Total electricity output (GWh) by country

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

Countries reporting

221

Highest

5.84 million GWh

China

Lowest

3.39 GWh

Niue

Median

6,758 GWh

Years covered

1990–2015

Data points

5,885

What the numbers show

Total electricity output (GWh) is currently reported for 221 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 6,758 GWh, and the mean is 109,665 GWh.

Over the past decade 180 countries rose and 38 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	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
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
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	Moldova	6,091 GWh	2015	up 1.7%	falling
115	El Salvador	5,989 GWh	2015	up 24.2%	rising
116	Albania	5,895 GWh	2015	up 8.3%	rising
117	North Macedonia	5,646 GWh	2015	down 18.7%	flat
118	Latvia	5,533 GWh	2015	up 12.8%	rising
119	Mongolia	5,513 GWh	2015	up 61.2%	rising
120	Yemen	5,326 GWh	2015	up 11.7%	rising
121	Nicaragua	4,579 GWh	2015	up 50.1%	rising
122	Cyprus	4,533 GWh	2015	up 3.6%	rising
123	Cambodia	4,397 GWh	2015	up 356.1%	volatile
124	Lithuania	4,258 GWh	2015	down 70.5%	falling
125	Brunei	4,200 GWh	2015	up 28.7%	rising
126	Papua New Guinea	4,176 GWh	2015	up 21.5%	rising
127	Jamaica	4,122 GWh	2015	down 44.5%	flat
128	Senegal	3,955 GWh	2015	up 55.5%	rising
129	Nepal	3,503 GWh	2015	up 38.3%	rising
130	Uganda	3,473 GWh	2015	up 84.6%	rising
131	Montenegro	3,003 GWh	2015	up 4.9%	rising
132	Mauritius	2,997 GWh	2015	up 31.9%	rising
133	Botswana	2,967 GWh	2015	up 182.0%	rising
134	New Caledonia	2,903 GWh	2015	up 54.2%	rising
135	Reunion	2,891 GWh	2015	up 27.3%	rising
136	Suriname	2,258 GWh	2015	up 48.7%	volatile
137	Gabon	2,126 GWh	2015	up 35.1%	rising
138	Bahamas	2,117 GWh	2015	up 1.5%	rising
139	Malawi	2,103 GWh	2015	up 36.2%	rising
142	Congo	1,734 GWh	2015	up 300.5%	volatile
143	Guam	1,731 GWh	2015	down 8.8%	rising
144	Madagascar	1,712 GWh	2015	up 49.1%	rising
145	Mali	1,712 GWh	2015	up 34.7%	volatile
146	Namibia	1,536 GWh	2015	down 7.5%	rising
147	Netherlands Antilles	1,333 GWh	2012	up 16.2%	rising
150	Guinea	1,118 GWh	2015	up 22.7%	rising
151	Guyana	1,039 GWh	2015	up 61.4%	rising
152	Haiti	1,038 GWh	2015	up 86.7%	rising
153	Afghanistan	1,034 GWh	2015	up 14.1%	rising
154	Barbados	1,029 GWh	2015	up 3.7%	rising
155	Mauritania	1,002 GWh	2015	up 109.2%	rising
156	Burkina Faso	999.16 GWh	2015	up 93.5%	rising
157	Macao	962 GWh	2015	down 52.5%	falling
158	Equatorial Guinea	939 GWh	2015	up 669.7%	volatile
159	Aruba	931.6 GWh	2015	up 2.3%	rising
160	French Guiana	923 GWh	2015	up 33.6%	rising
161	Fiji	914.39 GWh	2015	up 11.1%	rising
162	Curacao	862 GWh	2015	down 30.9%	rising
163	United States Virgin Islands	796.9 GWh	2015	down 17.7%	falling
164	French Polynesia	717.51 GWh	2015	up 13.7%	rising
165	Bermuda	674.3 GWh	2015	down 3.5%	rising
166	Cayman Islands	639.86 GWh	2015	up 32.8%	rising
167	Lesotho	532.2 GWh	2015	up 16.4%	rising
168	Niger	531 GWh	2015	up 131.9%	volatile
169	Rwanda	523.75 GWh	2015	up 344.6%	volatile
170	Greenland	520.17 GWh	2015	up 46.5%	rising
