Energy import dependency in European Union
Net imports met 57.3% of gross available energy in the European Union in 2024.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
57.3%
Change from 2023
−1.1percentage points
Energy import dependency in European Union over time
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% of gross available energy. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 57.3% |
| 2023 | 58.3% |
| 2022 | 62.5% |
| 2021 | 55.5% |
| 2020 | 57.5% |
| 2019 | 60.5% |
| 2018 | 58.1% |
| 2017 | 57.5% |
| 2016 | 56.1% |
| 2015 | 56.0% |
| 2014 | 54.4% |
| 2013 | 53.9% |
| 2012 | 54.9% |
| 2011 | 56.3% |
| 2010 | 55.7% |
| 2009 | 57.2% |
| 2008 | 58.4% |
| 2007 | 57.2% |
| 2006 | 58.2% |
| 2005 | 57.8% |
| 2004 | 56.9% |
| 2003 | 56.9% |
| 2002 | 56.3% |
| 2001 | 55.8% |
| 2000 | 56.3% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1 percentage points from 58.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 54.4%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
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