China vs India: Electricity production by source

China

5,752 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India

1,474 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

India rank

2nd

Electricity production by source over time

China currently reports 5,752 terawatt-hours against 1,474 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 4,277 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 3.9 times India's.

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

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 211 countries.

Indicator: Electricity production by source
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: 213 places, 6,154 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.