Japan vs Turkey: Annual change in primary energy from solar and wind
Japan
15.78 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Turkey
16.07 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
7th
Turkey rank
6th
Annual change in primary energy from solar and wind over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 16.07 terawatt-hours against 15.78 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 0.29 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 7th and Turkey ranks 6th of 111 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0.0254 terawatt-hours | 0.002 terawatt-hours | 0.0234 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.6218 terawatt-hours | 0.1475 terawatt-hours | 0.4744 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 6.83 terawatt-hours | 2.95 terawatt-hours | 3.88 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 8.14 terawatt-hours | 8.78 terawatt-hours | 0.6398 terawatt-hours | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from solar and wind, Japan or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 16.07 terawatt-hours against 15.78 terawatt-hours in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from solar and wind between Japan and Turkey?
- 0.29 terawatt-hours, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for annual change in primary energy from solar and wind?
- Japan ranks 7th and Turkey ranks 6th of 111 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy from solar and wind. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.