China vs CIS (EI): Electricity generation from coal

China

5,752 terawatt-hours

in 2025

CIS (EI)

293.32 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

CIS (EI) rank

2nd

Electricity generation from coal over time

China currently reports 5,752 terawatt-hours against 293.32 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 5,458 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 19.6 times CIS (EI)'s.

Across all 41 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd of 207 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from coal
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 6,154 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.