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

Germany

136.03 terawatt-hours

in 2025

OECD (EI)

1,228 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany rank

3rd

OECD (EI) rank

1st

Renewable electricity generation by source over time

OECD (EI) currently reports 1,228 terawatt-hours against 136.03 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 1,092 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 9.0 times Germany's.

Across all 40 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

Germany ranks 3rd and OECD (EI) ranks 1st 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.