China vs United States: Primary energy use by source

China

1,128 terawatt-hours

in 2025

United States

469.08 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

United States rank

2nd

Primary energy use by source over time

China currently reports 1,128 terawatt-hours against 469.08 terawatt-hours in United States, a difference of 658.84 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 2.4 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States ahead.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 2nd 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.