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

China

6,175 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Russia

767.16 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

Russia rank

4th

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

China currently reports 6,175 terawatt-hours against 767.16 terawatt-hours in Russia, a difference of 5,408 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 8.0 times Russia's.

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

China ranks 1st and Russia ranks 4th 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.