Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — Mercosur

Net electricity imports in Mercosur in 2025 — 8 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 392%.

2025 8 TWh +35.36% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 8 TWh2025
Period minimum -2.74 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Mercosur, 2000–2025-505102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: -2.74 TWh2001: -0.78 TWh2002: -1.02 TWh2003: -2.65 TWh2004: -1.83 TWh2005: -0.13 TWh2006: 0.68 TWh2007: 1.13 TWh2008: 2.33 TWh2009: 2.33 TWh2010: -0.45 TWh2011: -0.1 TWh2012: 0.76 TWh2013: 0.82 TWh2014: 0.97 TWh2015: 0.93 TWh2016: 1.14 TWh2017: 1.72 TWh2018: 1.15 TWh2019: 0.89 TWh2020: 0.8 TWh2021: 1.09 TWh2022: 0.48 TWh2023: 1.21 TWh2024: 5.91 TWh2025: 8 TWh
Change over the period: +10.74 (+391.97%)
Net electricity imports — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 8 +2.09 +35.36%
2024 5.91 +4.7 +388.43%
2023 1.21 +0.73 +152.08%
2022 0.48 −0.61 −55.96%
2021 1.09 +0.29 +36.25%
2020 0.8 −0.09 −10.11%
2019 0.89 −0.26 −22.61%
2018 1.15 −0.57 −33.14%
2017 1.72 +0.58 +50.88%
2016 1.14 +0.21 +22.58%
2015 0.93 −0.04 −4.12%
2014 0.97 +0.15 +18.29%
2013 0.82 +0.06 +7.89%
2012 0.76 +0.86 +860%
2011 -0.1 +0.35 +77.78%
2010 -0.45 −2.78 −119.31%
2009 2.33 +0 +0%
2008 2.33 +1.2 +106.19%
2007 1.13 +0.45 +66.18%
2006 0.68 +0.81 +623.08%
2005 -0.13 +1.7 +92.9%
2004 -1.83 +0.82 +30.94%
2003 -2.65 −1.63 −159.8%
2002 -1.02 −0.24 −30.77%
2001 -0.78 +1.96 +71.53%
2000 -2.74

About the indicator

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.