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Where does the United States get its electricity? Import sources 2024

In 2024, the United States imported $2.4 billion of electricity, 3.7% of the world total. Canada sold 95% of the total, followed by Mexico (5%) and Costa Rica (0%). The United States was the world’s 6th-largest importer of electricity.

Summary

Value
$2.4billion
Share of world total
3.7%
World rank
6th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 3 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Canada2.2Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —95.4%Land
Mexico0.11Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —4.6%Land
Costa Rica< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Canada was its main source throughout the period

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

  • Canada 2.2
  • Mexico 0.11
  • Costa Rica < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Canada0.862.2
Mexico0.080.11
Costa Rica0< 0.01

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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