Net electricity imports in Southern Africa in 2024 — 3.96 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 72.9%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Southern Africa
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.96 | −0.78 | −16.46% |
| 2023 | 4.74 | +0.35 | +7.97% |
| 2022 | 4.39 | +2.53 | +136.02% |
| 2021 | 1.86 | +0.09 | +5.08% |
| 2020 | 1.77 | +1.31 | +284.78% |
| 2019 | 0.46 | −0.1 | −17.86% |
| 2018 | 0.56 | +1.75 | +147.06% |
| 2017 | -1.19 | −1.27 | −1,587.5% |
| 2016 | 0.08 | −3.77 | −97.92% |
| 2015 | 3.85 | +0.78 | +25.41% |
| 2014 | 3.07 | +0.79 | +34.65% |
| 2013 | 2.28 | +0.5 | +28.09% |
| 2012 | 1.78 | −1.72 | −49.14% |
| 2011 | 3.5 | −0.4 | −10.26% |
| 2010 | 3.9 | −0.18 | −4.41% |
| 2009 | 4.08 | +2.02 | +98.06% |
| 2008 | 2.06 | −0.21 | −9.25% |
| 2007 | 2.27 | +0.3 | +15.23% |
| 2006 | 1.97 | −0.11 | −5.29% |
| 2005 | 2.08 | +1.35 | +184.93% |
| 2004 | 0.73 | −0.6 | −45.11% |
| 2003 | 1.33 | −3.83 | −74.22% |
| 2002 | 5.16 | +0.18 | +3.61% |
| 2001 | 4.98 | −9.63 | −65.91% |
| 2000 | 14.61 | — | — |
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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