Net electricity imports in the United States in 2025 — 16.02 TWh. Ranked 5 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 52.5%.
2000–2025 · terawatt-hours
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16.02 | +2.21 | +16% |
| 2024 | 13.81 | −5.09 | −26.93% |
| 2023 | 18.9 | −22.31 | −54.14% |
| 2022 | 41.21 | +1.9 | +4.83% |
| 2021 | 39.31 | −8 | −16.91% |
| 2020 | 47.31 | +8.27 | +21.18% |
| 2019 | 39.04 | −5.42 | −12.19% |
| 2018 | 44.46 | −11.85 | −21.04% |
| 2017 | 56.31 | −10.19 | −15.32% |
| 2016 | 66.5 | −0.17 | −0.25% |
| 2015 | 66.67 | +13.46 | +25.3% |
| 2014 | 53.21 | −4.67 | −8.07% |
| 2013 | 57.88 | +10.62 | +22.47% |
| 2012 | 47.26 | +10.01 | +26.87% |
| 2011 | 37.25 | +11.27 | +43.38% |
| 2010 | 25.98 | −8.07 | −23.7% |
| 2009 | 34.05 | +1.23 | +3.75% |
| 2008 | 32.82 | +1.57 | +5.02% |
| 2007 | 31.25 | +12.83 | +69.65% |
| 2006 | 18.42 | −6.36 | −25.67% |
| 2005 | 24.78 | +13.47 | +119.1% |
| 2004 | 11.31 | +4.89 | +76.17% |
| 2003 | 6.42 | −14.56 | −69.4% |
| 2002 | 20.98 | −1.05 | −4.77% |
| 2001 | 22.03 | −11.73 | −34.75% |
| 2000 | 33.76 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
United States
16.02
Canada
-6.8
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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