* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Electricity imports, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 4.27 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in the USA: 56.97 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Angola: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Electricity imports, 2022 Global rank Available data
USA 56.97 1 1980 - 2023
France 53.26 2 1980 - 2023
Germany 49.27 3 1991 - 2023
Italy 47.4 4 1980 - 2023
Thailand 35.47 5 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 33.02 6 1980 - 2023
Austria 28.6 7 1980 - 2023
Hungary 21.59 8 1980 - 2023
Finland 19.83 9 1980 - 2023
Denmark 18.8 10 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 18.54 11 1980 - 2023
Brazil 17.89 12 1980 - 2023
Czechia 16.73 13 1993 - 2023
Slovakia 16.71 14 1993 - 2023
Belgium 16.35 15 1980 - 2023
UK 15.45 16 1980 - 2023
Poland 15.24 17 1980 - 2023
Canada 14.12 18 1980 - 2023
Norway 13.26 19 1980 - 2023
Argentina 12.91 20 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 12.35 21 1980 - 2023
Portugal 12.31 22 1980 - 2023
Croatia 11.92 23 1992 - 2023
Lithuania 11.22 24 1992 - 2023
South Africa 10.76 25 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 10.2 26 1992 - 2023
Romania 8.65 27 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 8.47 28 2006 - 2023
Mozambique 8.26 29 1980 - 2023
Serbia 8.24 30 2006 - 2023
Spain 8.04 31 1980 - 2023
India 7.84 32 1980 - 2023
Greece 7.75 33 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 7.71 34 1980 - 2023
Estonia 7.18 35 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 7.15 36 1980 - 2023
China 7.14 37 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 7.07 38 1992 - 2023
Turkey 6.42 39 1980 - 2023
Sweden 6.18 40 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 5.88 41 1980 - 2023
Latvia 5.31 42 1992 - 2023
Uzbekistan 4.98 43 1992 - 2023
Macao 4.87 44 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 4.8 45 1980 - 2023
Georgia 4.69 46 1992 - 2023
Mexico 4.55 47 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 4.1 48 1992 - 2023
Belarus 4 49 1992 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 3.83 50 1992 - 2023
Kazakhstan 3.69 51 1992 - 2023
Iraq 3.53 52 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 3.28 53 1980 - 2023
Albania 3.04 54 1980 - 2023
Iran 3.02 55 1980 - 2023
Namibia 2.92 56 1990 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 2.81 57 1992 - 2023
Tunisia 2.73 58 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 2.3 59 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 2.11 60 1980 - 2023
Morocco 1.87 61 1980 - 2023
Nepal 1.83 62 1980 - 2023
Botswana 1.8 63 1980 - 2023
Russia 1.57 64 1992 - 2023
Ireland 1.55 65 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 1.49 66 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 1.48 67 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 1.47 68 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 1.39 69 1980 - 2023
Niger 1.16 70 1980 - 2023
Togo 1.13 71 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 1.06 72 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0.94 73 1992 - 2023
Swaziland 0.92 74 1980 - 2023
Sudan 0.88 75 1980 - 2023
Laos 0.87 76 1980 - 2023
Mali 0.87 77 1980 - 2023
Benin 0.83 78 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 0.83 79 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 0.8 80 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 0.8 81 1992 - 2023
Libya 0.72 82 1980 - 2023
El Salvador 0.71 83 1980 - 2023
Malta 0.65 84 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0.54 85 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.51 86 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 0.5 87 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 0.5 88 1980 - 2023
Senegal 0.49 89 1980 - 2023
Colombia 0.48 90 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 0.47 91 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 0.46 92 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.43 93 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0.38 94 1980 - 2023
Kenya 0.32 95 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.31 96 1980 - 2023
Belize 0.28 97 1980 - 2023
Jordan 0.26 98 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.21 99 1980 - 2023
Honduras 0.2 100 1980 - 2023
Egypt 0.19 101 1980 - 2023
Algeria 0.18 102 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 0.15 103 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.14 104 1992 - 2023
Armenia 0.12 105 1992 - 2023
Burundi 0.1 106 1980 - 2023
Panama 0.07 107 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 0.06 108 1980 - 2023
Ghana 0.05 109 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 0.04 110 1980 - 2023
Peru 0.04 111 1980 - 2023
Zambia 0.04 112 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.03 113 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.02 114 1980 - 2023
Uganda 0.02 115 1980 - 2023
Angola 0 116 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 117 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0 118 1986 - 2023
Australia 0 119 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 0 120 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0 121 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 122 1980 - 2023
Bolivia 0 123 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0 124 1980 - 2023
Burma 0 125 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0 126 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0 127 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 128 1980 - 2023
Chad 0 129 1980 - 2023
Chile 0 130 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0 131 1980 - 2023
Cuba 0 132 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0 133 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0 134 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0 135 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 136 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0 137 1994 - 2023
Ethiopia 0 138 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0 139 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0 140 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 141 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 142 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 143 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0 144 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 145 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0 146 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0 147 1980 - 2023
Iceland 0 148 1980 - 2023
Israel 0 149 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0 150 1980 - 2023
Japan 0 151 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 152 1980 - 2023
Kuwait 0 153 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0 154 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0 155 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0 156 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0 157 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0 158 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0 159 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0 160 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 0 161 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 0 162 1980 - 2023
North Korea 0 163 1980 - 2023
Oman 0 164 1980 - 2022
Papua N.G. 0 165 1980 - 2022
Paraguay 0 166 1980 - 2022
Philippines 0 167 1980 - 2022
Puerto Rico 0 168 1980 - 2022
Qatar 0 169 1980 - 2022
Saint Lucia 0 170 1980 - 2022
St. Vincent & ... 0 171 1980 - 2022
Samoa 0 172 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0 173 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0 174 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 175 1980 - 2023
Singapore 0 176 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 177 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0 178 1980 - 2023
South Korea 0 179 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0 180 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0 181 1980 - 2023
Syria 0 182 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 0 183 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0 184 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 185 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 186 1992 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 187 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 0 188 1980 - 2023
Yemen 0 189 1980 - 2023


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