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Electricity generation by source in Germany

Germany: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)
0 terawatt-hours
Change on year
down 100.0%
World rank
28th
of 214 countries
All-time high
1.97 terawatt-hours
in 1980
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 1990
Years of data
56
1970–2025

Electricity generation by source in Germany, 1970–2025

00.511.52197019972025

Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

Germany recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation by source in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.

That represents a change of down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Germany peaked at 1.97 terawatt-hours in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1990.

Germany ranks 28th of 214 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.15 terawatt-hours 0.92 terawatt-hours 1.44 terawatt-hours 10
1980s 1.68 terawatt-hours 1.45 terawatt-hours 1.97 terawatt-hours 10
1990s 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 10
2000s 0.004 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0.02 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0.11 terawatt-hours 0.02 terawatt-hours 0.2 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0.1817 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0.24 terawatt-hours 6

Countries ranked near Germany

  1. 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  2. 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
  3. 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  4. 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  5. 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  6. 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  7. 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
  8. 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  9. 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
  10. 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  11. 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours compare
  12. 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  13. 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  14. 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  15. 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours compare
  16. 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours compare
  17. 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours compare
  18. 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
  19. 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours compare
  20. 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
  21. 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
  22. 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
  23. 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  24. 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  25. 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  26. 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
  27. 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  28. 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
  29. 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  30. 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours compare
  31. 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  32. 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
  33. 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
  34. 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  35. 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  36. 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
  37. 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
  38. 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  39. 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  40. 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
  41. 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
  42. 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  43. 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours compare
  44. 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
  45. 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  46. 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
  47. 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  48. 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
  49. 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
  50. 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  51. 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
  52. 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
  53. 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
  54. 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
  55. 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
  56. 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours compare
  57. 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
  58. 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
  59. 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  60. 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  61. 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  62. 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours compare
  63. 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  64. 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  65. 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
  66. 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  67. 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  68. 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  69. 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  70. 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  71. 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  72. 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  73. 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours compare
  74. 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
  75. 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
  76. 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
  77. 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  78. 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
  79. 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
  80. 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
  81. 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours compare
  82. 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
  83. 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours compare
  84. 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
  85. 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
  86. 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
  87. 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  88. 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  89. 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  90. 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
  91. 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
  92. 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  93. 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours compare
  94. 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  95. 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  96. 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
  97. 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  98. 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
  99. 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  100. 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours compare
  101. 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  102. 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours compare
  103. 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  104. 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
  105. 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
  106. 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  107. 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
  108. 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
  109. 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours compare
  110. 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  111. 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours compare
  112. 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours compare
  113. 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
  114. 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours compare
  115. 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  116. 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  117. 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours compare
  118. 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours compare
  119. 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  120. 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  121. 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours compare
  122. 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  123. 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours compare
  124. 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  125. 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  126. 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
  127. 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  128. 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours compare
  129. 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
  130. 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
  131. 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
  132. 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
  133. 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
  134. 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
  135. 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  136. 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  137. 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  138. 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours compare
  139. 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
  140. 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  141. 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
  142. 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
  143. 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  144. 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours compare
  145. 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  146. 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
  147. 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  148. 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
  149. 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
  150. 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
  151. 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  152. 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  153. 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  154. 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
  155. 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
  156. 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  157. 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
  158. 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  159. 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
  160. 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
  161. 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours compare
  162. 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  163. 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  164. 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours compare
  165. 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
  166. 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
  167. 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
  168. 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
  169. 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  170. 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  171. 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  172. 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
  173. 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours compare
  174. 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
  175. 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
  176. 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
  177. 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
  178. 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
  179. 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
  180. 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours compare
  181. 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours compare
  182. 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
  183. 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours compare
  184. 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
  185. 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation by source in Germany?
Electricity generation by source in Germany was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity generation by source recorded in Germany?
The highest recorded value was 1.97 terawatt-hours in 1980.
What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Germany?
The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1990.
How does Germany rank for electricity generation by source?
Germany ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
Is electricity generation by source rising or falling in Germany?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Germany data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 7,365 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.