Japan vs Luxembourg: Annual change in primary energy from renewables
Japan
19.34 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Luxembourg
-0.3889 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Luxembourg rank
2nd
Annual change in primary energy from renewables over time
- Japan
- Luxembourg
How they compare
Japan currently reports 19.34 terawatt-hours against -0.3889 terawatt-hours in Luxembourg, a difference of 19.73 terawatt-hours.
That makes Japan's figure about 49.7 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 2nd of 77 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Luxembourg in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Luxembourg | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.18 terawatt-hours | -0.0021 terawatt-hours | 0.1779 terawatt-hours | Luxembourg |
| 1970s | 1.64 terawatt-hours | 0.0052 terawatt-hours | 1.63 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1980s | 6.13 terawatt-hours | -0.0003 terawatt-hours | 6.13 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.486 terawatt-hours | 0.0032 terawatt-hours | 0.4827 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2000s | 0.1466 terawatt-hours | 0.0739 terawatt-hours | 0.0727 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 9.68 terawatt-hours | 0.1951 terawatt-hours | 9.49 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 19.08 terawatt-hours | 0.0725 terawatt-hours | 19.01 terawatt-hours | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from renewables, Japan or Luxembourg?
- Japan, at 19.34 terawatt-hours against -0.3889 terawatt-hours in Luxembourg as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from renewables between Japan and Luxembourg?
- 19.73 terawatt-hours, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Luxembourg?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Luxembourg rank globally for annual change in primary energy from renewables?
- Japan ranks 5th and Luxembourg ranks 2nd of 77 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy from renewables. 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.