Net electricity imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 2.74 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 75%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.74 | +0.35 | +14.64% |
| 2023 | 2.39 | +0.28 | +13.27% |
| 2022 | 2.11 | +2.25 | +1,607.14% |
| 2021 | -0.14 | +0.43 | +75.44% |
| 2020 | -0.57 | +0.01 | +1.72% |
| 2019 | -0.58 | −1.22 | −190.63% |
| 2018 | 0.64 | +0.89 | +356% |
| 2017 | -0.25 | −2.04 | −113.97% |
| 2016 | 1.79 | −1.85 | −50.82% |
| 2015 | 3.64 | −1.16 | −24.17% |
| 2014 | 4.8 | +0.32 | +7.14% |
| 2013 | 4.48 | +0.73 | +19.47% |
| 2012 | 3.75 | +0.35 | +10.29% |
| 2011 | 3.4 | +1.77 | +108.59% |
| 2010 | 1.63 | +0.06 | +3.82% |
| 2009 | 1.57 | +0.39 | +33.05% |
| 2008 | 1.18 | −0.27 | −18.62% |
| 2007 | 1.45 | −0.32 | −18.08% |
| 2006 | 1.77 | +0.37 | +26.43% |
| 2005 | 1.4 | +0.85 | +154.55% |
| 2004 | 0.55 | −0.3 | −35.29% |
| 2003 | 0.85 | −0.28 | −24.78% |
| 2002 | 1.13 | −0.73 | −39.25% |
| 2001 | 1.86 | −9.1 | −83.03% |
| 2000 | 10.96 | — | — |
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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