India vs Japan: Electricity generation

India

2,082 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

1,030 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India rank

3rd

Japan rank

5th

Electricity generation over time

India currently reports 2,082 terawatt-hours against 1,030 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 1,052 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.

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

India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th 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.