China vs Japan: Electricity generation from coal

China

5,752 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

330.08 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

Japan rank

4th

Electricity generation from coal over time

China currently reports 5,752 terawatt-hours against 330.08 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 5,421 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 17.4 times Japan's.

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

China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 4th 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.