India vs USSR: Primary energy use by source

India

6,409 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

3,933 terawatt-hours

in 1984

India rank

2nd

USSR rank

2nd

Primary energy use by source over time

India currently reports 6,409 terawatt-hours against 3,933 terawatt-hours in USSR, a difference of 2,476 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 1.6 times USSR's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

India ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 2nd 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.