China vs India: Electricity generation

China
10,583 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
2,082 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

Electricity generation over time

  • China
  • India
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k198520052025

How they compare

China currently reports 10,583 terawatt-hours against 2,082 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 8,502 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 5.1 times India's.

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

China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 214 countries.

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About this data

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

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