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Canada vs Japan: Primary energy use

Canada
3,349 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan
4,578 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
8th
Japan rank
5th

Primary energy use over time

  • Canada
  • Japan
2.0k4.0k6.0k196519952025

How they compare

Japan currently reports 4,578 terawatt-hours against 3,349 terawatt-hours in Canada, a difference of 1,230 terawatt-hours.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times Canada's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 8th and Japan ranks 5th of 218 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy use
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
221 places, 10,722 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.