Net electricity imports in North America in 2024 — 1.38 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 166.7%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.38 | +10.24 | +115.58% |
| 2023 | -8.86 | +1.04 | +10.51% |
| 2022 | -9.9 | −1.92 | −24.06% |
| 2021 | -7.98 | +2.35 | +22.75% |
| 2020 | -10.33 | −2.29 | −28.48% |
| 2019 | -8.04 | −4.3 | −114.97% |
| 2018 | -3.74 | +2.19 | +36.93% |
| 2017 | -5.93 | −8.63 | −319.63% |
| 2016 | 2.7 | −4.44 | −62.18% |
| 2015 | 7.14 | −0.46 | −6.05% |
| 2014 | 7.6 | +1.6 | +26.67% |
| 2013 | 6 | +5.49 | +1,076.47% |
| 2012 | 0.51 | −0.06 | −10.53% |
| 2011 | 0.57 | −0.39 | −40.63% |
| 2010 | 0.96 | +0.53 | +123.26% |
| 2009 | 0.43 | −0.23 | −34.85% |
| 2008 | 0.66 | +0.36 | +120% |
| 2007 | 0.3 | +0.99 | +143.48% |
| 2006 | -0.69 | −1.62 | −174.19% |
| 2005 | 0.93 | +0.15 | +19.23% |
| 2004 | 0.78 | +0.1 | +14.71% |
| 2003 | 0.68 | +1.01 | +306.06% |
| 2002 | -0.33 | −0.06 | −22.22% |
| 2001 | -0.27 | +1.8 | +86.96% |
| 2000 | -2.07 | — | — |
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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