China vs India: Annual change in primary energy from hydropower

China
28.35 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
21.55 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd

Annual change in primary energy from hydropower over time

  • China
  • India
-50050100150196619952025

How they compare

China currently reports 28.35 terawatt-hours against 21.55 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 6.8 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 1.3 times India's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was India ahead.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 77 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,604 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.