Germany vs Japan: Electricity generation from renewables

Germany
295.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan
242.73 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany rank
6th
Japan rank
7th

Electricity generation from renewables over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
0100200300196519952025

How they compare

Germany currently reports 295.74 terawatt-hours against 242.73 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 53.01 terawatt-hours.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.

Germany ranks 6th 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.