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China vs India: Primary energy use

China
45,054 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
10,861 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd

Primary energy use over time

  • China
  • India
010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k50.0k196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 45,054 terawatt-hours against 10,861 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 34,193 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 4.1 times India's.

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

China ranks 1st and India 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.