2025 up 184.8% volatile
58 Djibouti 0.6 terawatt-hours 2024 up 76.5% volatile
59 Gabon 0.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 48.7% volatile
59 Lesotho 0.58 terawatt-hours 2024 up 114.8% volatile
61 Guatemala 0.56 terawatt-hours 2024 up 212.0% volatile
62 Senegal 0.5 terawatt-hours 2024 up 56.2% volatile
63 Bahrain 0.49 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
64 Pakistan 0.48 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.3% volatile
65 Belize 0.38 terawatt-hours 2024 up 65.2% rising
66 Albania 0.33 terawatt-hours 2024 down 89.3% volatile
67 Mauritania 0.3 terawatt-hours 2024 up 66.7% volatile
68 Singapore 0.29 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
69 Myanmar 0.21 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
70 Tanzania 0.19 terawatt-hours 2024 up 216.7% volatile
71 Honduras 0.15 terawatt-hours 2024 down 53.1% volatile
72 Switzerland 0.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 109.7% volatile
72 Ukraine 0.1 terawatt-hours 2022 up 100.9% volatile
74 Rwanda 0.09 terawatt-hours 2024 unchanged falling
75 Burundi 0.08 terawatt-hours 2024 down 11.1% rising
76 Cameroon 0.06 terawatt-hours 2024 down 91.5% volatile
76 Jordan 0.06 terawatt-hours 2024 down 83.8% volatile
78 Ecuador 0.04 terawatt-hours 2025 down 91.5% volatile
79 Peru 0.03 terawatt-hours 2025 up 160.0% volatile
80 Moldova 0.01 terawatt-hours 2025 down 50.0% volatile
81 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Angola 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Australia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
81 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Chile 0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
81 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guam 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Iceland 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Japan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
81 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Libya 0 terawatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
81 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sri Lanka 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 New Zealand 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Oman 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Philippines 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Papua New Guinea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Chad 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours 2024 up 100.0% volatile
81 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
81 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours 2009 flat
81 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours 2024 flat
81 Niue 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours 2023 flat
170 Malawi -0.02 terawatt-hours 2024 unchanged falling
171 Saudi Arabia -0.05 terawatt-hours 2024 unchanged volatile
172 Congo -0.08 terawatt-hours 2024 volatile
173 Nepal -0.1 terawatt-hours 2024 down 107.3% volatile
174 Panama -0.14 terawatt-hours 2024 down 255.6% volatile
175 Iran -0.18 terawatt-hours 2025 up 93.3% volatile
176 El Salvador -0.19 terawatt-hours 2025 down 121.1% volatile
177 United Arab Emirates -0.24 terawatt-hours 2024 down 700.0% volatile
178 Mexico -0.31 terawatt-hours 2025 up 53.7% volatile
179 Costa Rica -0.36 terawatt-hours 2025 down 227.3% volatile
180 Uganda -0.44 terawatt-hours 2024 down 238.5% volatile
181 Mali -0.5 terawatt-hours 2024 down 100.0% volatile
182 Slovenia -0.53 terawatt-hours 2025 down 960.0% volatile
183 Syria -0.6 terawatt-hours 2024 down 328.6% volatile
184 Cote d'Ivoire -0.73 terawatt-hours 2024 up 17.0% rising
185 Belarus -0.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 134.4% volatile
186 Azerbaijan -0.92 terawatt-hours 2025 down 475.0% volatile
187 Malaysia -1.18 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11,900.0% volatile
188 Egypt -1.4 terawatt-hours 2025 down 102.9% volatile
189 Bulgaria -1.43 terawatt-hours 2025 up 86.5% volatile
190 Armenia -1.58 terawatt-hours 2025 down 26.4% volatile
191 Turkey -1.93 terawatt-hours 2025 down 149.0% volatile
192 Nigeria -2.3 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
193 Ethiopia -2.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 235.7% volatile
193 Slovakia -2.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 198.3% volatile
195 Ghana -2.44 terawatt-hours 2024 down 419.1% volatile
196 Algeria -2.52 terawatt-hours 2024 down 1,226.3% volatile
197 Greece -2.71 terawatt-hours 2025 down 128.2% volatile
198 Zambia -3.12 terawatt-hours 2024 down 151.6% volatile
199 Mozambique -3.3 terawatt-hours 2024 down 65.0% rising
200 Tajikistan -5.2 terawatt-hours 2025 down 288.1% volatile
201 South Africa -5.92 terawatt-hours 2025 down 281.9% volatile
202 Israel -6.4 terawatt-hours 2025 down 23.1% falling
203 Canada -6.8 terawatt-hours 2025 up 88.6% falling
204 Czechia -7.46 terawatt-hours 2025 up 40.4% volatile
205 Turkmenistan -9 terawatt-hours 2024 down 180.4% volatile
206 Spain -12.79 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9,738.5% volatile
207 Netherlands -13.85 terawatt-hours 2025 down 258.3% volatile
208 Paraguay -15.7 terawatt-hours 2025 up 61.8% rising
209 Russia -16.68 terawatt-hours 2025 down 43.1% falling
210 China -19.46 terawatt-hours 2025 down 56.4% falling
211 Norway -23.1 terawatt-hours 2025 down 57.7% volatile
212 Sweden -33.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 48.7% volatile
213 Laos -36.7 terawatt-hours 2024 down 253.6% volatile
214 France -93.32 terawatt-hours 2025 down 45.7% rising

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.