Germany vs United Kingdom: Primary energy use by source

Germany

133.68 terawatt-hours

in 2025

United Kingdom

87.1 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany rank

3rd

United Kingdom rank

6th

Primary energy use by source over time

Germany currently reports 133.68 terawatt-hours against 87.1 terawatt-hours in United Kingdom, a difference of 46.59 terawatt-hours.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.5 times United Kingdom's.

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

Germany ranks 3rd and United Kingdom ranks 6th 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.