Net energy imports in El Salvador

Net imports covered 62.1% of energy use in El Salvador in 2024.

Measure: Net energy imports (World Bank) Unit: % of energy use Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2024 62.1% % of energy use
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 62.5%
World, 2023 14.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as El Salvador (2024).
Position in 2024 35th of 139 See the full ranking

Net energy imports in El Salvador over time

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% of energy use. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Net energy imports (World Bank) (% of energy use), 2000 to 2024
Period El SalvadorWorld
2024 62.1% –
2023 62.5% 14.6%
2022 59.5% -0.7%
2021 56.9% -0.2%
2020 51.5% -1.2%
2019 61.3% -1.1%
2018 57.5% -1.3%
2017 54.9% -0.8%
2016 58.4% -1.2%
2015 58.4% -0.9%
2014 56.1% -0.6%
2013 52.7% -0.8%
2012 49.6% -0.8%
2011 49.7% -0.6%
2010 49.4% -0.1%
2009 51.0% -0.3%
2008 50.6% 0.4%
2007 56.3% 0.7%
2006 53.5% 0.6%
2005 54.2% 0.0%
2004 57.3% -0.6%
2003 57.5% 0.1%
2002 56.0% 0.0%
2001 56.7% -0.6%
2000 59.9% -0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 62.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 56.1%, the figure has changed by +6.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 139 countries with data for 2024, El Salvador has the 35th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.IMP.CONS.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for El Salvador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency