How much electricity a country buys from its neighbors beyond what it sells.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2009 to 2025.
Top-20 · terawatt-hours
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Italy
|
46.89 | 2025 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Thailand
|
36.86 | 2025 | 2 | |
| 3 |
United Kingdom
|
29.07 | 2025 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Germany
|
19.54 | 2025 | 4 | |
| 5 |
United States
|
16.02 | 2025 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Bangladesh
|
14.66 | 2025 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Belgium
|
13.4 | 2025 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Brazil
|
11.59 | 2025 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Hong Kong
|
11.37 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Argentina
|
9.3 | 2025 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Portugal
|
9.29 | 2025 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Hungary
|
9 | 2025 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Denmark
|
7.41 | 2025 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Iraq
|
7.1 | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Palestine
|
7 | 2024 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Ireland
|
6.13 | 2025 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Afghanistan
|
5.83 | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Finland
|
5.56 | 2025 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Macao
|
5.5 | 2024 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Croatia
|
5.32 | 2025 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Luxembourg
|
4.93 | 2025 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Cambodia
|
4.63 | 2025 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Austria
|
4.11 | 2025 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Romania
|
3.82 | 2025 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Morocco
|
3.73 | 2025 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Lithuania
|
3.6 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Vietnam
|
3.6 | 2025 | 26 | |
| 28 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
3.53 | 2025 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Uzbekistan
|
2.93 | 2025 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Uruguay
|
2.81 | 2025 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Mongolia
|
2.72 | 2025 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Estonia
|
2.71 | 2025 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Moldova
|
2.62 | 2025 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Tunisia
|
2.59 | 2025 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Kazakhstan
|
2.41 | 2025 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Namibia
|
2.4 | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Zimbabwe
|
1.84 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Kosovo
|
1.55 | 2025 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Kenya
|
1.54 | 2025 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Burkina Faso
|
1.5 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Togo
|
1.5 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 42 |
Bhutan
|
1.46 | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
1.44 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Latvia
|
1.4 | 2025 | 44 | |
| 45 |
North Macedonia
|
1.38 | 2025 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Serbia
|
1.32 | 2025 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Benin
|
1.3 | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Colombia
|
1.25 | 2025 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Botswana
|
1.24 | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
India
|
1.22 | 2025 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Georgia
|
1.2 | 2025 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Niger
|
1.2 | 2024 | 51 | |
| 53 |
Eswatini
|
1.04 | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Poland
|
1.04 | 2025 | 53 | |
| 55 |
Malta
|
1.03 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Montenegro
|
1.03 | 2025 | 55 | |
| 57 |
Indonesia
|
0.96 | 2024 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Nicaragua
|
0.9 | 2024 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Sudan
|
0.8 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Djibouti
|
0.6 | 2024 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Gabon
|
0.58 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Lesotho
|
0.58 | 2024 | 61 | |
| 63 |
Guatemala
|
0.56 | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Senegal
|
0.5 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Bahrain
|
0.49 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Pakistan
|
0.48 | 2025 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Belize
|
0.38 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Mauritania
|
0.3 | 2024 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Singapore
|
0.29 | 2025 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Myanmar
|
0.21 | 2024 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Tanzania
|
0.19 | 2024 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Honduras
|
0.15 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Ukraine
|
0.1 | 2022 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Rwanda
|
0.09 | 2024 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Burundi
|
0.08 | 2024 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Cameroon
|
0.06 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Jordan
|
0.06 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 78 |
Switzerland
|
0.06 | 2025 | 76 | |
| 79 |
Ecuador
|
0.04 | 2025 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Peru
|
0.03 | 2025 | 80 | |
| 81 |
American Samoa
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Angola
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 83 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 84 |
Aruba
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 85 |
Australia
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 86 |
Bahamas
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 87 |
Barbados
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 88 |
Bermuda
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 89 |
Bolivia
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 90 |
British Virgin Islands
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 91 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 92 |
Cabo Verde
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 93 |
Cayman Islands
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 94 |
Central African Republic
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 95 |
Chad
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 96 |
Chile
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 97 |
Comoros
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 98 |
Cook Islands
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 99 |
Cuba
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 100 |
Cyprus
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 101 |
Dominica
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 102 |
Dominican Republic
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 103 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 104 |
Eritrea
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 105 |
Falkland Islands
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 106 |
Faroe Islands
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 107 |
Fiji
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 108 |
French Guiana
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 109 |
French Polynesia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 110 |
Gambia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 111 |
Gibraltar
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 112 |
Greenland
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 113 |
