China vs United States: Renewable energy consumption

China
9.08 million TJ
in 2015
United States
5.10 million TJ
in 2015
China rank
1st
United States rank
3rd

Renewable energy consumption over time

  • China
  • United States
2.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M199020022015

How they compare

China currently reports 9.08 million TJ against 5.10 million TJ in United States, a difference of 3.99 million TJ.

That makes China's figure about 1.8 times United States's.

Across all 26 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 3rd of 230 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Renewable energy consumption (TJ)
Unit
TJ
Source
World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
232 places, 6,032 data points, 1990–2015
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Renewable energy consumption (TJ): This indicator includes renewable energy consumption of all technologies: hydro, modern and traditional biomass, wind, solar, liquid biofuels, biogas, geothermal, marine and waste