China vs CIS (EI): Electricity generation

China

10,583 terawatt-hours

in 2025

CIS (EI)

1,564 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

CIS (EI) rank

2nd

Electricity generation over time

China currently reports 10,583 terawatt-hours against 1,564 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 9,019 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 6.8 times CIS (EI)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was CIS (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd of 214 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation
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: 216 places, 6,724 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Total electricity generated in each country or region, measured in terawatt-hours.