Japan vs Turkey: Renewable energy
Japan
167.68 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Turkey
144.06 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
5th
Turkey rank
7th
Renewable energy over time
- Japan
- Turkey
How they compare
Japan currently reports 167.68 terawatt-hours against 144.06 terawatt-hours in Turkey, a difference of 23.62 terawatt-hours.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.2 times Turkey's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Turkey ahead.
Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 6 and Turkey in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.4558 terawatt-hours | 0.4558 terawatt-hours | Turkey |
| 1970s | 4.5 terawatt-hours | 0.5418 terawatt-hours | 3.95 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1980s | 42.48 terawatt-hours | 0.3351 terawatt-hours | 42.15 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1990s | 61.16 terawatt-hours | 1.19 terawatt-hours | 59.97 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2000s | 80.58 terawatt-hours | 1.76 terawatt-hours | 78.81 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2010s | 91.07 terawatt-hours | 41.11 terawatt-hours | 49.96 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 2020s | 141.82 terawatt-hours | 133.16 terawatt-hours | 8.66 terawatt-hours | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher renewable energy, Japan or Turkey?
- Japan, at 167.68 terawatt-hours against 144.06 terawatt-hours in Turkey as of 2025.
- What is the difference in renewable energy between Japan and Turkey?
- 23.62 terawatt-hours, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Turkey?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Turkey rank globally for renewable energy?
- Japan ranks 5th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Renewable energy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.