Net electricity imports in the OECD in 2025 — -24.06 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10,125%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -24.06 | +1.3 | +5.13% |
| 2024 | -25.36 | −15.75 | −163.89% |
| 2023 | -9.61 | +0.14 | +1.44% |
| 2022 | -9.75 | −10.52 | −1,366.23% |
| 2021 | 0.77 | +11.63 | +107.09% |
| 2020 | -10.86 | −12.48 | −770.37% |
| 2019 | 1.62 | −9.82 | −85.84% |
| 2018 | 11.44 | +22.26 | +205.73% |
| 2017 | -10.82 | −23.86 | −182.98% |
| 2016 | 13.04 | +0.1 | +0.77% |
| 2015 | 12.94 | −1.01 | −7.24% |
| 2014 | 13.95 | −1.78 | −11.32% |
| 2013 | 15.73 | +17.18 | +1,184.83% |
| 2012 | -1.45 | −9.28 | −118.52% |
| 2011 | 7.83 | −10.04 | −56.18% |
| 2010 | 17.87 | +11.16 | +166.32% |
| 2009 | 6.71 | −0.17 | −2.47% |
| 2008 | 6.88 | +6.02 | +700% |
| 2007 | 0.86 | −13.3 | −93.93% |
| 2006 | 14.16 | +1.28 | +9.94% |
| 2005 | 12.88 | +4.99 | +63.24% |
| 2004 | 7.89 | −0.87 | −9.93% |
| 2003 | 8.76 | −1.07 | −10.89% |
| 2002 | 9.83 | +0.42 | +4.46% |
| 2001 | 9.41 | +9.17 | +3,820.83% |
| 2000 | 0.24 | — | — |
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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