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India vs OECD (EI): Primary energy use

India
10,861 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
61,079 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India rank
3rd
OECD (EI) rank
1st

Primary energy use over time

  • India
  • OECD (EI)
020.0k40.0k60.0k196519952025

How they compare

OECD (EI) currently reports 61,079 terawatt-hours against 10,861 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 50,218 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 5.6 times India's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

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