Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — Northern Europe

Net electricity imports in Northern Europe in 2025 — -0.78 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 106.5%.

2025 -0.78 TWh −129.43% vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 34.16 TWh2019
Period minimum -24.02 TWh2022

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Northern Europe, 2000–2025-40-20020402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 11.96 TWh2001: 13.12 TWh2002: 9.58 TWh2003: 13.53 TWh2004: 13.53 TWh2005: 6.88 TWh2006: 21.99 TWh2007: 8.65 TWh2008: 10.49 TWh2009: 10.55 TWh2010: 25.73 TWh2011: 15.99 TWh2012: 3.6 TWh2013: 23.17 TWh2014: 19.48 TWh2015: 14.89 TWh2016: 20.17 TWh2017: 10.81 TWh2018: 25.51 TWh2019: 34.16 TWh2020: 7.79 TWh2021: 19.26 TWh2022: -24.02 TWh2023: -3.78 TWh2024: 2.65 TWh2025: -0.78 TWh
Change over the period: −12.74 (−106.52%)
Net electricity imports — Northern Europe, by year Northern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 -0.78 −3.43 −129.43%
2024 2.65 +6.43 +170.11%
2023 -3.78 +20.24 +84.26%
2022 -24.02 −43.28 −224.71%
2021 19.26 +11.47 +147.24%
2020 7.79 −26.37 −77.2%
2019 34.16 +8.65 +33.91%
2018 25.51 +14.7 +135.99%
2017 10.81 −9.36 −46.41%
2016 20.17 +5.28 +35.46%
2015 14.89 −4.59 −23.56%
2014 19.48 −3.69 −15.93%
2013 23.17 +19.57 +543.61%
2012 3.6 −12.39 −77.49%
2011 15.99 −9.74 −37.85%
2010 25.73 +15.18 +143.89%
2009 10.55 +0.06 +0.57%
2008 10.49 +1.84 +21.27%
2007 8.65 −13.34 −60.66%
2006 21.99 +15.11 +219.62%
2005 6.88 −6.65 −49.15%
2004 13.53 +0 +0%
2003 13.53 +3.95 +41.23%
2002 9.58 −3.54 −26.98%
2001 13.12 +1.16 +9.7%
2000 11.96

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.