Net electricity imports in the United Kingdom in 2025 — 29.07 TWh. Ranked 3 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 105.2%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United Kingdom
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29.07 | −4.12 | −12.41% |
| 2024 | 33.19 | +9.89 | +42.45% |
| 2023 | 23.3 | +27.6 | +641.86% |
| 2022 | -4.3 | −29.04 | −117.38% |
| 2021 | 24.74 | +6.49 | +35.56% |
| 2020 | 18.25 | −2.92 | −13.79% |
| 2019 | 21.17 | +2.06 | +10.78% |
| 2018 | 19.11 | +4.35 | +29.47% |
| 2017 | 14.76 | −2.99 | −16.85% |
| 2016 | 17.75 | −3.36 | −15.92% |
| 2015 | 21.11 | +0.59 | +2.88% |
| 2014 | 20.52 | +6.09 | +42.2% |
| 2013 | 14.43 | +2.57 | +21.67% |
| 2012 | 11.86 | +5.64 | +90.68% |
| 2011 | 6.22 | +3.56 | +133.83% |
| 2010 | 2.66 | −0.2 | −6.99% |
| 2009 | 2.86 | −8.16 | −74.05% |
| 2008 | 11.02 | +5.81 | +111.52% |
| 2007 | 5.21 | −2.31 | −30.72% |
| 2006 | 7.52 | −0.8 | −9.62% |
| 2005 | 8.32 | +0.83 | +11.08% |
| 2004 | 7.49 | +5.33 | +246.76% |
| 2003 | 2.16 | −6.25 | −74.32% |
| 2002 | 8.41 | −1.99 | −19.13% |
| 2001 | 10.4 | −3.77 | −26.61% |
| 2000 | 14.17 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United Kingdom
29.07
Denmark
7.41
Ireland
6.13
Finland
5.56
Lithuania
3.6
Estonia
2.71
Latvia
1.4
Norway
-23.08
Sweden
-33.58
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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