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Total electricity output (GWh) by country

Total electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by all power plants

Countries reporting
230
Highest
5.84 million GWh
China
Lowest
3.39 GWh
Niue
Median
6,105 GWh
Years covered
26
1990–2015
Data points
5,911

What the numbers show

Total electricity output (GWh) is currently reported for 230 countries. The highest value is 5.84 million GWh in China; the lowest is 3.39 GWh in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 6,105 GWh, and the mean is 105,578 GWh.

Over the past decade 186 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 669.7%), and the largest decrease in Lithuania (down 70.5%).

Total electricity output: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 5.84 million GWh 2015 up 133.7% volatile
2 United States 4.30 million GWh 2015 up 0.7% rising
3 India 1.38 million GWh 2015 up 93.2% rising
4 Russia 1.07 million GWh 2015 up 12.0% rising
5 Japan 1.04 million GWh 2015 down 8.3% rising
6 Canada 670,740 GWh 2015 up 7.9% rising
7 Germany 640,967 GWh 2015 up 4.1% rising
8 Brazil 581,652 GWh 2015 up 44.3% rising
9 France 563,494 GWh 2015 down 1.4% rising
10 South Korea 549,226 GWh 2015 up 41.6% rising
11 Saudi Arabia 338,336 GWh 2015 up 92.1% rising
12 United Kingdom 336,356 GWh 2015 down 14.9% rising
13 Mexico 311,138 GWh 2015 up 24.1% rising
14 Italy 281,562 GWh 2015 down 5.1% rising
15 Iran 280,633 GWh 2015 up 57.6% rising
16 Spain 277,792 GWh 2015 down 4.0% rising
17 Turkey 261,783 GWh 2015 up 61.6% rising
18 Taiwan 254,990 GWh 2015 up 14.1% rising
19 Australia 252,276 GWh 2015 up 10.5% rising
20 South Africa 246,736 GWh 2015 up 1.9% rising
21 Indonesia 233,984 GWh 2015 up 83.5% volatile
22 Egypt 181,977 GWh 2015 up 67.4% rising
23 Thailand 177,760 GWh 2015 up 34.5% rising
24 Poland 164,341 GWh 2015 up 5.8% rising
25 Ukraine 162,108 GWh 2015 down 12.8% falling
26 Sweden 161,931 GWh 2015 up 2.3% rising
27 Vietnam 153,283 GWh 2015 up 185.7% volatile
28 Malaysia 150,123 GWh 2015 up 81.6% rising
29 Argentina 144,957 GWh 2015 up 37.4% rising
30 Norway 143,922 GWh 2015 up 4.9% rising
31 United Arab Emirates 127,366 GWh 2015 up 109.8% volatile
32 Venezuela 117,590 GWh 2015 up 11.6% rising
33 Pakistan 110,861 GWh 2015 up 18.4% rising
34 Netherlands 110,070 GWh 2015 up 10.2% rising
35 Kazakhstan 106,468 GWh 2015 up 56.9% rising
36 Czechia 82,616 GWh 2015 up 0.8% rising
37 Philippines 82,413 GWh 2015 up 45.7% rising
38 Chile 75,387 GWh 2015 up 43.6% rising
39 Belgium 69,548 GWh 2015 down 18.9% rising
40 Colombia 69,017 GWh 2015 up 37.1% rising
41 Iraq 68,922 GWh 2015 up 126.7% rising
42 Algeria 68,798 GWh 2015 up 102.9% rising
43 Finland 68,597 GWh 2015 down 2.8% rising
44 Kuwait 67,918 GWh 2015 up 55.3% rising
45 Switzerland 66,097 GWh 2015 up 14.4% rising
46 Romania 65,922 GWh 2015 up 11.0% rising
47 Israel 64,226 GWh 2015 up 32.1% rising
48 Austria 61,763 GWh 2015 down 3.6% rising
