Net energy imports in North America
Net imports covered -18.7% of energy use in North America in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
North America is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
North America, 2023
-18.7%
Change from 2022
−2.3percentage points
World, 2023
14.6%
Net energy imports in North America over time
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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 | North America | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -18.7% | 14.6% |
| 2022 | -16.4% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | -14.1% | -0.2% |
| 2020 | -13.2% | -1.2% |
| 2019 | -9.9% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | -5.8% | -1.3% |
| 2017 | -1.6% | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 2.8% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 2.8% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 3.0% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 5.6% | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 12.4% | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 15.8% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 17.5% | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 19.4% | 0.4% |
| 2007 | 21.6% | 0.7% |
| 2006 | 23.0% | 0.6% |
| 2005 | 23.4% | 0.0% |
| 2004 | 22.5% | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 21.1% | 0.1% |
| 2002 | 19.7% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 20.8% | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 19.0% | -0.8% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.3 percentage points from -16.4% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 5.6%, the figure has changed by −24.3 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 14.6%.