Net electricity imports in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — -3.96 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 190.4%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.96 | +5.75 | +59.22% |
| 2023 | -9.71 | +8.28 | +46.03% |
| 2022 | -17.99 | −0.55 | −3.15% |
| 2021 | -17.44 | +4.52 | +20.58% |
| 2020 | -21.96 | +2.6 | +10.59% |
| 2019 | -24.56 | +2.23 | +8.32% |
| 2018 | -26.79 | −8.18 | −43.95% |
| 2017 | -18.61 | −9.03 | −94.26% |
| 2016 | -9.58 | −11.04 | −756.16% |
| 2015 | 1.46 | +11.07 | +115.19% |
| 2014 | -9.61 | +2.72 | +22.06% |
| 2013 | -12.33 | +0.49 | +3.82% |
| 2012 | -12.82 | −7.39 | −136.1% |
| 2011 | -5.43 | −7.13 | −419.41% |
| 2010 | 1.7 | −4.98 | −74.55% |
| 2009 | 6.68 | +2.08 | +45.22% |
| 2008 | 4.6 | +2.01 | +77.61% |
| 2007 | 2.59 | +4.98 | +208.37% |
| 2006 | -2.39 | +2.77 | +53.68% |
| 2005 | -5.16 | −3.03 | −142.25% |
| 2004 | -2.13 | −2.21 | −2,762.5% |
| 2003 | 0.08 | −2.89 | −97.31% |
| 2002 | 2.97 | −0.36 | −10.81% |
| 2001 | 3.33 | −1.05 | −23.97% |
| 2000 | 4.38 | — | — |
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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