Net energy imports in Ethiopia

Net imports covered 10.3% of energy use in Ethiopia in 2024.

Measure: Net energy imports (World Bank) Unit: % of energy use Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Ethiopia, 2024 10.3% % of energy use
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 10.4%
World, 2023 14.6% Official aggregate Not the same period as Ethiopia (2024).
Position in 2024 91st of 139 See the full ranking

Net energy imports in Ethiopia over time

View
Places
2 selected
Ethiopia World ×

% 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 EthiopiaWorld
2024 10.3% –
2023 10.4% 14.6%
2022 10.9% -0.7%
2021 11.0% -0.2%
2020 9.5% -1.2%
2019 12.0% -1.1%
2018 11.2% -1.3%
2017 10.4% -0.8%
2016 10.1% -1.2%
2015 9.3% -0.9%
2014 9.1% -0.6%
2013 8.2% -0.8%
2012 7.4% -0.8%
2011 7.0% -0.6%
2010 – -0.1%
2009 – -0.3%
2008 – 0.4%
2007 – 0.7%
2006 – 0.6%
2005 – 0.0%
2004 – -0.6%
2003 – 0.1%
2002 – 0.0%
2001 – -0.6%
2000 – -0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 10.4% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.1%, the figure has changed by +1.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 139 countries with data for 2024, Ethiopia has the 91st 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
1990 to 2024 for Ethiopia
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