Brazil vs India: Primary energy from solar
Brazil
88.02 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
168.58 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
6th
India rank
3rd
Primary energy from solar over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 168.58 terawatt-hours against 88.02 terawatt-hours in Brazil, a difference of 80.56 terawatt-hours.
That makes India's figure about 1.9 times Brazil's.
Across all 61 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 77 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | 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 terawatt-hours | 0.0025 terawatt-hours | 0.0025 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0288 terawatt-hours | 0.0288 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2010s | 1.11 terawatt-hours | 13.81 terawatt-hours | 12.7 terawatt-hours | India |
| 2020s | 44.49 terawatt-hours | 108.27 terawatt-hours | 63.78 terawatt-hours | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from solar, Brazil or India?
- India, at 168.58 terawatt-hours against 88.02 terawatt-hours in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from solar between Brazil and India?
- 80.56 terawatt-hours, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for primary energy from solar?
- Brazil ranks 6th and India ranks 3rd of 77 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. 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.