Net electricity imports — all countries

Net electricity imports — Upper-middle-income countries

Net electricity imports in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 16.66 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 3.3%.

2024 16.66 TWh +210.82% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 17.23 TWh2000
Period minimum -11.35 TWh2010

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Net electricity imports — Upper-middle-income countries, 2000–2024-20-10010202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 17.23 TWh2001: 11.13 TWh2002: 9.43 TWh2003: 0.36 TWh2004: -10.4 TWh2005: -5.4 TWh2006: -4.23 TWh2007: -0.88 TWh2008: -7.48 TWh2009: -5.73 TWh2010: -11.35 TWh2011: 0.7 TWh2012: 13.79 TWh2013: 9.19 TWh2014: 8.06 TWh2015: 4.49 TWh2016: 6.15 TWh2017: 7.29 TWh2018: -2.53 TWh2019: -1.74 TWh2020: 13.23 TWh2021: 9.03 TWh2022: 8.32 TWh2023: 5.36 TWh2024: 16.66 TWh
Change over the period: −0.57 (−3.31%) Average annual rate: -0.14 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 16.66 TWh
World computed 4.23 TWh
Net electricity imports — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 16.66 +11.3 +210.82%
2023 5.36 −2.96 −35.58%
2022 8.32 −0.71 −7.86%
2021 9.03 −4.2 −31.75%
2020 13.23 +14.97 +860.34%
2019 -1.74 +0.79 +31.23%
2018 -2.53 −9.82 −134.71%
2017 7.29 +1.14 +18.54%
2016 6.15 +1.66 +36.97%
2015 4.49 −3.57 −44.29%
2014 8.06 −1.13 −12.3%
2013 9.19 −4.6 −33.36%
2012 13.79 +13.09 +1,870%
2011 0.7 +12.05 +106.17%
2010 -11.35 −5.62 −98.08%
2009 -5.73 +1.75 +23.4%
2008 -7.48 −6.6 −750%
2007 -0.88 +3.35 +79.2%
2006 -4.23 +1.17 +21.67%
2005 -5.4 +5 +48.08%
2004 -10.4 −10.76 −2,988.89%
2003 0.36 −9.07 −96.18%
2002 9.43 −1.7 −15.27%
2001 11.13 −6.1 −35.4%
2000 17.23

About the indicator

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.