China vs Germany: Renewable electricity generation by source

China

1,135 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany

136.03 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

Germany rank

3rd

Renewable electricity generation by source over time

China currently reports 1,135 terawatt-hours against 136.03 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 999.41 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 8.3 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Germany ahead.

China ranks 1st and Germany ranks 3rd of 212 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.