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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2015

Name: Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2015
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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2015 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Palestine is highest, at 1,040.385; Paraguay is lowest, at -73.591. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2014, 101 values changed (49 up, 52 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation) · Data for 2015

HighestPalestine

1,040.385

LowestParaguay

-73.591

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

174countries
3measures per country
2015the year it describes
103distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Every country and every column of Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2015, 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), 2015: every country, as published by Ember.

Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,040.385	5.41	0.52
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	426.316	4.05	0.95
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	417.910	5.60	1.34
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	328.125	1.05	0.32
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	320.339	3.78	1.18
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	284.211	1.08	0.38
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	172.222	0.31	0.18
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	170.449	7.21	4.23
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	163.924	2.59	1.58
Niger`NER`Western Africa	144.444	0.78	0.54
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	129.545	0.57	0.44
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80.769	1.05	1.30
Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.444	0.25	0.36
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	60.409	6.79	11.24
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	55.556	0.10	0.18
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	51.156	1.77	3.46
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	49.495	1.47	2.97
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	49.057	0.26	0.53
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	45.137	13.69	30.33
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.425	2.51	5.65
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	43.564	0.44	1.01
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34.521	1.55	4.49
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.852	1.82	5.54
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	30.688	21.00	68.43
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	27.892	10.56	37.86
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	24.864	1.37	5.51
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.816	16.34	68.61
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	23.769	1.40	5.89
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	20.535	5.91	28.78
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	18.825	9.61	51.05
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	17.333	0.52	3.00
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	16.582	46.38	279.70
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	16.284	10.06	61.78
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	16.038	0.34	2.12
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	15.686	0.08	0.51
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.517	0.18	1.16
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	14.827	0.90	6.07
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	12.981	9.17	70.64
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	11.991	1.06	8.84
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	8.978	2.39	26.62
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	8.028	8.75	108.99
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	7.686	2.62	34.09
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.432	0.33	4.44
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.701	3.38	59.29
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.179	0.13	2.51
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4.439	2.27	51.14
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	4.257	0.55	12.92
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.886	0.55	19.06
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.380	0.67	28.15
Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.820	0.47	25.83
Honduras`HND`Central America	1.665	0.15	9.01
United States`USA`Northern America	1.632	66.67	4,083.99
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	1.505	3.94	261.77
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.448	0.27	18.64
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.072	0.07	6.53
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.993	0.13	13.09
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.408	0.46	112.79
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.372	0.04	10.75
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.331	0.02	6.04
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.251	0.02	7.96
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.218	0.01	4.59
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.102	0.01	9.81
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	9.78
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	2.00
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.04
Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.000	0.00	9.00
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.20
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.64
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.17
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.30
Chile`CHL`South America	0.000	0.00	74.91
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	20.39
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	4.54
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	18.00
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	1.30
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.26
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	0.32
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.93
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.28
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	0.00	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.71
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	1.14
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	0.00	1.01
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.03
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	18.55
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	4.28
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	68.30
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.31
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.00	37.51
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	1.79
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.62
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.99
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	16.20
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	2.90
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000	0.00	43.57
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	33.17
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	18.93
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	32.75
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	4.53
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	82.40
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	20.90
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	41.63
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.13
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.46
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.16
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	50.28
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.09
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.58
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	0.00	1.86
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	9.57
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.23
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.78
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	5.76
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-0.035	-0.01	28.49
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.044	-0.03	68.84
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	-0.047	-0.13	277.17
Peru`PER`South America	-0.104	-0.05	48.27
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	-0.201	-0.33	164.30
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.215	-12.44	5,798.82
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-0.338	-0.05	14.80
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.513	-0.10	19.48
Colombia`COL`South America	-0.526	-0.41	77.97
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.651	-0.16	24.57
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.717	-0.02	2.79
Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.761	-0.97	127.52
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-0.922	-0.02	2.17
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-1.021	-0.11	10.77
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-1.043	-0.10	9.59
Panama`PAN`Central America	-1.165	-0.12	10.30
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.444	-0.26	18.01
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-1.972	-0.07	3.55
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-2.247	-1.29	57.41
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-2.447	-0.92	37.59
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-2.887	-0.39	13.51
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-3.093	-0.36	11.64
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-4.476	-0.50	11.17
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-7.809	-1.34	17.16
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-8.096	-5.20	64.23
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-9.064	-0.92	10.15
Uruguay`URY`South America	-9.607	-1.32	13.74
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-9.770	-0.85	8.70
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-10.245	-14.65	143.00
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-10.250	-6.73	65.66
France`FRA`Western Europe	-11.157	-64.06	574.15
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-13.951	-22.60	162.00
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-14.203	-3.20	22.53
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-15.165	-12.51	82.49
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-16.556	-1.25	7.55
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-17.954	-3.30	18.38
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-21.720	-10.58	48.71
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-58.787	-9.50	16.16
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-72.445	-5.60	7.73
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-73.591	-41.13	55.89

02In 2015

At either end

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

Highest

Palestine1,040.385
Macau426.316
Luxembourg417.910
Benin328.125
Afghanistan320.339

Lowest

Paraguay-73.591
Bhutan-72.445
Laos-58.787
Bulgaria-21.720
Mozambique-17.954

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)
HighestUnited States66.67
LowestFrance-64.06
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,798.82
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.97

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
101values changed, of 174 in both
49 · 52rose · fell
73unchanged

Rose most

Luxembourg256.021 → 417.910+161.889
Malta0.000 → 80.769+80.769
Eswatini204.167 → 284.211+80.044
Croatia29.412 → 60.409+30.997
Slovenia-15.977 → -0.338+15.639

Fell most

Palestine1,452.941 → 1,040.385−412.556
Togo420.000 → 129.545−290.455
Macau640.625 → 426.316−214.309
Djibouti340.000 → 172.222−167.778
Albania65.042 → 23.769−41.273

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. 72 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 174 countries has every column.

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Ember (2015). Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/net-electricity-imports/2015

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