Net electricity imports in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 8.07 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 1,381%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8.07 | +5.15 | +176.37% |
| 2023 | 2.92 | +0.48 | +19.67% |
| 2022 | 2.44 | +0.96 | +64.86% |
| 2021 | 1.48 | −3.91 | −72.54% |
| 2020 | 5.39 | +5.03 | +1,397.22% |
| 2019 | 0.36 | −1.33 | −78.7% |
| 2018 | 1.69 | −0.27 | −13.78% |
| 2017 | 1.96 | +0.74 | +60.66% |
| 2016 | 1.22 | +1.34 | +1,116.67% |
| 2015 | -0.12 | −0.36 | −150% |
| 2014 | 0.24 | +0 | +0% |
| 2013 | 0.24 | −1.2 | −83.33% |
| 2012 | 1.44 | +1.6 | +1,000% |
| 2011 | -0.16 | +0.27 | +62.79% |
| 2010 | -0.43 | −3.05 | −116.41% |
| 2009 | 2.62 | +1.46 | +125.86% |
| 2008 | 1.16 | −0.11 | −8.66% |
| 2007 | 1.27 | −0.38 | −23.03% |
| 2006 | 1.65 | +1.66 | +16,600% |
| 2005 | -0.01 | +0.62 | +98.41% |
| 2004 | -0.63 | +1.24 | +66.31% |
| 2003 | -1.87 | −2.62 | −349.33% |
| 2002 | 0.75 | +0.1 | +15.38% |
| 2001 | 0.65 | +1.28 | +203.17% |
| 2000 | -0.63 | — | — |
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.
How much electricity is consumed in a country in a year.
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