Net energy imports in Euro area

Net imports covered 67.5% of energy use in the euro area in 2023.

Measure: Net energy imports (World Bank) Unit: % of energy use Data: 1990 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2023 67.5% % of energy use
Change from 2022 −5.2percentage points 2022: 72.7%
World, 2023 14.6% Official aggregate

Net energy imports in Euro area 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 2023
Period Euro areaWorld
2023 67.5% 14.6%
2022 72.7% -0.7%
2021 63.6% -0.2%
2020 65.1% -1.2%
2019 69.6% -1.1%
2018 67.4% -1.3%
2017 66.8% -0.8%
2016 65.4% -1.2%
2015 65.4% -0.9%
2014 63.2% -0.6%
2013 62.9% -0.8%
2012 64.1% -0.8%
2011 65.6% -0.6%
2010 64.8% -0.1%
2009 66.6% -0.3%
2008 68.0% 0.4%
2007 67.1% 0.7%
2006 68.6% 0.6%
2005 68.0% 0.0%
2004 67.1% -0.6%
2003 66.8% 0.1%
2002 66.6% 0.0%
2001 65.9% -0.6%
2000 66.8% -0.8%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −5.2 percentage points from 72.7% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 62.9%, the figure has changed by +4.6 percentage points.
  • The figure for the world in 2023 was 14.6%.

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 2023 for Euro area
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