Fossil fuel production by country

Measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
34
Highest
26,296 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Spain
Median
83.84 terawatt-hours
Years covered
45
1981–2025
Data points
1,578

What the numbers show

Fossil fuel production is currently reported for 34 countries. The highest value is 26,296 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Spain.

The median across all reporting countries is 83.84 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 1,453 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 22 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 448.2%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 100.0%).

Fossil fuel production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 26,296 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.6% volatile
2 India 4,992 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.7% volatile
3 Indonesia 4,454 terawatt-hours 2025 up 57.4% volatile
4 United States 3,067 terawatt-hours 2025 down 38.6% falling
5 Australia 3,024 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.9% rising
6 Russia 2,545 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.4% rising
7 South Africa 1,552 terawatt-hours 2025 down 6.3% rising
8 Kazakhstan 568.47 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.5% falling
9 Mongolia 558.49 terawatt-hours 2025 up 337.1% volatile
10 Colombia 383.04 terawatt-hours 2025 down 44.7% volatile
11 Poland 373.1 terawatt-hours 2025 down 39.4% falling
12 Canada 302.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 19.4% falling
13 Vietnam 297.03 terawatt-hours 2025 up 9.5% volatile
14 Germany 213.29 terawatt-hours 2025 down 57.2% volatile
15 Turkey 179.54 terawatt-hours 2025 up 20.7% rising
16 Czechia 96.88 terawatt-hours 2025 down 50.8% falling
17 Pakistan 94.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 448.2% volatile
18 Ukraine 72.84 terawatt-hours 2025 down 63.5% volatile
19 Serbia 67.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 20.2% falling
20 Zimbabwe 53.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 64.8% falling
21 Thailand 35.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 20.0% rising
22 Bulgaria 34.3 terawatt-hours 2025 down 49.7% falling
23 Uzbekistan 32.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 188.1% rising
24 Brazil 32.18 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.8% falling
25 Romania 21.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 60.1% falling
26 New Zealand 18.34 terawatt-hours 2025 down 22.6% rising
27 Venezuela 12.31 terawatt-hours 2025 up 80.8% volatile
28 Greece 7.95 terawatt-hours 2025 down 87.9% falling
29 Mexico 4.19 terawatt-hours 2025 down 94.8% rising
30 Hungary 4.06 terawatt-hours 2025 down 77.0% volatile
31 Japan 3.16 terawatt-hours 2025 down 60.1% volatile
32 South Korea 2.3 terawatt-hours 2025 down 75.1% volatile
33 United Kingdom 0.96 terawatt-hours 2025 down 98.4% volatile
34 Spain 0 terawatt-hours 2025 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Fossil fuel production
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
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
36 places, 1,578 data points, 1981–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.