Net electricity imports in BRICS in 2025 — -29.44 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 188.9%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -29.44 | −2.35 | −8.67% |
| 2024 | -27.09 | −0.04 | −0.15% |
| 2023 | -27.05 | −1.61 | −6.33% |
| 2022 | -25.44 | −3.74 | −17.24% |
| 2021 | -21.7 | −9.43 | −76.85% |
| 2020 | -12.27 | +11.5 | +48.38% |
| 2019 | -23.77 | −20.15 | −556.63% |
| 2018 | -3.62 | −4.8 | −406.78% |
| 2017 | 1.18 | −4.16 | −77.9% |
| 2016 | 5.34 | −0.85 | −13.73% |
| 2015 | 6.19 | −0.13 | −2.06% |
| 2014 | 6.32 | −0.65 | −9.33% |
| 2013 | 6.97 | +1.52 | +27.89% |
| 2012 | 5.45 | +7.83 | +328.99% |
| 2011 | -2.38 | −5.46 | −177.27% |
| 2010 | 3.08 | −10.12 | −76.67% |
| 2009 | 13.2 | +1.37 | +11.58% |
| 2008 | 11.83 | −5 | −29.71% |
| 2007 | 16.83 | −1.19 | −6.6% |
| 2006 | 18.02 | −0.99 | −5.21% |
| 2005 | 19.01 | −3.26 | −14.64% |
| 2004 | 22.27 | +4.63 | +26.25% |
| 2003 | 17.64 | −1.36 | −7.16% |
| 2002 | 19 | +2.42 | +14.6% |
| 2001 | 16.58 | −16.55 | −49.95% |
| 2000 | 33.13 | — | — |
Electricity imports minus exports over the year. The figure can be negative, and the sign is the main thing here: positive means that a country buys more than it sells, negative that it is a supplier for its neighbors. Electricity can only be traded over wires, so the trade is always regional: the large flows run inside Europe, between the United States and Canada, and from Paraguay to Brazil. For power systems with a large share of solar and wind, links with neighbors are a way to smooth out the variability of generation.
Important: Negative values belong to exporters. The sum over a group of countries gives its net position: trade inside the group cancels out, so the world total is close to zero — that is a property of the figure, not an error.
Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.
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