Net energy imports in Eswatini

Net imports covered 17.3% of energy use in Eswatini in 2024.

Measure: Net energy imports (World Bank) Unit: % of energy use Data: 1997 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Eswatini, 2024 17.3% % of energy use
Change from 2023 +0.8percentage points 2023: 16.5%
World, 2023 14.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Eswatini (2024).
Position in 2024 81st of 139 See the full ranking

Net energy imports in Eswatini 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 EswatiniWorld
2024 17.3% –
2023 16.5% 14.6%
2022 20.4% -0.7%
2021 25.0% -0.2%
2020 26.5% -1.2%
2019 31.5% -1.1%
2018 29.1% -1.3%
2017 29.8% -0.8%
2016 25.7% -1.2%
2015 23.3% -0.9%
2014 22.7% -0.6%
2013 19.1% -0.8%
2012 26.5% -0.8%
2011 23.4% -0.6%
2010 12.9% -0.1%
2009 13.0% -0.3%
2008 10.3% 0.4%
2007 10.8% 0.7%
2006 10.9% 0.6%
2005 8.8% 0.0%
2004 5.7% -0.6%
2003 9.3% 0.1%
2002 12.1% 0.0%
2001 18.6% -0.6%
2000 14.6% -0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 16.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 22.7%, the figure has changed by −5.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 139 countries with data for 2024, Eswatini has the 81st highest value.

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
1997 to 2024 for Eswatini
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