Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — NATO

Net electricity imports in NATO in 2025 — -18.31 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 376.6%.

2025 -18.31 TWh −543.34% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 14.96 TWh2001
Period minimum -19.36 TWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — NATO, 2000–2025-20-10010202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 6.62 TWh2001: 14.96 TWh2002: 8.23 TWh2003: 3.36 TWh2004: 3.76 TWh2005: 2.11 TWh2006: 2.02 TWh2007: 2.29 TWh2008: 8.72 TWh2009: 11.82 TWh2010: 13.83 TWh2011: 1.13 TWh2012: 4.85 TWh2013: 12.39 TWh2014: 4.57 TWh2015: 2.14 TWh2016: 3.92 TWh2017: -15.09 TWh2018: 5.61 TWh2019: 13.19 TWh2020: 0.77 TWh2021: -2.72 TWh2022: -19.36 TWh2023: -4.29 TWh2024: 4.13 TWh2025: -18.31 TWh
Change over the period: −24.93 (−376.59%)
Net electricity imports — NATO, by year NATO All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 -18.31 −22.44 −543.34%
2024 4.13 +8.42 +196.27%
2023 -4.29 +15.07 +77.84%
2022 -19.36 −16.64 −611.76%
2021 -2.72 −3.49 −453.25%
2020 0.77 −12.42 −94.16%
2019 13.19 +7.58 +135.12%
2018 5.61 +20.7 +137.18%
2017 -15.09 −19.01 −484.95%
2016 3.92 +1.78 +83.18%
2015 2.14 −2.43 −53.17%
2014 4.57 −7.82 −63.12%
2013 12.39 +7.54 +155.46%
2012 4.85 +3.72 +329.2%
2011 1.13 −12.7 −91.83%
2010 13.83 +2.01 +17.01%
2009 11.82 +3.1 +35.55%
2008 8.72 +6.43 +280.79%
2007 2.29 +0.27 +13.37%
2006 2.02 −0.09 −4.27%
2005 2.11 −1.65 −43.88%
2004 3.76 +0.4 +11.9%
2003 3.36 −4.87 −59.17%
2002 8.23 −6.73 −44.99%
2001 14.96 +8.34 +125.98%
2000 6.62

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.