Net electricity imports in South Africa in 2025 — -5.92 TWh. Ranked 80 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 148%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -5.92 | −4.62 | −355.38% |
| 2024 | -1.3 | −0.75 | −136.36% |
| 2023 | -0.55 | +0.96 | +63.58% |
| 2022 | -1.51 | +2.06 | +57.7% |
| 2021 | -3.57 | +0.25 | +6.54% |
| 2020 | -3.82 | +1.35 | +26.11% |
| 2019 | -5.17 | −0.47 | −10% |
| 2018 | -4.7 | +1.93 | +29.11% |
| 2017 | -6.63 | −0.64 | −10.68% |
| 2016 | -5.99 | −4.44 | −286.45% |
| 2015 | -1.55 | +1.11 | +41.73% |
| 2014 | -2.66 | +1.84 | +40.89% |
| 2013 | -4.5 | +0.53 | +10.54% |
| 2012 | -5.03 | −1.96 | −63.84% |
| 2011 | -3.07 | −0.6 | −24.29% |
| 2010 | -2.47 | −0.71 | −40.34% |
| 2009 | -1.76 | +1.84 | +51.11% |
| 2008 | -3.6 | −0.45 | −14.29% |
| 2007 | -3.15 | −0.19 | −6.42% |
| 2006 | -2.96 | −0.62 | −26.5% |
| 2005 | -2.34 | +1.1 | +31.98% |
| 2004 | -3.44 | −1.37 | −66.18% |
| 2003 | -2.07 | −4.32 | −192% |
| 2002 | 2.25 | +0.05 | +2.27% |
| 2001 | 2.2 | −10.13 | −82.16% |
| 2000 | 12.33 | — | — |
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.
How much electricity is consumed in a country in a year.
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