Net electricity imports in the G20 in 2025 — -10.99 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 137.5%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -10.99 | −16.22 | −310.13% |
| 2024 | 5.23 | −17.27 | −76.76% |
| 2023 | 22.5 | +9.61 | +74.55% |
| 2022 | 12.89 | +32.27 | +166.51% |
| 2021 | -19.38 | +2.25 | +10.4% |
| 2020 | -21.63 | +23.11 | +51.65% |
| 2019 | -44.74 | −2.57 | −6.09% |
| 2018 | -42.17 | −11.97 | −39.64% |
| 2017 | -30.2 | −16.78 | −125.04% |
| 2016 | -13.42 | +3.24 | +19.45% |
| 2015 | -16.66 | −14.21 | −580% |
| 2014 | -2.45 | −13.42 | −122.33% |
| 2013 | 10.97 | −3.54 | −24.4% |
| 2012 | 14.51 | +9.71 | +202.29% |
| 2011 | 4.8 | −10.97 | −69.56% |
| 2010 | 15.77 | −16.09 | −50.5% |
| 2009 | 31.86 | +30.17 | +1,785.21% |
| 2008 | 1.69 | +0.89 | +111.25% |
| 2007 | 0.8 | +11.13 | +107.74% |
| 2006 | -10.33 | −24.57 | −172.54% |
| 2005 | 14.24 | +1.41 | +10.99% |
| 2004 | 12.83 | +6.9 | +116.36% |
| 2003 | 5.93 | −13.81 | −69.96% |
| 2002 | 19.74 | +3.12 | +18.77% |
| 2001 | 16.62 | −12.66 | −43.24% |
| 2000 | 29.28 | — | — |
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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