Net electricity imports in Central America in 2024 — 1.43 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 57.1%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.43 | +0.53 | +58.89% |
| 2023 | 0.9 | −0.32 | −26.23% |
| 2022 | 1.22 | +0.83 | +212.82% |
| 2021 | 0.39 | −4.85 | −92.56% |
| 2020 | 5.24 | +3.45 | +192.74% |
| 2019 | 1.79 | +0.21 | +13.29% |
| 2018 | 1.58 | +0.14 | +9.72% |
| 2017 | 1.44 | +0.24 | +20% |
| 2016 | 1.2 | +1.29 | +1,433.33% |
| 2015 | -0.09 | −0.25 | −156.25% |
| 2014 | 0.16 | −0.11 | −40.74% |
| 2013 | 0.27 | −1.23 | −82% |
| 2012 | 1.5 | +1.56 | +2,600% |
| 2011 | -0.06 | +0.38 | +86.36% |
| 2010 | -0.44 | +0.23 | +34.33% |
| 2009 | -0.67 | +0.24 | +26.37% |
| 2008 | -0.91 | +0.02 | +2.15% |
| 2007 | -0.93 | −0.38 | −69.09% |
| 2006 | -0.55 | +0.87 | +61.27% |
| 2005 | -1.42 | −0.36 | −33.96% |
| 2004 | -1.06 | −0.36 | −51.43% |
| 2003 | -0.7 | −1.07 | −289.19% |
| 2002 | 0.37 | +0.15 | +68.18% |
| 2001 | 0.22 | −0.69 | −75.82% |
| 2000 | 0.91 | — | — |
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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