Japan vs Turkey: Global primary energy use by source
Japan
167.68 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Turkey
144.06 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Turkey rank
7th
Global primary energy use by source over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Japan currently reports 167.68 terawatt-hours against 144.06 terawatt-hours in Turkey, a difference of 23.62 terawatt-hours.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.4558 terawatt-hours | 0.4558 terawatt-hours | Turkey |
| 1970s | 4.5 terawatt-hours | 0.5418 terawatt-hours | 3.95 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1980s | 42.48 terawatt-hours | 0.3351 terawatt-hours | 42.15 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1990s | 61.16 terawatt-hours | 1.19 terawatt-hours | 59.97 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2000s | 80.58 terawatt-hours | 1.76 terawatt-hours | 78.81 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 91.07 terawatt-hours | 41.11 terawatt-hours | 49.96 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 141.82 terawatt-hours | 133.16 terawatt-hours | 8.66 terawatt-hours | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher global primary energy use by source, Japan or Turkey?
- Japan, at 167.68 terawatt-hours against 144.06 terawatt-hours in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in global primary energy use by source between Japan and Turkey?
- 23.62 terawatt-hours, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for global primary energy use by source?
- Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Global primary energy use by source. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.