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

China

1,128 terawatt-hours

in 2025

OECD (EI)

1,228 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

OECD (EI) rank

1st

Primary energy use by source over time

OECD (EI) currently reports 1,228 terawatt-hours against 1,128 terawatt-hours in China, a difference of 100.52 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 1.1 times China's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st of 79 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: 82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.