Net electricity imports in high-income countries in 2024 — -14.29 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 171.7%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -14.29 | −2.35 | −19.68% |
| 2023 | -11.94 | −5.77 | −93.52% |
| 2022 | -6.17 | −10.67 | −237.11% |
| 2021 | 4.5 | +6.36 | +341.94% |
| 2020 | -1.86 | −7.14 | −135.23% |
| 2019 | 5.28 | −12.14 | −69.69% |
| 2018 | 17.42 | +20.24 | +717.73% |
| 2017 | -2.82 | −11.25 | −133.45% |
| 2016 | 8.43 | −4.31 | −33.83% |
| 2015 | 12.74 | +2.25 | +21.45% |
| 2014 | 10.49 | −1.4 | −11.77% |
| 2013 | 11.89 | +11.28 | +1,849.18% |
| 2012 | 0.61 | −3.36 | −84.63% |
| 2011 | 3.97 | −11.74 | −74.73% |
| 2010 | 15.71 | +7.03 | +80.99% |
| 2009 | 8.68 | +3.9 | +81.59% |
| 2008 | 4.78 | +1.2 | +33.52% |
| 2007 | 3.58 | −9.79 | −73.22% |
| 2006 | 13.37 | −0.73 | −5.18% |
| 2005 | 14.1 | −0.91 | −6.06% |
| 2004 | 15.01 | +10.22 | +213.36% |
| 2003 | 4.79 | +3.57 | +292.62% |
| 2002 | 1.22 | +2.62 | +187.14% |
| 2001 | -1.4 | +3.86 | +73.38% |
| 2000 | -5.26 | — | — |
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.