Net electricity imports in China in 2025 — -19.46 TWh. Ranked 88 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 122.4%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -19.46 | −2.46 | −14.47% |
| 2024 | -17 | +0.08 | +0.47% |
| 2023 | -17.08 | −4.13 | −31.89% |
| 2022 | -12.95 | +1.29 | +9.06% |
| 2021 | -14.24 | +2.8 | +16.43% |
| 2020 | -17.04 | −0.24 | −1.43% |
| 2019 | -16.8 | −1.58 | −10.38% |
| 2018 | -15.22 | −2.17 | −16.63% |
| 2017 | -13.05 | −0.33 | −2.59% |
| 2016 | -12.72 | −0.28 | −2.25% |
| 2015 | -12.44 | −1.03 | −9.03% |
| 2014 | -11.41 | −0.18 | −1.6% |
| 2013 | -11.23 | −0.45 | −4.17% |
| 2012 | -10.78 | +1.96 | +15.38% |
| 2011 | -12.74 | +0.77 | +5.7% |
| 2010 | -13.51 | −2.13 | −18.72% |
| 2009 | -11.38 | +1.42 | +11.09% |
| 2008 | -12.8 | −2.49 | −24.15% |
| 2007 | -10.31 | −3.43 | −49.85% |
| 2006 | -6.88 | −0.7 | −11.33% |
| 2005 | -6.18 | −0.1 | −1.64% |
| 2004 | -6.08 | +1.28 | +17.39% |
| 2003 | -7.36 | +1.04 | +12.38% |
| 2002 | -8.4 | +0.2 | +2.33% |
| 2001 | -8.6 | +0.15 | +1.71% |
| 2000 | -8.75 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
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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