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

India

1,527 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

693.04 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India rank

3rd

Japan rank

5th

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

India currently reports 1,527 terawatt-hours against 693.04 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 833.75 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 2.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Japan ahead.

India ranks 3rd and Japan ranks 5th 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.