Germany vs India: Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP

Germany
4,948 terawatt-hours
in 2020
India
14,535 terawatt-hours
in 2020
Germany rank
6th
India rank
3rd

Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP over time

  • Germany
  • India
5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k15.0k199520072020

How they compare

India currently reports 14,535 terawatt-hours against 4,948 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 9,587 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 2.9 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 43 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 1,113 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) primary energy use measures domestic energy use minus energy used to produce exported goods, plus energy used to produce imported goods. Gross domestic product (GDP) is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.