Energy import dependency
Net energy imports (imports minus exports) as a percentage of gross available energy, all fuels.
A negative value means the country is a net exporter of energy. Values above 100 occur when imports also cover fuel stocks built up or fuel sold to international ships and aircraft.
Key facts
- Energy import dependency in the European Union (27) was 57.3% in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Malta had the highest energy import dependency of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 98.4%, and Estonia the lowest, at 4.6%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
EU countries by energy import dependency, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Sweden
- Bulgaria
- Slovenia
- Estonia
- Slovakia
- Croatia
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest energy import dependency? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"energy_import_dependency","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=energy_import_dependency&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)