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Electricity imports, billion kilowatthours, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 18 countries was 1.01 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in Iraq: 7.1 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Kuwait: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2024. 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, 2024 Global rank Available data
Iraq 7.1 1 1980 - 2024
Iran 3.2 2 1980 - 2024
Morocco 2.9 3 1980 - 2024
Tunisia 2.7 4 1980 - 2024
Djibouti 0.6 5 1980 - 2024
Bahrain 0.51 6 1980 - 2024
UA Emirates 0.36 7 1980 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 0.3 8 1980 - 2024
Jordan 0.26 9 1980 - 2024
Egypt 0.1 10 1980 - 2024
Algeria 0.08 11 1980 - 2024
Kuwait 0 12 1980 - 2024
Lebanon 0 13 1980 - 2024
Libya 0 14 1980 - 2024
Oman 0 15 1980 - 2024
Qatar 0 16 1980 - 2024
Syria 0 17 1980 - 2024
Yemen 0 18 1980 - 2024


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Definition: Annual import of electricity in billion kWh.

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