India vs Japan: Primary energy use by source

India

6,409 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

1,211 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India rank

2nd

Japan rank

5th

Primary energy use by source over time

India currently reports 6,409 terawatt-hours against 1,211 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 5,198 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 5.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Japan ahead.

India ranks 2nd and Japan ranks 5th of 78 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.