49 Bangladesh 59,011 GWh 2015 up 123.1% volatile
50 Uzbekistan 57,280 GWh 2015 up 16.4% rising
51 Paraguay 55,744 GWh 2015 up 8.9% rising
52 Greece 51,822 GWh 2015 down 12.8% rising
53 Portugal 51,281 GWh 2015 up 11.0% rising
54 Singapore 50,415 GWh 2015 up 31.9% rising
55 Bulgaria 48,742 GWh 2015 up 10.8% rising
56 Peru 48,251 GWh 2015 up 89.2% rising
57 New Zealand 44,205 GWh 2015 up 2.9% rising
58 Qatar 41,499 GWh 2015 up 188.3% volatile
59 Hong Kong 38,030 GWh 2015 down 1.1% rising
60 Libya 37,713 GWh 2015 up 66.3% rising
61 Serbia 37,595 GWh 2015 up 3.1% flat
62 Belarus 34,082 GWh 2015 up 10.1% flat
63 Oman 32,758 GWh 2015 up 158.7% volatile
64 Nigeria 31,426 GWh 2015 up 33.5% rising
65 Morocco 30,820 GWh 2015 up 59.8% rising
66 Hungary 30,342 GWh 2015 down 15.1% flat
67 Denmark 28,947 GWh 2015 down 20.1% falling
68 Bahrain 28,484 GWh 2015 up 47.0% rising
69 Ireland 28,099 GWh 2015 up 9.7% rising
70 Slovakia 26,632 GWh 2015 down 15.1% rising
71 Ecuador 25,830 GWh 2015 up 103.8% rising
72 Azerbaijan 24,688 GWh 2015 up 7.9% rising
73 Turkmenistan 22,534 GWh 2015 up 75.8% rising
74 Puerto Rico 21,160 GWh 2015 down 15.2% rising
75 Cuba 20,288 GWh 2015 up 32.2% rising
76 Mozambique 19,913 GWh 2015 up 49.9% volatile
77 Tunisia 19,676 GWh 2015 up 55.4% rising
78 Jordan 19,014 GWh 2015 up 97.0% rising
79 Iceland 18,799 GWh 2015 up 116.4% volatile
80 Dominican Republic 18,457 GWh 2015 up 45.5% rising
81 Lebanon 18,396 GWh 2015 up 49.1% rising
82 Syria 17,881 GWh 2015 down 48.8% rising
83 Tajikistan 17,162 GWh 2015 up 0.4% flat
84 Laos 16,501 GWh 2015 up 310.7% volatile
85 Myanmar 15,970 GWh 2015 up 165.5% volatile
86 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15,629 GWh 2015 up 24.0% rising
87 Slovenia 14,817 GWh 2015 down 2.0% rising
88 Uruguay 13,740 GWh 2015 up 78.9% rising
89 North Korea 13,737 GWh 2015 down 40.0% falling
90 Zambia 13,439 GWh 2015 up 50.4% rising
91 Sri Lanka 13,182 GWh 2015 up 41.4% rising
92 Sudan 13,047 GWh 2015 up 241.0% volatile
93 Kyrgyzstan 13,030 GWh 2015 down 12.5% flat
94 Ghana 11,491 GWh 2015 up 69.3% rising
95 Croatia 11,238 GWh 2015 down 13.9% rising
96 Guatemala 11,058 GWh 2015 up 37.4% rising
97 Georgia 10,833 GWh 2015 up 49.1% falling
98 Costa Rica 10,812 GWh 2015 up 30.9% rising
99 Ethiopia 10,437 GWh 2015 up 266.9% volatile
100 Estonia 10,417 GWh 2015 up 2.1% rising
101 Trinidad and Tobago 10,300 GWh 2015 up 45.9% rising
102 Panama 10,296 GWh 2015 up 76.7% rising
103 Angola 9,764 GWh 2015 up 250.5% volatile
104 Zimbabwe 9,709 GWh 2015 up 3.6% rising
105 Kenya 9,651 GWh 2015 up 66.3% rising
106 Honduras 8,965 GWh 2015 up 60.0% rising
107 Democratic Republic of Congo 8,942 GWh 2015 up 21.3% rising
108 Cote d'Ivoire 8,711 GWh 2015 up 53.3% rising
109 Bolivia 8,528 GWh 2015 up 74.2% rising
110 Armenia 7,799 GWh 2015 up 23.5% falling
111 Bhutan 7,748 GWh 2015 up 192.6% volatile
112 Cameroon 6,758 GWh 2015 up 68.8% rising
113 Tanzania 6,295 GWh 2015 up 77.1% rising
