Net energy imports in World
Net imports covered 14.6% of energy use in the world in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
14.6%
Change from 2022
+15.3percentage points
European Union, 2023
62.5%
Net energy imports in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.6% | 62.5% |
| 2022 | -0.7% | 66.7% |
| 2021 | -0.2% | 58.4% |
| 2020 | -1.2% | 60.3% |
| 2019 | -1.1% | 64.4% |
| 2018 | -1.3% | 61.8% |
| 2017 | -0.8% | 60.9% |
| 2016 | -1.2% | 59.3% |
| 2015 | -0.9% | 59.1% |
| 2014 | -0.6% | 57.3% |
| 2013 | -0.8% | 56.6% |
| 2012 | -0.8% | 57.6% |
| 2011 | -0.6% | 59.3% |
| 2010 | -0.1% | 58.5% |
| 2009 | -0.3% | 60.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 61.4% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | 60.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | 61.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | 60.4% |
| 2004 | -0.6% | 59.4% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 59.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | 58.6% |
| 2001 | -0.6% | 58.1% |
| 2000 | -0.8% | 58.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +15.3 percentage points from -0.7% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was -0.8%, the figure has changed by +15.4 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 62.5%.