Iraq vs Kuwait: Electricity generation from oil

Iraq

68 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Kuwait

33.07 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Iraq rank

3rd

Kuwait rank

5th

Electricity generation from oil over time

Iraq currently reports 68 terawatt-hours against 33.07 terawatt-hours in Kuwait, a difference of 34.93 terawatt-hours.

That makes Iraq's figure about 2.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Iraq ahead.

Iraq ranks 3rd and Kuwait ranks 5th of 209 countries.

Indicator: Electricity generation from oil
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, 6,238 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.