Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina
Argentina: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was 5.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 5.7% for net electricity imports as a share of demand in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina peaked at 9.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.4%, in 2000.
Argentina ranks 51st of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1.4% | — |
| 2001 | 1.9% | +40.8% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | +243.4% |
| 2003 | 5.2% | -20.8% |
| 2004 | 3.3% | -35.4% |
| 2005 | 3.5% | +5.8% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | -42.4% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | +207.9% |
| 2008 | 4.3% | -31.4% |
| 2009 | 4.8% | +11.5% |
| 2010 | 6.4% | +33.3% |
| 2011 | 6.9% | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 5.3% | -23.8% |
| 2013 | 5.5% | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 6.6% | +21.6% |
| 2015 | 5.8% | -12.6% |
| 2016 | 6.1% | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 6.7% | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 6.1% | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 7.1% | +16.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | -55.7% |
| 2021 | 1.6% | -49.1% |
| 2022 | 8.1% | +406.0% |
| 2023 | 9.4% | +15.2% |
| 2024 | 5.7% | -39.4% |
| 2025 | 5.7% | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +406.0% | 1.6% | 8.1% |
| 2002 | +243.4% | 1.9% | 6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.9% | 1.4% | 6.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.3% | 5.3% | 7.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.6% | 1.6% | 9.4% | 6 |
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- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -1.19 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Argentina was 5.7% in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 9.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.4% in 2000.
- How does Argentina rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- Argentina ranks 51st out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.