South Korea vs Saudi Arabia: Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables

South Korea

375.06 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Saudi Arabia

444.82 terawatt-hours

in 2024

South Korea rank

7th

Saudi Arabia rank

6th

Electricity generation from fossil fuels, nuclear and renewables over time

Saudi Arabia currently reports 444.82 terawatt-hours against 375.06 terawatt-hours in South Korea, a difference of 69.76 terawatt-hours.

That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

South Korea ranks 7th and Saudi Arabia ranks 6th 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.