China vs CIS (EI): Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables

China
6,175 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
1,032 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
CIS (EI) rank
2nd

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

  • China
  • CIS (EI)
02.0k4.0k6.0k198520052025

How they compare

China currently reports 6,175 terawatt-hours against 1,032 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 5,143 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 6.0 times CIS (EI)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was CIS (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd of 208 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
210 places, 6,017 data points, 1920–2025
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Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in terawatt-hours.