Largest Net Electricity Importers by Country 2024

About This Dataset

Largest Net Electricity Importers by Country 2024
Countries that imported the most electricity on a net basis in 2024, in terawatt-hours. Net imports are electricity brought in from neighbouring grids minus electricity sent out.
Analysis

The top three in Net Electricity Imports (TWh) in 2024 are Italy (51), United Kingdom (33.2) and Thailand (32.4). Italy tops the list without dominating it, holding 20.4% of what the 15 entities record between them. Only 4 of the 15 reach even half the leader's figure (25.5 or more).

Source:  Ember - Yearly Electricity Data

Key Findings

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Italy leads in Net Electricity Imports (TWh) with 51 in 2024.
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Average Net Electricity Imports (TWh) in 2024: 16.69  ·  median: 10.70.
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Gap in 2024: Italy is 8.8× larger than Afghanistan.

Largest Net Electricity Importers by Country 2024

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Data Insights

Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart

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Data Points
15
15 categories  ·  1 year
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Top Value
51
Italy
Net Electricity Imports (TWh) · 2024
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Metrics
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Net Electricity Imports (TWh)
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Period
2024
Single year snapshot

Methodology & source

Data source
Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
Coverage
15 entities · 2024 · 15 observations
Measure
Net Electricity Imports (TWh)
Last updated
6 September 2026
Compiled by
The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
  • Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
  • Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.

Rankings & Full Data

15 records · Net Electricity Imports (TWh) · ranked by 2024

✓ 15 sourced
# Category 2024 Source
🥇 Italy 51
🥈 United Kingdom 33.20
🥉 Thailand 32.40
4 Germany 26.30
5 United States 13.80
6 Brazil 11.60
7 Hong Kong 11.40
8 Hungary 10.70
9 Portugal 10.50
10 Belgium 10.30
11 Bangladesh 10
12 Argentina 9.20
13 Iraq 7.10
14 Palestine 7
15 Afghanistan 5.80

Data Sources & References

All external sources cited in this dataset

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