Net electricity imports in the European Union in 2025 — -22.57 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 355.3%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -22.57 | −10.26 | −83.35% |
| 2024 | -12.31 | −11.84 | −2,519.15% |
| 2023 | -0.47 | −13.41 | −103.63% |
| 2022 | 12.94 | +5.66 | +77.75% |
| 2021 | 7.28 | −6.69 | −47.89% |
| 2020 | 13.97 | +11.04 | +376.79% |
| 2019 | 2.93 | −5.91 | −66.86% |
| 2018 | 8.84 | +13.39 | +294.29% |
| 2017 | -4.55 | −5.2 | −800% |
| 2016 | 0.65 | +7.3 | +109.77% |
| 2015 | -6.65 | −1.62 | −32.21% |
| 2014 | -5.03 | −3.22 | −177.9% |
| 2013 | -1.81 | −8.57 | −126.78% |
| 2012 | 6.76 | +5.8 | +604.17% |
| 2011 | 0.96 | −3.96 | −80.49% |
| 2010 | 4.92 | −12.37 | −71.54% |
| 2009 | 17.29 | +5.26 | +43.72% |
| 2008 | 12.03 | +1.39 | +13.06% |
| 2007 | 10.64 | +10.18 | +2,213.04% |
| 2006 | 0.46 | −6.87 | −93.72% |
| 2005 | 7.33 | +19.14 | +162.07% |
| 2004 | -11.81 | −9.72 | −465.07% |
| 2003 | -2.09 | −9.21 | −129.35% |
| 2002 | 7.12 | +10.47 | +312.54% |
| 2001 | -3.35 | −12.19 | −137.9% |
| 2000 | 8.84 | — | — |
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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