Data for 2004

Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004

Name: Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004
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This is how much electricity a country imported from its neighbours, minus what it exported to them, as a share of the electricity it generated itself. A negative figure means the country is a net exporter of power.

Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. Benin is highest, at 725.000; Paraguay is lowest, at -86.674. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2003, 95 values changed (56 up, 39 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation) · Data for 2004

HighestBenin

725.000

LowestParaguay

-86.674

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

172countries
3measures per country
2004the year it describes
93distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004: every country, as published by Ember.

Benin`BEN`Western Africa	725.000	0.58	0.08
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	650.000	2.60	0.40
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	257.895	0.49	0.19
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	196.907	1.91	0.97
Belize`BLZ`Central America	171.429	0.24	0.14
Niger`NER`Western Africa	145.000	0.29	0.20
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	120.690	0.70	0.58
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	111.594	1.54	1.38
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	100.000	3.37	3.37
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.000	0.40	0.40
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	78.571	0.11	0.14
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.667	0.06	0.09
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	50.690	2.94	5.80
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	44.776	2.10	4.69
Uruguay`URY`South America	39.492	2.33	5.90
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	22.160	7.47	33.71
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	21.629	3.00	13.87
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.277	0.10	0.47
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.988	2.04	9.72
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	18.659	1.28	6.86
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	18.219	6.75	37.05
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	17.718	1.18	6.66
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	16.249	16.22	99.82
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.536	45.63	293.71
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.503	6.48	44.68
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.963	0.07	0.54
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	12.658	0.10	0.79
Ecuador`ECU`South America	12.578	1.61	12.80
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	10.417	3.25	31.20
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	10.400	11.45	110.10
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	9.384	7.78	82.91
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.817	0.79	8.96
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	8.649	0.48	5.55
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	7.867	0.38	4.83
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	7.614	0.15	1.97
Honduras`HND`Central America	7.364	0.38	5.16
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6.667	0.02	0.30
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.308	1.37	21.72
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.230	1.57	25.20
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.673	4.87	85.84
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.439	0.13	2.39
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	4.980	3.08	61.85
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.878	0.16	3.28
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	4.844	2.82	58.22
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.088	1.32	32.29
Chile`CHL`South America	3.725	1.90	51.00
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.500	0.21	6.00
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.703	0.02	0.74
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2.597	0.16	6.16
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	2.183	0.36	16.49
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.923	0.22	11.44
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.916	0.05	2.61
Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.386	0.38	98.55
United States`USA`Northern America	0.286	11.31	3,951.95
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.128	0.11	85.96
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.032	0.01	31.25
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.19
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	2.24
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.22
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.87
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.98
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	16.15
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	25.13
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.89
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	0.00	4.53
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.26
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.22
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	4.07
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.45
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.04
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	15.64
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	4.20
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.22
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.11
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	12.02
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.09
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.28
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.88
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.54
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	1.53
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.19
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	0.00	0.33
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.88
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.90
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	0.00	0.86
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.55
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	8.54
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	7.25
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	41.26
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.00	20.20
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	1.05
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.24
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.00	2.22
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.16
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	5.61
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	1.67
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000	0.00	42.27
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.000	0.00	2.81
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	21.86
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	11.50
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	3.51
Peru`PER`South America	0.000	0.00	24.25
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	55.94
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	24.15
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	13.23
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.31
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.12
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.11
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.04
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	2.39
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.23
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.12
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	36.82
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.28
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.000	0.00	3.60
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	0.00	1.43
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	6.43
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.12
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.05
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	4.36
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.082	-0.02	24.29
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.251	-0.03	11.93
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.276	-6.08	2,203.31
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.454	-0.68	149.75
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.503	-0.25	49.70
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.680	-0.01	1.47
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-0.726	-0.27	37.19
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-1.095	-3.03	276.61
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-1.386	-2.10	151.56
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.710	-0.55	32.17
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-2.090	-1.18	56.47
Panama`PAN`Central America	-2.257	-0.13	5.76
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-2.703	-0.23	8.51
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-3.008	-0.24	7.98
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-3.088	-1.46	47.28
Colombia`COL`South America	-3.304	-1.63	49.33
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-4.977	-0.76	15.27
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-6.090	-9.29	152.54
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	-6.106	-1.86	30.46
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-6.542	-0.42	6.42
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	-7.132	-2.87	40.24
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-9.741	-1.13	11.60
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-9.794	-0.19	1.94
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-9.815	-1.17	11.92
France`FRA`Western Europe	-10.932	-61.91	566.30
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-12.953	-0.75	5.79
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-14.217	-5.88	41.36
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-17.362	-1.79	10.31
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-18.761	-15.72	83.79
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-19.801	-1.39	7.02
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-20.606	-3.33	16.16
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-25.636	-1.41	5.50
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-28.571	-0.36	1.26
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	-38.347	-7.19	18.75
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-68.670	-1.60	2.33
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-72.333	-2.17	3.00
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-86.674	-45.01	51.93

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Benin725.000
Palestine650.000
Togo257.895
Botswana196.907
Belize171.429

Lowest

Paraguay-86.674
Laos-72.333
Bhutan-68.670
Lithuania-38.347
Mali-28.571

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Net imports (TWh; negative = net exporter)
HighestItaly45.63
LowestFrance-61.91
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.45

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
95values changed, of 172 in both
56 · 39rose · fell
77unchanged

Rose most

Benin637.500 → 725.000+87.500
Belize118.750 → 171.429+52.679
Uruguay-8.159 → 39.492+47.651
Namibia69.231 → 111.594+42.363
Botswana154.808 → 196.907+42.099

Fell most

Luxembourg134.767 → 100.000−34.767
Palestine682.353 → 650.000−32.353
Latvia66.247 → 44.776−21.471
Belarus25.648 → 10.417−15.231
Zimbabwe36.177 → 20.988−15.189

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 79 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2004). Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-electricity-imports/2004

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