EUROPEAN RANKING · DEPENDENCY

Energy dependency in Europe

EU country ranking by the share of energy needs covered by net energy imports.

Common period2024
EU-27 average 57.3 %
countries ranked 27
Lowest dependency
Estonia
4.6 %
Highest dependency
Malta
98.4 %
Range +93.8 pt 2024
NRG_IND_ID

From lowest to highest rate

Dependency rate
Rank Country Value Gap vs EU-27
1
Estonia
EE
4.6 %
-52.7 pt View details →
2
Sweden
SE
26.5 %
-30.8 pt View details →
3
Latvia
LV
29.3 %
-28.0 pt View details →
4
Romania
RO
30.4 %
-26.9 pt View details →
5
Finland
FI
33.0 %
-24.3 pt View details →
6
Denmark
DK
38.2 %
-19.1 pt View details →
7
Czechia
CZ
39.3 %
-18.0 pt View details →
8
France
FR
41.7 %
-15.6 pt View details →
9
Bulgaria
BG
41.9 %
-15.4 pt View details →
10
Poland
PL
45.7 %
-11.6 pt View details →
11
Slovenia
SI
46.4 %
-10.9 pt View details →
12
Hungary
HU
48.9 %
-8.3 pt View details →
13
Austria
AT
53.3 %
-4.0 pt View details →
14
Slovakia
SK
53.5 %
-3.8 pt View details →
15
Croatia
HR
59.9 %
+2.6 pt View details →
16
Portugal
PT
64.5 %
+7.2 pt View details →
17
Lithuania
LT
66.0 %
+8.7 pt View details →
18
Germany
DE
66.8 %
+9.5 pt View details →
19
Spain
ES
68.9 %
+11.6 pt View details →
20
Netherlands
NL
70.6 %
+13.3 pt View details →
21
Italy
IT
73.9 %
+16.6 pt View details →
22
Belgium
BE
75.4 %
+18.2 pt View details →
23
Greece
GR
77.7 %
+20.4 pt View details →
24
Ireland
IE
79.5 %
+22.2 pt View details →
25
Cyprus
CY
87.7 %
+30.4 pt View details →
26
Luxembourg
LU
91.0 %
+33.7 pt View details →
27
Malta
MT
98.4 %
+41.1 pt View details →
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Ranking methodology

To avoid misleading comparisons, EnergyBoard only ranks countries with a value for the same period as the EU-27. Missing values are never replaced by zero.

Source: Eurostat · nrg_ind_id.