India vs United States: Total electricity output

India
1.38 million GWh
in 2015
United States
4.30 million GWh
in 2015
India rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

Total electricity output over time

  • India
  • United States
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M199020022015

How they compare

United States currently reports 4.30 million GWh against 1.38 million GWh in India, a difference of 2.91 million GWh.

That makes United States's figure about 3.1 times India's.

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

India ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 228 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Total electricity output (GWh)
Unit
GWh
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
229 places, 5,885 data points, 1990–2015
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Total electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by all power plants