114 Kosovo 6,119 GWh 2015 up 37.3% volatile
114 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 6,119 GWh 2015 up 37.3% volatile
116 Moldova 6,091 GWh 2015 up 1.7% falling
117 El Salvador 5,989 GWh 2015 up 24.2% rising
118 Albania 5,895 GWh 2015 up 8.3% rising
119 North Macedonia 5,646 GWh 2015 down 18.7% flat
120 Latvia 5,533 GWh 2015 up 12.8% rising
121 Mongolia 5,513 GWh 2015 up 61.2% rising
122 Yemen 5,326 GWh 2015 up 11.7% rising
123 Nicaragua 4,579 GWh 2015 up 50.1% rising
124 Cyprus 4,533 GWh 2015 up 3.6% rising
125 Cambodia 4,397 GWh 2015 up 356.1% volatile
126 Lithuania 4,258 GWh 2015 down 70.5% falling
127 Brunei 4,200 GWh 2015 up 28.7% rising
128 Papua New Guinea 4,176 GWh 2015 up 21.5% rising
129 Jamaica 4,122 GWh 2015 down 44.5% flat
130 Senegal 3,955 GWh 2015 up 55.5% rising
131 Nepal 3,503 GWh 2015 up 38.3% rising
132 Uganda 3,473 GWh 2015 up 84.6% rising
133 Montenegro 3,003 GWh 2015 up 4.9% rising
134 Mauritius 2,997 GWh 2015 up 31.9% rising
135 Botswana 2,967 GWh 2015 up 182.0% rising
136 New Caledonia 2,903 GWh 2015 up 54.2% rising
137 Reunion 2,891 GWh 2015 up 27.3% rising
138 Suriname 2,258 GWh 2015 up 48.7% volatile
139 Gabon 2,126 GWh 2015 up 35.1% rising
140 Bahamas 2,117 GWh 2015 up 1.5% rising
141 Malawi 2,103 GWh 2015 up 36.2% rising
142 Guadeloupe 1,781 GWh 2015 up 13.2% rising
143 Martinique 1,778 GWh 2015 up 17.7% rising
144 Congo 1,734 GWh 2015 up 300.5% volatile
145 Guam 1,731 GWh 2015 down 8.8% rising
146 Madagascar 1,712 GWh 2015 up 49.1% rising
147 Mali 1,712 GWh 2015 up 34.7% volatile
148 Namibia 1,536 GWh 2015 down 7.5% rising
149 Netherlands Antilles 1,333 GWh 2012 up 16.2% rising
150 Luxembourg 1,331 GWh 2015 down 60.2% volatile
151 Malta 1,303 GWh 2015 down 41.8% rising
152 Guinea 1,118 GWh 2015 up 22.7% rising
153 Guyana 1,039 GWh 2015 up 61.4% rising
154 Haiti 1,038 GWh 2015 up 86.7% rising
155 Afghanistan 1,034 GWh 2015 up 14.1% rising
156 Barbados 1,029 GWh 2015 up 3.7% rising
157 Mauritania 1,002 GWh 2015 up 109.2% rising
158 Burkina Faso 999.16 GWh 2015 up 93.5% rising
159 Macao 962 GWh 2015 down 52.5% falling
160 Equatorial Guinea 939 GWh 2015 up 669.7% volatile
161 Aruba 931.6 GWh 2015 up 2.3% rising
162 French Guiana 923 GWh 2015 up 33.6% rising
163 Fiji 914.39 GWh 2015 up 11.1% rising
164 Curacao 862 GWh 2015 down 30.9% rising
165 United States Virgin Islands 796.9 GWh 2015 down 17.7% falling
166 French Polynesia 717.51 GWh 2015 up 13.7% rising
167 Bermuda 674.3 GWh 2015 down 3.5% rising
168 Cayman Islands 639.86 GWh 2015 up 32.8% rising
169 Lesotho 532.2 GWh 2015 up 16.4% rising
170 Niger 531 GWh 2015 up 131.9% volatile
171 Rwanda 523.75 GWh 2015 up 344.6% volatile
172 Greenland 520.17 GWh 2015 up 46.5% rising
173 Palestine 514.6 GWh 2015 up 2.8% volatile
174 Isle of Man 504.2 GWh 2015 up 16.0% rising
175 Eswatini 496 GWh 2015 up 21.6% rising
176 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 432.5 GWh 2015 — volatile
