North America
United States
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is United States's #1 import source (world lens). United States is the EU's #4 goods supplier.
United States on the world stage
Total imports
$3.4tn
2024 annual
Total exports
$2.1tn
223 partners
#1 import source
Mexico
15.2%
#1 export dest.
Canada
16.9%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
United States and the EU
EU imports from
€356.7bn
14.1% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€554.7bn
21.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #4 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 1.56
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
75
EUR/MWh
Consumer
160
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
384
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
24%
of generation
Wholesale 37 EUR/MWh · hybrid market
Power market
● Transmission bottleneckMarket model
Regional wholesale markets (ISO/RTO) + vertically integrated utilities
Direct PPA
Allowed
grid access: open
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC, wholesale); state PUCs (retail)
A continental-scale system with deep wholesale markets (ISOs/RTOs serve ~2/3 of demand) but binding transmission constraints between regions, an interconnection queue exceeding 2,500 GW, and a patchwork of state-level…
Tracked infrastructure
2,271 gas plants
531.3 GW · 26 building
401 coal plants
194.1 GW
1,121 wind farms
138.4 GW · 57 building
1,189 solar farms
103.2 GW · 146 building
94 nuclear plants
102.5 GW
239 hydro plants
86.6 GW
8 steel plants
32,475 ktpa
491 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
1,085
73 production-backed
Acid-drainage prone
371
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Gold, Copper, Other mine
Mine-water verifiability
Full reported-vs-real
Water Quality Portal ambient + EPA ECHO/DMR self-reported…
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Monitored ports (90)
Source: IMF PortWatch. Port count reflects monitoring coverage, not economic significance.
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
38.3
→ 41.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.62
below replacement
Working-age
64.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
27.7
→ 37.9 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 345M · still growing past 2100
By 2050: +10% (381M)