Brazil vs India: Annual change in primary energy from solar
Brazil
17.35 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
31.5 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
4th
India rank
3rd
Annual change in primary energy from solar over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 31.5 terawatt-hours against 17.35 terawatt-hours in Brazil, a difference of 14.15 terawatt-hours.
That makes India's figure about 1.8 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was India ahead.
Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 3rd of 77 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | 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 terawatt-hours | 0.0006 terawatt-hours | 0.0006 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | 0.0069 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 0.6655 terawatt-hours | 4.76 terawatt-hours | 4.09 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2020s | 13.56 terawatt-hours | 20.16 terawatt-hours | 6.59 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from solar, Brazil or India?
- India, at 31.5 terawatt-hours against 17.35 terawatt-hours in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from solar between Brazil and India?
- 14.15 terawatt-hours, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for annual change in primary energy from solar?
- Brazil ranks 4th and India ranks 3rd 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 solar. 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.