China vs OECD (EI): Electricity generation

China
10,583 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
11,740 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
OECD (EI) rank
1st

Electricity generation over time

  • China
  • OECD (EI)
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k198520052025

How they compare

OECD (EI) currently reports 11,740 terawatt-hours against 10,583 terawatt-hours in China, a difference of 1,157 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 1.1 times China's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st 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.