177 Northern Mariana Islands 429.8 GWh 2015 up 10.2% rising
178 Cape Verde 421.11 GWh 2015 up 77.6% volatile
179 Belize 416.95 GWh 2015 up 166.9% rising
180 Eritrea 406 GWh 2015 up 41.0% rising
181 Djibouti 405 GWh 2015 up 35.9% rising
182 Maldives 391.48 GWh 2015 up 111.6% volatile
183 Saint Lucia 381.27 GWh 2015 up 17.8% rising
184 Seychelles 378 GWh 2015 up 64.0% rising
185 East Timor 350.3 GWh 2015 up 407.7% volatile
186 Somalia 350 GWh 2015 up 20.7% rising
187 Benin 342 GWh 2015 up 219.6% volatile
188 Antigua and Barbuda 340 GWh 2015 up 39.9% rising
189 South Sudan 330 GWh 2015 — volatile
190 Mayotte 315.9 GWh 2015 up 98.7% volatile
191 Faroe Islands 314.41 GWh 2015 up 28.3% rising
192 Liberia 310 GWh 2015 up 55.0% flat
193 Gambia 283.8 GWh 2015 up 39.8% rising
194 Turks and Caicos Islands 239 GWh 2015 up 81.1% volatile
195 Chad 228 GWh 2015 up 76.7% rising
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 225.3 GWh 2015 up 18.3% rising
197 Gibraltar 207 GWh 2015 up 42.8% rising
198 Grenada 206.96 GWh 2015 up 40.5% rising
199 Sierra Leone 205 GWh 2015 up 145.2% falling
200 Central African Republic 171 GWh 2015 up 6.9% rising
201 American Samoa 169.4 GWh 2015 down 10.4% rising
202 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 166 GWh 2015 up 26.0% rising
203 Burundi 165.99 GWh 2015 up 62.3% rising
204 Dominica 151.09 GWh 2015 up 80.5% rising
205 Samoa 134.1 GWh 2015 up 21.4% rising
206 British Virgin Islands 133.72 GWh 2015 up 36.4% rising
207 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 126.7 GWh 2015 — volatile
208 Andorra 99.4 GWh 2015 up 16.9% falling
209 Solomon Islands 96.79 GWh 2015 up 30.6% rising
210 Palau 94.85 GWh 2015 down 19.6% rising
211 Anguilla 94.3 GWh 2015 up 31.0% volatile
212 Marshall Islands 85.7 GWh 2015 down 14.7% rising
213 Togo 81 GWh 2015 down 57.1% falling
214 Liechtenstein 70 GWh 2015 down 3.2% falling
215 Sao Tome and Principe 69.7 GWh 2015 up 68.4% volatile
216 Micronesia (country) 68.7 GWh 2015 down 9.0% falling
217 Vanuatu 63.5 GWh 2015 up 27.2% rising
218 Tonga 55.41 GWh 2015 up 15.4% rising
219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 49.47 GWh 2015 up 16.7% rising
220 Comoros 41.9 GWh 2015 down 11.8% rising
221 Guinea-Bissau 36.35 GWh 2015 up 38.5% falling
222 Cook Islands 29.4 GWh 2015 down 1.7% rising
223 Kiribati 27.5 GWh 2015 up 25.6% rising
224 Nauru 25.1 GWh 2015 down 11.3% falling
225 Montserrat 24 GWh 2015 up 10.6% rising
226 Wallis and Futuna 18.34 GWh 2015 down 9.8% volatile
227 Falkland Islands 17.65 GWh 2015 up 4.7% rising
228 Saint Helena 10.13 GWh 2015 up 25.4% rising
229 Tuvalu 7.1 GWh 2015 up 69.0% rising
230 Niue 3.39 GWh 2015 up 13.0% rising

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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
230 places, 5,911 data points, 1990–2015
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Total electricity output (GWh): Total number of GWh generated by all power plants