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Net electricity imports — Saudi Arabia

Net electricity imports in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — -0.05 TWh. Ranked 149 in the world out of 196.

2024 -0.05 TWh −25% vs 2023
World rank 149of 196
Period maximum 0.3 TWh2019
Period minimum -0.72 TWh2016

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Saudi Arabia, 2000–2024-1-0.500.52000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 TWh2001: 0 TWh2002: 0 TWh2003: 0 TWh2004: 0 TWh2005: 0 TWh2006: 0 TWh2007: 0 TWh2008: 0 TWh2009: 0 TWh2010: 0 TWh2011: -0.07 TWh2012: -0.05 TWh2013: -0.05 TWh2014: -0.05 TWh2015: -0.05 TWh2016: -0.72 TWh2017: -0.03 TWh2018: -0.03 TWh2019: 0.3 TWh2020: -0.37 TWh2021: -0.04 TWh2022: -0.04 TWh2023: -0.04 TWh2024: -0.05 TWh
Change over the period: −0.05

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia -0.05 TWh
World computed 4.23 TWh
Middle East & North Africa computed 6.17 TWh
Western Asia computed 3.93 TWh
High-income countries computed -14.29 TWh
Net electricity imports — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 -0.05 −0.01 −25%
2023 -0.04 +0 +0%
2022 -0.04 +0 +0%
2021 -0.04 +0.33 +89.19%
2020 -0.37 −0.67 −223.33%
2019 0.3 +0.33 +1,100%
2018 -0.03 +0 +0%
2017 -0.03 +0.69 +95.83%
2016 -0.72 −0.67 −1,340%
2015 -0.05 +0 +0%
2014 -0.05 +0 +0%
2013 -0.05 +0 +0%
2012 -0.05 +0.02 +28.57%
2011 -0.07 −0.07 —
2010 0 +0 —
2009 0 +0 —
2008 0 +0 —
2007 0 +0 —
2006 0 +0 —
2005 0 +0 —
2004 0 +0 —
2003 0 +0 —
2002 0 +0 —
2001 0 +0 —
2000 0 — —

Western Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IQ Iraq 7.1 PS Palestine 7 BH Bahrain 0.49 GE Georgia 0.18 JO Jordan 0.06 CY Cyprus 0 KW Kuwait 0 LB Lebanon 0 OM Oman 0 QA Qatar 0 YE Yemen 0 SA Saudi Arabia -0.05 AE United Arab Emirates -0.24 SY Syria -0.6 TR Türkiye -0.99 AZ Azerbaijan -1.23 AM Armenia -1.39 IL Israel -6.4
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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.

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