Canada vs CIS (EI): Primary energy from renewables

Canada
477.93 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
301.07 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
5th
CIS (EI) rank
2nd

Primary energy from renewables over time

  • Canada
  • CIS (EI)
100200300400500196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 477.93 terawatt-hours against 301.07 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 176.86 terawatt-hours.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.6 times CIS (EI)'s.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 5th and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd of 77 countries.

Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada CIS (EI) Difference Ahead
1960s 133.97 terawatt-hours 96.21 terawatt-hours 37.76 terawatt-hours Canada
1970s 203.51 terawatt-hours 137.82 terawatt-hours 65.69 terawatt-hours Canada
1980s 292.08 terawatt-hours 191.91 terawatt-hours 100.17 terawatt-hours Canada
1990s 347.78 terawatt-hours 210.99 terawatt-hours 136.79 terawatt-hours Canada
2000s 387.75 terawatt-hours 219.82 terawatt-hours 167.93 terawatt-hours Canada
2010s 456.97 terawatt-hours 234.53 terawatt-hours 222.44 terawatt-hours Canada
2020s 480.01 terawatt-hours 286.61 terawatt-hours 193.4 terawatt-hours Canada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from renewables
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.