Statizoid

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

China
1,135 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
1,228 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
OECD (EI) rank
1st

Renewable electricity generation by source over time

  • China
  • OECD (EI)
02505007501.0k1.2k196519952025

How they compare

OECD (EI) currently reports 1,228 terawatt-hours against 1,135 terawatt-hours in China, a difference of 93 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 1.1 times China's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st of 212 countries.

Individual pages

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.