Net electricity imports in South America in 2025 — 9.32 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 705.2%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.32 | +2.68 | +40.36% |
| 2024 | 6.64 | +4.62 | +228.71% |
| 2023 | 2.02 | +0.8 | +65.57% |
| 2022 | 1.22 | +0.13 | +11.93% |
| 2021 | 1.09 | +0.94 | +626.67% |
| 2020 | 0.15 | +1.58 | +110.49% |
| 2019 | -1.43 | −1.54 | −1,400% |
| 2018 | 0.11 | −0.41 | −78.85% |
| 2017 | 0.52 | +0.5 | +2,500% |
| 2016 | 0.02 | +0.05 | +166.67% |
| 2015 | -0.03 | −0.11 | −137.5% |
| 2014 | 0.08 | +0.11 | +366.67% |
| 2013 | -0.03 | +0.03 | +50% |
| 2012 | -0.06 | +0.04 | +40% |
| 2011 | -0.1 | −0.11 | −1,100% |
| 2010 | 0.01 | −3.28 | −99.7% |
| 2009 | 3.29 | +1.22 | +58.94% |
| 2008 | 2.07 | −0.13 | −5.91% |
| 2007 | 2.2 | +0 | +0% |
| 2006 | 2.2 | +0.79 | +56.03% |
| 2005 | 1.41 | +0.98 | +227.91% |
| 2004 | 0.43 | +1.6 | +136.75% |
| 2003 | -1.17 | −1.55 | −407.89% |
| 2002 | 0.38 | −0.05 | −11.63% |
| 2001 | 0.43 | +1.97 | +127.92% |
| 2000 | -1.54 | — | — |
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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