Net electricity imports as a share of demand in India
India: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was 0.1% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2025)
0.1%
Change on year
up 151.8%
World rank
79th
of 213 countries
All-time high
0.7%
in 2008
All-time low
-0.2%
in 2018
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in India, 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
In 2025, net electricity imports as a share of demand in India stood at 0.1%.
The figure is up 151.8% on the previous year and up 753.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in India peaked at 0.7% in 2008 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 2018.
That places India 79th out of 213 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in India, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2% | — |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -9.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +67.1% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +68.1% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +13.5% |
| 2009 | 0.6% | -14.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -16.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | -14.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -18.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -86.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -84.8% |
| 2016 | -0.1% | -1238.8% |
| 2017 | -0.1% | +39.2% |
| 2018 | -0.2% | +125.0% |
| 2019 | -0.2% | -19.8% |
| 2020 | -0.0% | -96.4% |
| 2021 | -0.0% | -74.6% |
| 2022 | -0.1% | +5269.4% |
| 2023 | -0.1% | +12.0% |
| 2024 | -0.1% | +5.2% |
| 2025 | 0.1% | -151.8% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 0.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.2%, 24% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- India's 0.1% is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0%, 2.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net electricity imports as a share of demand in India 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 | -5269.4% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | -1238.8% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
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- 81 Angola 0.0%
- 81 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0%
- 81 Aruba 0.0%
- 81 Australia 0.0%
- 81 Bahamas 0.0%
- 81 Barbados 0.0%
- 81 Bermuda 0.0%
- 81 Bolivia 0.0% compare
- 81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0%
- 81 British Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 81 Brunei 0.0%
- 81 Cape Verde 0.0%
- 81 Cayman Islands 0.0%
- 81 Central African Republic 0.0%
- 81 Chad 0.0%
- 81 Chile 0.0% compare
- 81 Comoros 0.0%
- 81 Cook Islands 0.0%
- 81 Cuba 0.0%
- 81 Cyprus 0.0%
- 81 Dominica 0.0%
- 81 Dominican Republic 0.0%
- 81 East Timor 0.0%
- 81 Equatorial Guinea 0.0%
- 81 Eritrea 0.0%
- 81 Falkland Islands 0.0%
- 81 Faroe Islands 0.0%
- 81 Fiji 0.0%
- 81 French Guiana 0.0%
- 81 French Polynesia 0.0%
- 81 Gambia 0.0%
- 81 Gibraltar 0.0%
- 81 Greenland 0.0%
- 81 Grenada 0.0%
- 81 Guadeloupe 0.0%
- 81 Guam 0.0%
- 81 Guinea 0.0%
- 81 Guinea-Bissau 0.0%
- 81 Guyana 0.0%
- 81 Haiti 0.0%
- 81 Iceland 0.0%
- 81 Jamaica 0.0%
- 81 Japan 0.0%
- 81 Kiribati 0.0%
- 81 Kuwait 0.0%
- 81 Lebanon 0.0% compare
- 81 Liberia 0.0%
- 81 Libya 0.0% compare
- 81 Madagascar 0.0%
- 81 Maldives 0.0%
- 81 Martinique 0.0%
- 81 Mauritius 0.0%
- 81 Montserrat 0.0%
- 81 Nauru 0.0%
- 81 New Caledonia 0.0%
- 81 New Zealand 0.0%
- 81 North Korea 0.0%
- 81 Oman 0.0%
- 81 Papua New Guinea 0.0%
- 81 Philippines 0.0%
- 81 Puerto Rico 0.0%
- 81 Qatar 0.0%
- 81 Reunion 0.0%
- 81 Saint Helena 0.0%
- 81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0%
- 81 Saint Lucia 0.0%
- 81 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0%
- 81 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0%
- 81 Samoa 0.0%
- 81 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0%
- 81 Seychelles 0.0%
- 81 Sierra Leone 0.0%
- 81 Solomon Islands 0.0%
- 81 Somalia 0.0%
- 81 South Korea 0.0%
- 81 South Sudan 0.0%
- 81 Sri Lanka 0.0%
- 81 Suriname 0.0%
- 81 Taiwan 0.0%
- 81 Tonga 0.0%
- 81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0%
- 81 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0%
- 81 United States Virgin Islands 0.0%
- 81 Vanuatu 0.0%
- 81 Venezuela 0.0% compare
- 81 Western Sahara 0.0%
- 81 Yemen 0.0%
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- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.7224 % 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 (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 31.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in India?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in India was 0.1% 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2008.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 2018.
- How does India rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- India ranks 79th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 753.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.