Canada vs Japan: Electricity generation from renewables

Canada
416.91 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan
242.73 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
5th
Japan rank
7th

Electricity generation from renewables over time

  • Canada
  • Japan
100200300400500196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 416.91 terawatt-hours against 242.73 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 174.18 terawatt-hours.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 5th and Japan ranks 7th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from renewables
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, 7,081 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.