China vs India: Primary energy from solar and wind
China
2,301 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
272.59 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
3rd
Primary energy from solar and wind over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 2,301 terawatt-hours against 272.59 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 2,028 terawatt-hours.
That makes China's figure about 8.4 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was India ahead.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 110 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 2 and India in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0.255 terawatt-hours | 0.5431 terawatt-hours | 0.2881 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 5.72 terawatt-hours | 7.15 terawatt-hours | 1.43 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 269.02 terawatt-hours | 52.49 terawatt-hours | 216.53 terawatt-hours | China |
| 2020s | 1,418 terawatt-hours | 185.97 terawatt-hours | 1,232 terawatt-hours | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from solar and wind, China or India?
- China, at 2,301 terawatt-hours against 272.59 terawatt-hours in India as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from solar and wind between China and India?
- 2,028 terawatt-hours, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do China and India rank globally for primary energy from solar and wind?
- China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 110 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from solar and wind. 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.