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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2018

Name: Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2018
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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation), 2018 covers 174 countries on 3 measures. Palestine is highest, at 1,409.524; Laos is lowest, at -78.181. The middle country reads 0.000. Against 2017, 105 values changed (54 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Net Electricity Imports (share of generation) · Data for 2018

HighestPalestine

1,409.524

LowestLaos

-78.181

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

174countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
105distinct 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), 2018, 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), 2018: every country, as published by Ember.

Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	1,409.524	5.92	0.42
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,060.000	0.53	0.05
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	755.385	4.91	0.65
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	678.947	1.29	0.19
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	641.667	6.16	0.96
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	426.496	4.99	1.17
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	329.795	9.63	2.92
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	228.369	3.22	1.41
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	191.837	0.94	0.49
Niger`NER`Western Africa	186.792	0.99	0.53
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	146.667	0.88	0.60
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	75.000	0.39	0.52
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	57.438	2.78	4.84
Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.098	0.23	0.41
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	44.920	0.84	1.87
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	44.774	14.35	32.05
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	39.867	5.39	13.52
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	34.225	1.92	5.61
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	32.923	12.04	36.57
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.353	1.76	5.44
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	31.472	0.62	1.97
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	28.571	0.10	0.35
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	28.392	19.94	70.23
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	24.962	1.64	6.57
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	23.460	17.33	73.87
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	22.830	0.71	3.11
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	19.193	1.57	8.18
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	18.345	0.51	2.78
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	17.844	0.96	5.38
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	17.279	5.22	30.21
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.346	43.90	286.06
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	13.839	8.95	64.67
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.803	3.68	26.66
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.699	0.20	1.46
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	13.542	0.91	6.72
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.937	6.28	52.61
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	10.976	0.09	0.82
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	10.817	1.02	9.43
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	7.641	0.92	12.04
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	7.047	7.97	113.10
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	6.979	0.73	10.46
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.478	0.32	4.94
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.039	4.78	79.15
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	4.878	0.80	16.40
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.756	4.68	98.41
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	4.301	0.20	4.65
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.090	11.10	271.40
Honduras`HND`Central America	3.708	0.36	9.71
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	3.358	5.69	169.43
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.642	0.12	7.31
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	1.375	0.47	34.18
United States`USA`Northern America	1.058	44.46	4,201.55
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.796	0.09	11.30
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.677	0.20	29.55
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.585	0.05	8.54
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.442	0.09	20.37
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.380	0.49	129.02
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.327	0.12	36.67
Colombia`COL`South America	0.141	0.11	78.21
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.047	0.01	21.28
Peru`PER`South America	0.037	0.02	54.62
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	13.14
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.36
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	10.04
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.30
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.67
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.15
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.34
Chile`CHL`South America	0.000	0.00	81.76
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.10
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	20.80
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	5.06
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.11
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	19.60
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	1.35
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.39
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	0.35
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	1.10
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.68
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.39
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	0.000	0.00	0.52
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.73
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	1.94
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	0.00	1.14
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.04
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.000	0.00	19.69
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	3.96
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	74.13
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.41
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	2.38
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.79
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	3.12
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.04
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	3.50
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.000	0.00	43.73
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	24.83
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	37.76
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	4.36
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	99.74
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	17.69
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	48.06
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	3.08
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.41
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.15
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.52
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.27
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	52.97
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.54
Suriname`SUR`South America	0.000	0.00	1.90
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	9.23
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.26
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.62
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.08
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	3.49
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	-0.097	-0.03	31.04
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.117	-0.09	76.75
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.210	-0.63	300.15
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.213	-15.22	7,133.23
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-0.478	-0.10	20.92
Ecuador`ECU`South America	-0.513	-0.15	29.23
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-0.618	-0.39	63.15
Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.023	-1.02	99.71
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	-1.105	-0.02	1.81
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	-2.098	-0.24	11.44
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-2.419	-0.54	22.32
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-2.539	-0.99	38.99
Panama`PAN`Central America	-2.768	-0.31	11.20
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	-3.102	-0.50	16.12
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-3.601	-0.13	3.61
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	-3.964	-2.54	64.07
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	-4.024	-0.60	14.91
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	-4.559	-2.66	58.35
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-4.651	-0.20	4.30
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-4.861	-0.75	15.43
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-5.213	-1.31	25.13
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	-5.263	-0.20	3.80
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	-6.572	-1.07	16.28
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-6.608	-1.43	21.64
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	-6.955	-10.15	145.94
Uruguay`URY`South America	-8.077	-1.18	14.61
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-8.172	-3.00	36.71
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-8.226	-1.41	17.14
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	-8.490	-5.86	69.02
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	-10.458	-1.05	10.04
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	-10.541	-17.22	163.36
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	-10.643	-0.91	8.55
France`FRA`Western Europe	-10.928	-62.97	576.24
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-12.107	-2.39	19.74
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	-12.604	-1.67	13.25
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-12.618	-3.20	25.36
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	-15.360	-1.90	12.37
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	-16.018	-13.91	86.84
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	-16.792	-7.81	46.51
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-18.709	-1.42	7.59
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-64.586	-4.45	6.89
Paraguay`PRY`South America	-71.132	-42.21	59.34
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-78.181	-26.91	34.42

02In 2018

At either end

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

Highest

Palestine1,409.524
Djibouti1,060.000
Macau755.385
Benin678.947
Luxembourg641.667

Lowest

Laos-78.181
Paraguay-71.132
Bhutan-64.586
Armenia-18.709
Bulgaria-16.792

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 States44.46
LowestFrance-62.97
Middle country: 0.00
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.81

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
105values changed, of 174 in both
54 · 51rose · fell
69unchanged

Rose most

Macau268.707 → 755.385+486.678
Palestine1,014.545 → 1,409.524+394.979
Benin346.875 → 678.947+332.072
Djibouti850.000 → 1,060.000+210.000
Lithuania243.820 → 329.795+85.975

Fell most

Albania64.238 → -10.643−74.881
Montenegro45.161 → -5.263−50.424
Eswatini237.209 → 191.837−45.372
Luxembourg686.667 → 641.667−45.000
Malta52.121 → 31.472−20.649

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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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 70 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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