Net electricity imports in Western Europe in 2025 — -65.22 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 42.1%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -65.22 | +8.3 | +11.29% |
| 2024 | -73.52 | −26.99 | −58.01% |
| 2023 | -46.53 | −39.76 | −587.3% |
| 2022 | -6.77 | +48.66 | +87.79% |
| 2021 | -55.43 | +9.53 | +14.67% |
| 2020 | -64.96 | +23.62 | +26.67% |
| 2019 | -88.58 | −15.69 | −21.53% |
| 2018 | -72.89 | −8.11 | −12.52% |
| 2017 | -64.78 | −1.23 | −1.94% |
| 2016 | -63.55 | +4.41 | +6.49% |
| 2015 | -67.96 | −7.89 | −13.13% |
| 2014 | -60.07 | −17.11 | −39.83% |
| 2013 | -42.96 | −9.66 | −29.01% |
| 2012 | -33.3 | −0.02 | −0.06% |
| 2011 | -33.28 | +2.03 | +5.75% |
| 2010 | -35.31 | −2.2 | −6.64% |
| 2009 | -33.11 | +0.45 | +1.34% |
| 2008 | -33.56 | +7.5 | +18.27% |
| 2007 | -41.06 | −4.96 | −13.74% |
| 2006 | -36.1 | −8.02 | −28.56% |
| 2005 | -28.08 | +6.7 | +19.26% |
| 2004 | -34.78 | +5.24 | +13.09% |
| 2003 | -40.02 | +3.38 | +7.79% |
| 2002 | -43.4 | −0.16 | −0.37% |
| 2001 | -43.24 | +2.67 | +5.82% |
| 2000 | -45.91 | — | — |
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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