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China vs CIS (EI): Primary energy use

China
45,054 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
11,292 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
CIS (EI) rank
3rd

Primary energy use over time

  • China
  • CIS (EI)
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 45,054 terawatt-hours against 11,292 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 33,762 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 4.0 times CIS (EI)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was CIS (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 3rd 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
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Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.