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Japan vs USSR: Primary energy use

Japan
4,578 terawatt-hours
in 2025
USSR
17,692 terawatt-hours
in 1991
Japan rank
5th
USSR rank
2nd

Primary energy use over time

  • Japan
  • USSR
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196519952025

How they compare

USSR currently reports 17,692 terawatt-hours against 4,578 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 13,113 terawatt-hours.

That makes USSR's figure about 3.9 times Japan's.

Across all 27 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 5th and USSR ranks 2nd 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.