China vs India: Electricity generation from coal
China
5,752 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
1,474 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd
Electricity generation from coal over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 5,752 terawatt-hours against 1,474 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 4,277 terawatt-hours.
That makes China's figure about 3.9 times India's.
Across all 41 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 207 countries.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.