Net electricity imports in low-income countries in 2024 — 5.82 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 181.6%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Low-income countries
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.82 | +0.01 | +0.17% |
| 2023 | 5.81 | −0.72 | −11.03% |
| 2022 | 6.53 | +0.13 | +2.03% |
| 2021 | 6.4 | +1.36 | +26.98% |
| 2020 | 5.04 | +0.12 | +2.44% |
| 2019 | 4.92 | −1.2 | −19.61% |
| 2018 | 6.12 | +1.74 | +39.73% |
| 2017 | 4.38 | +1.73 | +65.28% |
| 2016 | 2.65 | −0.07 | −2.57% |
| 2015 | 2.72 | −2.07 | −43.22% |
| 2014 | 4.79 | +0.29 | +6.44% |
| 2013 | 4.5 | +0.78 | +20.97% |
| 2012 | 3.72 | +2.34 | +169.57% |
| 2011 | 1.38 | +2.67 | +206.98% |
| 2010 | -1.29 | +1.54 | +54.42% |
| 2009 | -2.83 | −1 | −54.64% |
| 2008 | -1.83 | +1.31 | +41.72% |
| 2007 | -3.14 | +0.75 | +19.28% |
| 2006 | -3.89 | +0.08 | +2.02% |
| 2005 | -3.97 | −1.49 | −60.08% |
| 2004 | -2.48 | +0.98 | +28.32% |
| 2003 | -3.46 | +3.68 | +51.54% |
| 2002 | -7.14 | −1.17 | −19.6% |
| 2001 | -5.97 | +1.16 | +16.27% |
| 2000 | -7.13 | — | — |
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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