Net electricity imports in the world in 2024 — 4.23 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 53.9%.
2000–2024 · terawatt-hours
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: World
| Year | TWh | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.23 | +14.71 | +140.36% |
| 2023 | -10.48 | −1.17 | −12.57% |
| 2022 | -9.31 | −11.8 | −473.9% |
| 2021 | 2.49 | +8.69 | +140.16% |
| 2020 | -6.2 | +10.77 | +63.46% |
| 2019 | -16.97 | −10.17 | −149.56% |
| 2018 | -6.8 | +4.02 | +37.15% |
| 2017 | -10.82 | −17.36 | −265.44% |
| 2016 | 6.54 | −13.9 | −68% |
| 2015 | 20.44 | +7.58 | +58.94% |
| 2014 | 12.86 | −0.26 | −1.98% |
| 2013 | 13.12 | +8.16 | +164.52% |
| 2012 | 4.96 | +4.83 | +3,715.38% |
| 2011 | 0.13 | −4.18 | −96.98% |
| 2010 | 4.31 | −2.12 | −32.97% |
| 2009 | 6.43 | +6.83 | +1,707.5% |
| 2008 | -0.4 | −2.01 | −124.84% |
| 2007 | 1.61 | −0.7 | −30.3% |
| 2006 | 2.31 | +3.32 | +328.71% |
| 2005 | -1.01 | −1.39 | −365.79% |
| 2004 | 0.38 | −0.98 | −72.06% |
| 2003 | 1.36 | −5.26 | −79.46% |
| 2002 | 6.62 | −0.44 | −6.23% |
| 2001 | 7.06 | −2.11 | −23.01% |
| 2000 | 9.17 | — | — |
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.
How much electricity is consumed in a country in a year.
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