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Who buys Germany’s electricity? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, Germany exported $4.3 billion of electricity, 6.8% of the world total. Its main destinations were the Netherlands (22%), Poland (18%) and Austria (18%). Germany was the world’s 2nd-largest exporter of electricity.

Summary

Value
$4.3billion
Share of world total
6.8%
World rank
2nd
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 12 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Netherlands re-exports941Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —21.9%Land
Poland790Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —18.4%Land
Austria760Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —17.7%Land
Switzerland582Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —13.5%Land
Czechia569Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —13.2%Land
Luxembourg303Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —7%Land
Belgium re-exports158Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —3.7%Land
Denmark104Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —2.4%Land
Norway42.3Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.98%Sea
France33.4Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.78%Land
Sweden15.6Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0.36%Sea
Ukraine< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

The Netherlands has been its main destination since 2023

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

  • Netherlands 0.94
  • Poland 0.79
  • Austria 0.76
  • Switzerland 0.58
  • Czechia 0.57

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Netherlands0.120.94
Poland< 0.010.79
Austria0.040.76
Switzerland0.090.58
Czechia0.010.57

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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