China vs India: Electricity generation from renewables
China
3,920 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
500.98 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
4th
Electricity generation from renewables over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 3,920 terawatt-hours against 500.98 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 3,419 terawatt-hours.
That makes China's figure about 7.8 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was India ahead.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 4th of 209 countries.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.