Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — Eastern Asia

Net electricity imports in Eastern Asia in 2025 — -16.74 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3,258.5%.

2025 -16.74 TWh −746.33% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 6.35 TWh2022
Period minimum -16.74 TWh2025

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Eastern Asia, 2000–2025-20-100102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.53 TWh2001: 0.54 TWh2002: -0.05 TWh2003: 0.37 TWh2004: 0.98 TWh2005: 0.82 TWh2006: 0.67 TWh2007: -1.51 TWh2008: -2.56 TWh2009: -1.15 TWh2010: -2.04 TWh2011: -0.95 TWh2012: 3.39 TWh2013: 3.07 TWh2014: 3.07 TWh2015: 3.54 TWh2016: 3.42 TWh2017: 3.68 TWh2018: 3.37 TWh2019: 2.26 TWh2020: 2.15 TWh2021: 5.31 TWh2022: 6.35 TWh2023: 2.23 TWh2024: 2.59 TWh2025: -16.74 TWh
Change over the period: −17.27 (−3,258.49%)
Net electricity imports — Eastern Asia, by year Eastern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 -16.74 −19.33 −746.33%
2024 2.59 +0.36 +16.14%
2023 2.23 −4.12 −64.88%
2022 6.35 +1.04 +19.59%
2021 5.31 +3.16 +146.98%
2020 2.15 −0.11 −4.87%
2019 2.26 −1.11 −32.94%
2018 3.37 −0.31 −8.42%
2017 3.68 +0.26 +7.6%
2016 3.42 −0.12 −3.39%
2015 3.54 +0.47 +15.31%
2014 3.07 +0 +0%
2013 3.07 −0.32 −9.44%
2012 3.39 +4.34 +456.84%
2011 -0.95 +1.09 +53.43%
2010 -2.04 −0.89 −77.39%
2009 -1.15 +1.41 +55.08%
2008 -2.56 −1.05 −69.54%
2007 -1.51 −2.18 −325.37%
2006 0.67 −0.15 −18.29%
2005 0.82 −0.16 −16.33%
2004 0.98 +0.61 +164.86%
2003 0.37 +0.42 +840%
2002 -0.05 −0.59 −109.26%
2001 0.54 +0.01 +1.89%
2000 0.53

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.