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China vs OECD (EI): Annual change in primary energy from hydropower

China
28.35 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
-53.01 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
OECD (EI) rank
3rd

Annual change in primary energy from hydropower over time

  • China
  • OECD (EI)
-1000100200196619952025

How they compare

China currently reports 28.35 terawatt-hours against -53.01 terawatt-hours in OECD (EI), a difference of 81.35 terawatt-hours.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was OECD (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 3rd 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.