Net electricity imports in the G7 in 2025 — 11.37 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 214%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11.37 | −10.49 | −47.99% |
| 2024 | 21.86 | −2.58 | −10.56% |
| 2023 | 24.44 | +7.97 | +48.39% |
| 2022 | 16.47 | +20.39 | +520.15% |
| 2021 | -3.92 | +20.03 | +83.63% |
| 2020 | -23.95 | +15.12 | +38.7% |
| 2019 | -39.07 | +13.37 | +25.5% |
| 2018 | -52.44 | −6.44 | −14% |
| 2017 | -46 | −11.46 | −33.18% |
| 2016 | -34.54 | +3.17 | +8.41% |
| 2015 | -37.71 | −8.48 | −29.01% |
| 2014 | -29.23 | −11.15 | −61.67% |
| 2013 | -18.08 | −8.49 | −88.53% |
| 2012 | -9.59 | −1.93 | −25.2% |
| 2011 | -7.66 | −9.78 | −461.32% |
| 2010 | 2.12 | −7.93 | −78.91% |
| 2009 | 10.05 | +26.43 | +161.36% |
| 2008 | -16.38 | +5.2 | +24.1% |
| 2007 | -21.58 | +6.92 | +24.28% |
| 2006 | -28.5 | −22 | −338.46% |
| 2005 | -6.5 | +4.13 | +38.85% |
| 2004 | -10.63 | +5.24 | +33.02% |
| 2003 | -15.87 | −7.52 | −90.06% |
| 2002 | -8.35 | −2.13 | −34.24% |
| 2001 | -6.22 | +3.75 | +37.61% |
| 2000 | -9.97 | — | — |
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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