Based on a comparison of 140 countries in 2015, Hong Kong ranked the highest in energy imports as of total energy use with 98.7% followed by Malta and Lebanon. On the other end of the scale was South Sudan with -1,058%, Norway with -581% and Angola with -541%.
Average energy imports as of total energy use reached 21.0% in 2015 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 112 % more than in the previous year and 115 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average energy imports as of total energy use reached an all time high of 29.5% in 1970 and an all time low of -4.06% in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to 0.413 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Energy Imports (As % of Energy Use) indicator page.
Energy Imports (As % of Energy Use) | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Belarus | % | 85.6% | 85.6% | 85.9% | 86.5% | 85.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Cyprus | % | 96.7% | 96.4% | 96.0% | 95.2% | 94.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Dominican Republic | % | 86.3% | 86.9% | 87.2% | 87.2% | 86.6% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Hong Kong | % | 99.6% | 99.3% | 99.2% | 99.3% | 99.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Ireland | % | 89.9% | 87.2% | 87.2% | 90.4% | 82.7% | ||||||||||||||||
Jamaica | % | 82.3% | 82.7% | 82.5% | 82.0% | 82.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 80.4% | 80.1% | 88.9% | 93.8% | 93.9% | ||||||||||||||||
Jordan | % | 96.1% | 96.2% | 96.1% | 96.5% | 96.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Lebanon | % | 97.2% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 96.8% | 96.5% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | % | 97.2% | 97.2% | 97.3% | 97.0% | 96.6% | ||||||||||||||||
Malta | % | 99.9% | 99.4% | 99.2% | 99.0% | 98.8% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Mauritius | % | 81.0% | 81.7% | 82.4% | 83.2% | 83.8% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Moldova | % | 95.9% | 93.8% | 92.5% | 92.2% | 90.0% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Morocco | % | 88.5% | 88.8% | 90.5% | 90.9% | 90.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
Singapore | % | 97.9% | 97.7% | 97.7% | 97.6% | 97.6% | ... |