Net electricity imports in Western Africa in 2024 — 0.33 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 430%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Africa
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.33 | +0.08 | +32% |
| 2023 | 0.25 | −0.14 | −35.9% |
| 2022 | 0.39 | +0.9 | +176.47% |
| 2021 | -0.51 | +0.64 | +55.65% |
| 2020 | -1.15 | −1.07 | −1,337.5% |
| 2019 | -0.08 | +0.18 | +69.23% |
| 2018 | -0.26 | +0.39 | +60% |
| 2017 | -0.65 | −1.54 | −173.03% |
| 2016 | 0.89 | −1.38 | −60.79% |
| 2015 | 2.27 | −0.39 | −14.66% |
| 2014 | 2.66 | +0.72 | +37.11% |
| 2013 | 1.94 | −0.11 | −5.37% |
| 2012 | 2.05 | −0.37 | −15.29% |
| 2011 | 2.42 | +1.03 | +74.1% |
| 2010 | 1.39 | +0.05 | +3.73% |
| 2009 | 1.34 | +0.5 | +59.52% |
| 2008 | 0.84 | −0.06 | −6.67% |
| 2007 | 0.9 | +0.75 | +500% |
| 2006 | 0.15 | +0.06 | +66.67% |
| 2005 | 0.09 | +0.14 | +280% |
| 2004 | -0.05 | +0.04 | +44.44% |
| 2003 | -0.09 | +0 | +0% |
| 2002 | -0.09 | −0.22 | −169.23% |
| 2001 | 0.13 | +0.23 | +230% |
| 2000 | -0.1 | — | — |
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.