Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — Euro area

Net electricity imports in the Euro area in 2025 — -2.83 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 116.5%.

2025 -2.83 TWh −133.61% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 46.64 TWh2022
Period minimum -2.83 TWh2025

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Euro area, 2000–2025-2002040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 17.15 TWh2001: 18.92 TWh2002: 20.88 TWh2003: 15.14 TWh2004: 11.88 TWh2005: 33.84 TWh2006: 22.03 TWh2007: 29.87 TWh2008: 25.03 TWh2009: 24.89 TWh2010: 17.35 TWh2011: 24.42 TWh2012: 32.86 TWh2013: 18.66 TWh2014: 15.61 TWh2015: 15.92 TWh2016: 8.6 TWh2017: 10.64 TWh2018: 17.25 TWh2019: 11.66 TWh2020: 14.5 TWh2021: 23.22 TWh2022: 46.64 TWh2023: 22.25 TWh2024: 8.42 TWh2025: -2.83 TWh
Change over the period: −19.98 (−116.5%)
Net electricity imports — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 -2.83 −11.25 −133.61%
2024 8.42 −13.83 −62.16%
2023 22.25 −24.39 −52.29%
2022 46.64 +23.42 +100.86%
2021 23.22 +8.72 +60.14%
2020 14.5 +2.84 +24.36%
2019 11.66 −5.59 −32.41%
2018 17.25 +6.61 +62.12%
2017 10.64 +2.04 +23.72%
2016 8.6 −7.32 −45.98%
2015 15.92 +0.31 +1.99%
2014 15.61 −3.05 −16.35%
2013 18.66 −14.2 −43.21%
2012 32.86 +8.44 +34.56%
2011 24.42 +7.07 +40.75%
2010 17.35 −7.54 −30.29%
2009 24.89 −0.14 −0.56%
2008 25.03 −4.84 −16.2%
2007 29.87 +7.84 +35.59%
2006 22.03 −11.81 −34.9%
2005 33.84 +21.96 +184.85%
2004 11.88 −3.26 −21.53%
2003 15.14 −5.74 −27.49%
2002 20.88 +1.96 +10.36%
2001 18.92 +1.77 +10.32%
2000 17.15

About the indicator

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.