China vs OECD (EI): Electricity production by source

China
5,752 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
1,858 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
OECD (EI) rank
1st

Electricity production by source over time

  • China
  • OECD (EI)
02.0k4.0k6.0k198520052025

How they compare

China currently reports 5,752 terawatt-hours against 1,858 terawatt-hours in OECD (EI), a difference of 3,894 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 3.1 times OECD (EI)'s.

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

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st of 211 countries.

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About this data

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

Measured in terawatt-hours.