Grenada
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 114 |
Guadeloupe
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 115 |
Guam
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 116 |
Guinea
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 117 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 118 |
Guyana
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 119 |
Haiti
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 120 |
Iceland
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 121 |
Jamaica
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 122 |
Japan
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 123 |
Kiribati
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 124 |
Kuwait
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 125 |
Lebanon
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 126 |
Liberia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 127 |
Libya
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 128 |
Madagascar
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 129 |
Maldives
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 130 |
Martinique
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 131 |
Mauritius
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 132 |
Montserrat
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 133 |
Nauru
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 134 |
New Caledonia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 135 |
New Zealand
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 136 |
Niue
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 137 |
North Korea
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 138 |
Oman
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 139 |
Papua New Guinea
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 140 |
Philippines
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 141 |
Puerto Rico
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 142 |
Qatar
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 143 |
Réunion
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 144 |
Saint Helena
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 145 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 146 |
Saint Lucia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 147 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 148 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 149 |
Samoa
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 150 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 151 |
Seychelles
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 152 |
Sierra Leone
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 153 |
Solomon Islands
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 154 |
Somalia
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 155 |
South Korea
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 156 |
South Sudan
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 157 |
Sri Lanka
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 158 |
Suriname
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 159 |
Taiwan
|
0 | 2025 | 81 | |
| 160 |
Timor-Leste
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 161 |
Tonga
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 162 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 163 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 164 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 165 |
Vanuatu
|
0 | 2023 | 81 | |
| 166 |
Venezuela
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 167 |
Western Sahara
|
0 | 2009 | 81 | |
| 168 |
Yemen
|
0 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 169 |
Malawi
|
-0.02 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Saudi Arabia
|
-0.05 | 2024 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Republic of the Congo
|
-0.08 | 2024 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Nepal
|
-0.1 | 2024 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Panama
|
-0.14 | 2024 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Iran
|
-0.18 | 2025 | 174 | |
| 175 |
El Salvador
|
-0.21 | 2025 | 175 | |
| 176 |
United Arab Emirates
|
-0.24 | 2024 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Mexico
|
-0.31 | 2025 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Costa Rica
|
-0.36 | 2025 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Uganda
|
-0.44 | 2024 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Slovenia
|
-0.49 | 2025 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Mali
|
-0.5 | 2024 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Syria
|
-0.6 | 2024 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
-0.73 | 2024 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Belarus
|
-0.9 | 2025 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Azerbaijan
|
-1.05 | 2025 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Malaysia
|
-1.18 | 2025 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Bulgaria
|
-1.32 | 2025 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Egypt
|
-1.4 | 2025 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Armenia
|
-1.59 | 2025 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Türkiye
|
-2.09 | 2025 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
-2.29 | 2025 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Nigeria
|
-2.3 | 2025 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Ethiopia
|
-2.35 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Slovakia
|
-2.35 | 2025 | 193 | |
| 195 |
Ghana
|
-2.44 | 2024 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Algeria
|
-2.52 | 2024 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Greece
|
-2.53 | 2025 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Zambia
|
-3.12 | 2024 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Mozambique
|
-3.3 | 2024 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Tajikistan
|
-5.2 | 2025 | 200 | |
| 201 |
South Africa
|
-5.92 | 2025 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Israel
|
-6.4 | 2025 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Canada
|
-6.8 | 2025 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Czechia
|
-7.43 | 2025 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Turkmenistan
|
-9 | 2024 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Spain
|
-12.79 | 2025 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Netherlands
|
-13.91 | 2025 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Paraguay
|
-15.7 | 2025 | 208 | |
| 209 |
Russia
|
-16.69 | 2025 | 209 | |
| 210 |
China
|
-19.46 | 2025 | 210 | |
| 211 |
Norway
|
-23.08 | 2025 | 211 | |
| 212 |
Sweden
|
-33.58 | 2025 | 212 | |
| 213 |
Laos
|
-36.7 | 2024 | 213 | |
| 214 |
France
|
-93.35 | 2025 | 214 |
Electricity imports minus exports over the year. The figure can be negative, and the sign is the main thing here: positive means that a country buys more than it sells, negative that it is a supplier for its neighbors. Electricity can only be traded over wires, so the trade is always regional: the large flows run inside Europe, between the United States and Canada, and from Paraguay to Brazil. For power systems with a large share of solar and wind, links with neighbors are a way to smooth out the variability of generation.
Important: Negative values belong to exporters. The sum over a group of countries gives its net position: trade inside the group cancels out, so the world total is close to zero — that is a property of the figure, not an error.
How much electricity is consumed in a country in a year.
Electricity 2000–2025 Electricity generationHow much electricity a country generates in a year.
Electricity 1960–2024 Transmission and distribution lossesWhat share of the electricity generated is lost on the way to the consumer.
Trade 1962–2025 Fuel imports (% of merchandise imports)What part of merchandise imports a country spends on oil, gas and coal.