Energy import dependency

Net energy imports divided by gross available energy. Values above 100% occur when a country builds up stocks; negative values mean the country is a net exporter.

Unit: % of gross available energy Frequency: Annual Coverage: 40 countries and 1 group 1990 to 2024 Source: Eurostat
Highest in 2024 98.4% Malta Lowest in 2024 -677.2% Norway
European Union, 2024 57.3% Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 37 Updated by the source on 16 July 2026

37 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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% of gross available energy. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Energy import dependency (% of gross available energy), 2000 to 2024
Period HungaryMalta
2024 48.9% 98.4%
2023 62.1% 97.6%
2022 64.2% 99.0%
2021 54.1% 97.0%
2020 56.6% 97.6%
2019 69.7% 97.3%
2018 58.1% 97.5%
2017 62.6% 103.1%
2016 55.8% 101.1%
2015 53.9% 97.3%
2014 59.8% 97.7%
2013 50.1% 104.1%
2012 50.1% 101.0%
2011 50.3% 101.3%
2010 56.9% 99.0%
2009 57.6% 99.9%
2008 62.6% 100.0%
2007 60.4% 100.0%
2006 61.8% 100.0%
2005 62.3% 100.0%
2004 61.0% 99.8%
2003 62.1% 99.8%
2002 56.9% 99.8%
2001 53.4% 99.8%
2000 55.0% 100.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • Among the 37 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Malta (98.4%) and the lowest Norway (-677.2%).
  • Half of the countries are above 53.3% and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 17 countries and fell in 20.
  • The figure for the European Union was 57.3% in 2024, against 60.5% in 2019 (−3.2 percentage points).

About this measure

Definition
Net energy imports divided by gross available energy. Values above 100% occur when a country builds up stocks; negative values mean the country is a net exporter.
Population covered
Whole economy
Unit
% of gross available energy
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percentage points (the difference between two rates)

Source and dates

Original producer
Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
nrg_ind_id · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A siec=TOTAL unit=PC
Observation period
1990 to 2024
Provider update
16 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Malta 98.4%
  2. 2 Luxembourg 91.0%
  3. 3 Cyprus 87.7%
  4. 4 Ireland 79.5%
  5. 5 Moldova 79.3%
  6. 6 Georgia 78.5%
  7. 7 Greece 77.7%
  8. 8 Belgium 75.4%
  9. 9 Italy 73.9%
  10. 10 Netherlands 70.6%
  11. 11 Spain 68.9%
  12. 12 Türkiye 68.1%
  13. 13 Germany 66.8%
  14. 14 Lithuania 66.0%
  15. 15 North Macedonia 64.8%
  16. 16 Portugal 64.5%
  17. 17 Croatia 59.9%
  18. 18 Slovakia 53.5%
  19. 19 Austria 53.3%
  20. 20 Hungary 48.9%
  21. 21 Slovenia 46.4%
  22. 22 Poland 45.7%
  23. 23 Bulgaria 41.9%
  24. 24 France 41.7%
  25. 25 Serbia 40.8%
  26. 26 Czechia 39.3%
  27. 27 Denmark 38.2%
  28. 28 Finland 33.0%
  29. 29 Montenegro 32.6%
  30. 30 Romania 30.4%
  31. 31 Latvia 29.3%
  32. 32 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.8%
  33. 33 Albania 27.1%
  34. 34 Sweden 26.5%
  35. 35 Iceland 16.8%
  36. 36 Estonia 4.6%
  37. 37 Norway -677.2%
  38. European Union 57.3%
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Grey: no value for 2024. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.