171	Palestine	514.6 GWh	2015	up 2.8%	volatile
172	Isle of Man	504.2 GWh	2015	up 16.0%	rising
173	Eswatini	496 GWh	2015	up 21.6%	rising
174	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	432.5 GWh	2015	—	volatile
175	Northern Mariana Islands	429.8 GWh	2015	up 10.2%	rising
176	Cape Verde	421.11 GWh	2015	up 77.6%	volatile
177	Belize	416.95 GWh	2015	up 166.9%	rising
178	Eritrea	406 GWh	2015	up 41.0%	rising
179	Djibouti	405 GWh	2015	up 35.9%	rising
180	Maldives	391.48 GWh	2015	up 111.6%	volatile
181	Saint Lucia	381.27 GWh	2015	up 17.8%	rising
182	Seychelles	378 GWh	2015	up 64.0%	rising
183	East Timor	350.3 GWh	2015	up 407.7%	volatile
184	Somalia	350 GWh	2015	up 20.7%	rising
185	Benin	342 GWh	2015	up 219.6%	volatile
186	Antigua and Barbuda	340 GWh	2015	up 39.9%	rising
187	South Sudan	330 GWh	2015	—	volatile
189	Faroe Islands	314.41 GWh	2015	up 28.3%	rising
190	Liberia	310 GWh	2015	up 55.0%	flat
191	Gambia	283.8 GWh	2015	up 39.8%	rising
192	Turks and Caicos Islands	239 GWh	2015	up 81.1%	volatile
193	Chad	228 GWh	2015	up 76.7%	rising
194	Saint Kitts and Nevis	225.3 GWh	2015	up 18.3%	rising
195	Gibraltar	207 GWh	2015	up 42.8%	rising
196	Grenada	206.96 GWh	2015	up 40.5%	rising
197	Sierra Leone	205 GWh	2015	up 145.2%	falling
198	Central African Republic	171 GWh	2015	up 6.9%	rising
199	American Samoa	169.4 GWh	2015	down 10.4%	rising
200	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	166 GWh	2015	up 26.0%	rising
201	Burundi	165.99 GWh	2015	up 62.3%	rising
202	Dominica	151.09 GWh	2015	up 80.5%	rising
203	Samoa	134.1 GWh	2015	up 21.4%	rising
204	British Virgin Islands	133.72 GWh	2015	up 36.4%	rising
205	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	126.7 GWh	2015	—	volatile
206	Andorra	99.4 GWh	2015	up 16.9%	falling
207	Solomon Islands	96.79 GWh	2015	up 30.6%	rising
208	Palau	94.85 GWh	2015	down 19.6%	rising
209	Anguilla	94.3 GWh	2015	up 31.0%	volatile
210	Marshall Islands	85.7 GWh	2015	down 14.7%	rising
211	Togo	81 GWh	2015	down 57.1%	falling
213	Sao Tome and Principe	69.7 GWh	2015	up 68.4%	volatile
214	Micronesia (country)	68.7 GWh	2015	down 9.0%	falling
215	Vanuatu	63.5 GWh	2015	up 27.2%	rising
216	Tonga	55.41 GWh	2015	up 15.4%	rising
217	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	49.47 GWh	2015	up 16.7%	rising
218	Comoros	41.9 GWh	2015	down 11.8%	rising
219	Guinea-Bissau	36.35 GWh	2015	up 38.5%	falling
220	Cook Islands	29.4 GWh	2015	down 1.7%	rising
221	Kiribati	27.5 GWh	2015	up 25.6%	rising
222	Nauru	25.1 GWh	2015	down 11.3%	falling
223	Montserrat	24 GWh	2015	up 10.6%	rising
224	Wallis and Futuna	18.34 GWh	2015	down 9.8%	volatile
225	Falkland Islands	17.65 GWh	2015	up 4.7%	rising
226	Saint Helena	10.13 GWh	2015	up 25.4%	rising
227	Tuvalu	7.1 GWh	2015	up 69.0%	rising
228	Niue	3.39 GWh	2015	up 13.0%	rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

Kosovo 6,119 GWh

About this data

Indicator: Total electricity output (GWh)
Unit: GWh
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 229 places, 5,885 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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