Net electricity imports in Eastern Africa in 2024 — -4.35 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 71.3%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -4.35 | +0.93 | +17.61% |
| 2023 | -5.28 | +0.14 | +2.58% |
| 2022 | -5.42 | −1.06 | −24.31% |
| 2021 | -4.36 | −0.7 | −19.13% |
| 2020 | -3.66 | −1.01 | −38.11% |
| 2019 | -2.65 | −0.9 | −51.43% |
| 2018 | -1.75 | −1.2 | −218.18% |
| 2017 | -0.55 | +0.18 | +24.66% |
| 2016 | -0.73 | +3.28 | +81.8% |
| 2015 | -4.01 | −0.47 | −13.28% |
| 2014 | -3.54 | −1.94 | −121.25% |
| 2013 | -1.6 | +0.28 | +14.89% |
| 2012 | -1.88 | +0.54 | +22.31% |
| 2011 | -2.42 | +0.77 | +24.14% |
| 2010 | -3.19 | +0.32 | +9.12% |
| 2009 | -3.51 | −1.94 | −123.57% |
| 2008 | -1.57 | −0.73 | −86.9% |
| 2007 | -0.84 | −1.39 | −252.73% |
| 2006 | 0.55 | +0.08 | +17.02% |
| 2005 | 0.47 | −0.39 | −45.35% |
| 2004 | 0.86 | +0.28 | +48.28% |
| 2003 | 0.58 | +3.57 | +119.4% |
| 2002 | -2.99 | −0.63 | −26.69% |
| 2001 | -2.36 | +0.18 | +7.09% |
| 2000 | -2.54 | — | — |
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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