China vs India: Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables

China

6,175 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India

1,527 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

India rank

3rd

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

China currently reports 6,175 terawatt-hours against 1,527 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 4,648 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 4.0 times India's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 208 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Electricity generation from coal, oil, and gas, measured in terawatt-hours.