Net energy imports (World Bank)
Energy use minus production, as a percentage of energy use. A negative value means the country is a net exporter of energy.
Highest in 2024
387.2%
Malta
Lowest in 2024
-729.0%
Norway
Countries ranked for 2024
139
Updated by the source on 8 October 2026
139 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.
Trend over time
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% of energy use. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | World | United States | China | India |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | – | -9.8% | 24.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023 | 14.6% | -8.7% | 23.3% | 37.0% |
| 2022 | -0.7% | -6.3% | 20.3% | 36.7% |
| 2021 | -0.2% | -3.9% | 21.7% | 35.3% |
| 2020 | -1.2% | -3.7% | 23.0% | 37.4% |
| 2019 | -1.1% | -0.7% | 22.2% | 39.3% |
| 2018 | -1.3% | 3.7% | 21.7% | 37.7% |
| 2017 | -0.8% | 8.2% | 20.4% | 37.4% |
| 2016 | -1.2% | 12.3% | 19.2% | 37.4% |
| 2015 | -0.9% | 11.7% | 16.7% | 37.3% |
| 2014 | -0.6% | 11.7% | 17.5% | 36.8% |
| 2013 | -0.8% | 14.4% | 17.3% | 34.3% |
| 2012 | -0.8% | 17.5% | 16.6% | 33.1% |
| 2011 | -0.6% | 20.7% | 14.7% | 31.3% |
| 2010 | -0.1% | 24.1% | 13.6% | 30.6% |
| 2009 | -0.3% | 25.9% | 12.1% | 29.7% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | 27.9% | 8.6% | 28.3% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | 30.6% | 7.9% | 27.1% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | 31.8% | 7.0% | 26.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | 31.8% | 5.6% | 24.8% |
| 2004 | -0.6% | 30.9% | 5.8% | 23.1% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | 29.3% | 2.8% | 22.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | 27.9% | 1.6% | 22.2% |
| 2001 | -0.6% | 28.9% | 0.1% | 21.6% |
| 2000 | -0.8% | 26.7% | 2.5% | 21.9% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- Among the 139 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Malta (387.2%) and the lowest Norway (-729.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 29.1% and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 75 countries and fell in 63.
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All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Malta 387.2%
- 2 Singapore 293.9%
- 3 Hong Kong SAR, China 215.6%
- 4 Panama 203.7%
- 5 Jamaica 112.2%
- 6 Cyprus 109.9%
- 7 Luxembourg 109.8%
- 8 Dominican Republic 94.2%
- 9 Morocco 93.9%
- 10 Greece 93.5%
- 11 Lebanon 89.5%
- 12 Belgium 88.5%
- 13 Netherlands 88.4%
- 14 Japan 87.3%
- 15 Ireland 87.2%
- 16 Moldova 85.1%
- 17 South Korea 83.2%
- 18 Jordan 81.7%
- 19 Georgia 81.1%
- 20 Italy 79.2%
- 21 Spain 78.4%
- 22 Senegal 76.4%
- 23 Armenia 76.2%
- 24 Portugal 74.2%
- 25 Yemen 71.7%
- 26 Belarus 71.1%
- 27 Germany 70.3%
- 28 Türkiye 70.1%
- 29 Cuba 69.3%
- 30 Lithuania 68.8%
- 31 Tunisia 66.0%
- 32 North Macedonia 65.7%
- 33 Croatia 62.7%
- 34 Honduras 62.5%
- 35 El Salvador 62.1%
- 36 Namibia 61.8%
- 37 Chile 61.5%
- 38 Sri Lanka 59.5%
- 39 Costa Rica 58.9%
- 40 Philippines 57.7%
- 41 Thailand 57.3%
- 42 Austria 56.2%
- 43 Slovakia 53.1%
- 44 Hungary 49.5%
- 45 Bangladesh 48.5%
- 46 Viet Nam 48.3%
- 47 Switzerland 48.0%
- 48 United Kingdom 47.6%
- 49 Nicaragua 47.0%
- 50 Poland 46.8%
- 51 Slovenia 46.0%
- 52 Denmark 44.5%
- 53 Benin 43.8%
- 54 Bulgaria 43.3%
- 55 Syria 42.3%
- 56 France 41.8%
- 57 Serbia 41.2%
- 58 Kyrgyzstan 40.7%
- 59 Guatemala 40.0%
- 60 Czechia 40.0%
- 61 Uruguay 37.9%
- 62 India 36.0%
- 63 New Zealand 35.2%
- 64 Montenegro 34.2%
- 65 Finland 33.9%
- 66 Tajikistan 32.0%
- 67 Latvia 30.6%
- 68 Romania 30.4%
- 69 Pakistan 30.4%
- 70 Albania 29.1%
- 71 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27.9%
- 72 Nepal 27.8%
- 73 Sweden 27.7%
- 74 Uzbekistan 27.7%
- 75 Mexico 27.4%
- 76 Egypt 26.4%
- 77 Botswana 25.3%
- 78 China 24.0%
- 79 Ukraine 23.2%
- 80 Kenya 22.4%
- 81 Eswatini 17.3%
- 82 Paraguay 16.7%
- 83 Peru 15.5%
- 84 Sudan 15.3%
- 85 Zimbabwe 15.2%
- 86 Tanzania 15.1%
- 87 Suriname 13.8%
- 88 Zambia 12.7%
- 89 Côte d'Ivoire 12.1%
- 90 Rwanda 12.0%
- 91 Ethiopia 10.3%
- 92 Uganda 9.8%
- 93 Malaysia 8.5%
- 94 Estonia 6.1%
- 95 North Korea 5.0%
- 96 Israel 4.7%
- 97 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.1%
- 98 Ghana -5.1%
- 99 United States -9.8%
- 100 Myanmar -10.0%
- 101 Brazil -10.8%
- 102 South Africa -13.6%
- 103 Argentina -13.9%
- 104 Bolivia -25.6%
- 105 Cameroon -26.5%
- 106 Niger -26.9%
- 107 Iran -27.8%
- 108 Bahrain -48.5%
- 109 Laos -59.1%
- 110 Ecuador -60.9%
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago -69.0%
- 112 Russia -70.7%
- 113 Nigeria -83.1%
- 114 Indonesia -92.8%
- 115 Canada -95.0%
- 116 Venezuela -100.6%
- 117 Turkmenistan -105.3%
- 118 Kazakhstan -112.4%
- 119 Algeria -119.3%
- 120 United Arab Emirates -139.6%
- 121 Colombia -147.1%
- 122 Saudi Arabia -151.4%
- 123 Chad -174.3%
- 124 Libya -185.8%
- 125 Mozambique -186.5%
- 126 Oman -202.7%
- 127 Brunei -203.8%
- 128 Australia -211.2%
- 129 Kuwait -218.7%
- 130 Gabon -220.0%
- 131 Iraq -223.3%
- 132 Azerbaijan -254.7%
- 133 Equatorial Guinea -319.6%
- 134 Angola -335.5%
- 135 Republic of the Congo -370.8%
- 136 Qatar -395.5%
- 137 Mongolia -498.3%
- 138 South Sudan -504.0%
- 139 Norway -729.0%
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