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China vs CIS (EI): Primary energy use by source

China
25,622 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
1,521 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
CIS (EI) rank
3rd

Primary energy use by source over time

  • China
  • CIS (EI)
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 25,622 terawatt-hours against 1,521 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 24,101 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 16.8 times CIS (EI)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was CIS (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 3rd of 78 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy use by source
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
81 places, 4,378 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.