China vs CIS (EI): Renewable electricity generation by source

China
1,135 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
12.85 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
CIS (EI) rank
2nd

Renewable electricity generation by source over time

  • China
  • CIS (EI)
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How they compare

China currently reports 1,135 terawatt-hours against 12.85 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 1,123 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 88.4 times CIS (EI)'s.

Across all 36 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Renewable electricity generation by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Pinto et al. (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,974 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.