India vs Iran: Primary energy use
India
10,861 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Iran
3,688 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India rank
3rd
Iran rank
6th
Primary energy use over time
- India
- Iran
How they compare
India currently reports 10,861 terawatt-hours against 3,688 terawatt-hours in Iran, a difference of 7,173 terawatt-hours.
That makes India's figure about 2.9 times Iran's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 3rd and Iran ranks 6th of 218 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 634.72 terawatt-hours | 113.88 terawatt-hours | 520.84 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1970s | 874.43 terawatt-hours | 295.7 terawatt-hours | 578.73 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1980s | 1,495 terawatt-hours | 555.53 terawatt-hours | 939.88 terawatt-hours | India |
| 1990s | 2,750 terawatt-hours | 1,039 terawatt-hours | 1,711 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 4,415 terawatt-hours | 1,883 terawatt-hours | 2,532 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 7,465 terawatt-hours | 2,793 terawatt-hours | 4,673 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2020s | 9,816 terawatt-hours | 3,526 terawatt-hours | 6,290 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy use, India or Iran?
- India, at 10,861 terawatt-hours against 3,688 terawatt-hours in Iran as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy use between India and Iran?
- 7,173 terawatt-hours, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Iran?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do India and Iran rank globally for primary energy use?
- India ranks 3rd and Iran ranks 6th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.