Germany vs Japan: Annual change in primary energy from oil

Germany

-10.14 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

-28.5 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Germany rank

75th

Japan rank

77th

Annual change in primary energy from oil over time

Germany currently reports -10.14 terawatt-hours against -28.5 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 18.36 terawatt-hours.

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

Germany ranks 75th and Japan ranks 77th of 79 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in primary energy from oil
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, 4,598 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.