Net energy imports in European Union
Net imports covered 62.5% of energy use in the European Union in 2023.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
62.5%
Change from 2022
−4.3percentage points
World, 2023
14.6%
Net energy imports in European Union over time
View
European Union
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of energy use. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 62.5% | 14.6% |
| 2022 | 66.7% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 58.4% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 60.3% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 64.4% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 61.8% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 60.9% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 59.3% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 59.1% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 57.3% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 56.6% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 57.6% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 59.3% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 58.5% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 60.0% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 61.4% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 60.2% | 0.7% |
| 2006 | 61.0% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 60.4% | 0.0% |
| 2004 | 59.4% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 59.3% | 0.1% |
| 2002 | 58.6% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 58.1% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 58.7% | -0.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −4.3 percentage points from 66.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 56.6%, the figure has changed by +5.9 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 14.6%.
More for European Union
All statistics for European Union
Energy import dependency
57.3%
2024 · Eurostat
Fossil electricity share
30.9%
2023 · World Bank
Renewable energy share
26.2%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Renewable electricity share
49.9%p (Provisional)
2025 · Eurostat
Electricity price for households
€0.2832 per kWh
H1 2026 · Eurostat
Natural gas price for households
€0.1103 per kWh
H1 2026 · Eurostat