China (People’s Republic of) vs New Caledonia: Electricity generation from renewables per person

China (People’s Republic of)
2,769 kilowatt-hours
in 2025
New Caledonia
2,870 kilowatt-hours
in 2024
China (People’s Republic of) rank
32nd
New Caledonia rank
28th

Electricity generation from renewables per person over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • New Caledonia
01.0k2.0k3.0k197119982025

How they compare

New Caledonia currently reports 2,870 kilowatt-hours against 2,769 kilowatt-hours in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 101 kilowatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was New Caledonia ahead.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 32nd and New Caledonia ranks 28th of 210 countries.

New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) New Caledonia Difference Ahead
2000s 313.88 kilowatt-hours 1,579 kilowatt-hours 1,265 kilowatt-hours New Caledonia
2010s 958.78 kilowatt-hours 1,467 kilowatt-hours 507.91 kilowatt-hours New Caledonia
2020s 1,910 kilowatt-hours 2,512 kilowatt-hours 601.42 kilowatt-hours New Caledonia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity generation from renewables per person, China (People’s Republic of) or New Caledonia?
New Caledonia, at 2,870 kilowatt-hours against 2,769 kilowatt-hours in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2024.
What is the difference in electricity generation from renewables per person between China (People’s Republic of) and New Caledonia?
101 kilowatt-hours, with New Caledonia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and New Caledonia?
25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and New Caledonia rank globally for electricity generation from renewables per person?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 32nd and New Caledonia ranks 28th of 210 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation from renewables per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

China (People’s Republic of) vs New Caledonia: Electricity generation from renewables per person. Statizoid, drawing on Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 19 August 2026, from https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/renewable-electricity-per-capita/china/new-caledonia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://energy.statizoid.com/compare/renewable-electricity-per-capita/china/new-caledonia/">China (People’s Republic of) vs New Caledonia: Electricity generation from renewables per person</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from renewables per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 6,983 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.