Canada vs China: Fossil fuel consumption by fuel

Canada

1,323 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China

4,419 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Canada rank

6th

China rank

3rd

Fossil fuel consumption by fuel over time

China currently reports 4,419 terawatt-hours against 1,323 terawatt-hours in Canada, a difference of 3,096 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 3.3 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 6th and China ranks 3rd of 219 countries.

Indicator: Fossil fuel consumption by fuel
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 222 places, 10,411 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.