Electricity generation by source in Japan
Japan: Electricity generation by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity generation by source in Japan, 1965–2025
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
Japan recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation by source in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity generation by source in Japan peaked at 17.05 terawatt-hours in 1989 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 1965.
That places Japan 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.4496 terawatt-hours | 0.2356 terawatt-hours | 1.1 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.96 terawatt-hours | 1.09 terawatt-hours | 17.05 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.85 terawatt-hours | 11.34 terawatt-hours | 16.49 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Japan
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Australia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours compare
More energy & mining data for Japan
- Fuel imports 19.6% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 7.0% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 3.6% (2025)
- Gas production 22.04 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 178.13 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 22.04 terawatt-hours (2024)
- Gas production per person 178.13 kilowatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel exports 1.2% (2025)
- Electric power transmission and distribution losses 4.9% (2024)
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita 55.1% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity generation by source in Japan?
- Electricity generation by source in Japan 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 Japan?
- The highest recorded value was 17.05 terawatt-hours in 1989.
- What is the lowest electricity generation by source recorded in Japan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 1965.
- How does Japan rank for electricity generation by source?
- Japan ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Japan 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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Measured in terawatt-hours.