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Where does Belgium get its electricity? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Belgium imported $1.9 billion of electricity, 3% of the world total. Its main sources were France (43%), the Netherlands (43%) and Germany (8%). Belgium was the world’s 8th-largest importer of electricity.

Summary

Value
$1.9billion
Share of world total
3%
World rank
8th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 7 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
France821Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —43%Land
Netherlands re-exports812Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —42.5%Land
Germany158Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —8.3%Land
United Kingdom71.8Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —3.8%Sea
Ukraine40.1Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —2.1%Sea
Luxembourg6.6Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.35%Land
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

France has been its main source since 2024

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • France 0.82
  • Netherlands 0.81
  • Germany 0.16
  • United Kingdom 0.07
  • Ukraine 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
France0.220.82
Netherlands< 0.010.81
Germany0.180.16
United Kingdom< 0.010.07
Ukraine00.04

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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