THE GLOBAL INDEX #094

Electricity generation2020

Total annual electricity generation, in terawatt-hours.

Our World in Data · Energy

Comparable ranking year2024Latest published year: 2025

Economies with data202 / 217No observation: 15

First-ranked country or territoryChina7,779.07 TWh

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TWh · 2020

7,779.07

4,043.18

1,563.43

1,085.42

1,011.03

655.89

628.76

577.11

566.75

527.25

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Electricity generation · 2020 · TWh
Rank	Country / territory	Value (TWh)	Year
01	China	7,779.07	2020
02	United States	4,043.18	2020
03	India	1,563.43	2020
04	Russia	1,085.42	2020
05	Japan	1,011.03	2020
06	Canada	655.89	2020
07	Brazil	628.76	2020
08	South Korea	577.11	2020
09	Germany	566.75	2020
10	France	527.25	2020
11	Saudi Arabia	380.9	2020
12	Iran	337.21	2020
13	Mexico	325.73	2020
14	United Kingdom	310.3	2020
15	Türkiye	302	2020
16	Indonesia	291.82	2020
17	Italy	276.81	2020
18	Australia	265.15	2020
19	Spain	259.47	2020
20	Vietnam	244	2020
21	South Africa	240.74	2020
22	Egypt	198.6	2020
23	Thailand	176.48	2020
24	Malaysia	174.01	2020
25	Sweden	163.78	2020
26	Poland	157.15	2020
27	Norway	154.32	2020
28	Ukraine	147.79	2020
29	Pakistan	146.16	2020
30	Argentina	144.64	2020
31	United Arab Emirates	137.31	2020
32	Netherlands	121.96	2020
33	Iraq	117.12	2020
34	Kazakhstan	108.64	2020
35	Philippines	101.75	2020
36	Belgium	88.29	2020
37	Bangladesh	85.46	2020
38	Chile	83.58	2020
39	Venezuela	80.51	2020
40	Czechia	80.1	2020
41	Algeria	79.37	2020
42	Colombia	77.75	2020
43	Kuwait	74.64	2020
44	Israel	72.74	2020
45	Finland	69.24	2020
46	Austria	69.03	2020
47	Switzerland	68.5	2020
48	Uzbekistan	66.53	2020
49	Romania	55.21	2020
50	Singapore	53.07	2020
51	Peru	52.99	2020
52	Portugal	51.39	2020
53	Qatar	49.4	2020
54	Greece	47.51	2020
55	Paraguay	46.63	2020
56	New Zealand	43.35	2020
57	Bulgaria	40.14	2020
58	Laos	39.96	2020
59	Morocco	38.8	2020
60	Belarus	38.54	2020
61	Oman	38.2	2020
62	Nigeria	38	2020
63	Serbia	37.18	2020
64	Hungary	34.92	2020
65	Hong Kong SAR China	34.35	2020
66	Bahrain	33.38	2020
67	Ireland	32.16	2020
68	Ecuador	31.29	2020
69	Libya	29.5	2020
70	Denmark	28.58	2020
71	Slovakia	28.51	2020
72	Turkmenistan	25.76	2020
73	Azerbaijan	25.75	2020
74	North Korea	24.1	2020
75	Tunisia	21.38	2020
76	Syria	21.03	2020
77	Jordan	20.7	2020
78	Tajikistan	20.1	2020
79	Ghana	19.73	2020
80	Dominican Republic	19.49	2020
81	Puerto Rico	19.07	2020
82	Cuba	19.03	2020
83	Mozambique	19.02	2020
84	Iceland	18.89	2020
85	Myanmar (Burma)	18.78	2020
86	Lebanon	18.25	2020
87	Sudan	17.2	2020
88	Slovenia	16.89	2020
89	Angola	16.81	2020
90	Bosnia & Herzegovina	16.79	2020
91	Sri Lanka	16.5	2020
92	Ethiopia	15.62	2020
93	Kyrgyzstan	15.4	2020
94	Zambia	15.23	2020
95	Uruguay	13.57	2020
96	Croatia	13.23	2020
97	Congo - Kinshasa	12.49	2020
98	Guatemala	12.42	2020
99	Costa Rica	11.72	2020
100	Kenya	11.68	2020
101	Bhutan	11.37	2020
102	Côte d’Ivoire	11.26	2020
103	Georgia	11.16	2020
104	Panama	10.94	2020
105	Bolivia	10.27	2020
106	Honduras	10.14	2020
107	Trinidad & Tobago	9.23	2020
108	Cameroon	8.8	2020
109	Tanzania	7.83	2020
110	Armenia	7.64	2020
111	Cambodia	7.52	2020
112	Zimbabwe	6.71	2020
113	Mongolia	6.64	2020
114	El Salvador	6.43	2020
115	Moldova	6.18	2020
115	Nepal	6.18	2020
117	Estonia	6.08	2020
118	Senegal	6.06	2020
119	Brunei	5.74	2020
120	Latvia	5.72	2020
121	North Macedonia	5.34	2020
122	Albania	5.31	2020
123	Cyprus	4.85	2020
124	Lithuania	4.7	2020
125	Uganda	4.6	2020
126	Jamaica	4.28	2020
127	Papua New Guinea	4.1	2020
128	Congo - Brazzaville	4.01	2020
129	Mali	3.94	2020
130	Nicaragua	3.79	2020
131	Montenegro	3.39	2020
132	New Caledonia	3.24	2020
133	Yemen	2.94	2020
134	Gabon	2.93	2020
135	Mauritius	2.9	2020
136	Guinea	2.48	2020
137	Botswana	2.18	2020
138	Madagascar	2.16	2020
139	Malta	2.15	2020
140	Suriname	2.05	2020
141	Bahamas	2.03	2020
142	Namibia	2	2020
143	Malawi	1.75	2020
144	Guam	1.71	2020
145	Mauritania	1.63	2020
146	Burkina Faso	1.59	2020
147	Equatorial Guinea	1.41	2020
148	Luxembourg	1.22	2020
149	Afghanistan	1.18	2020
150	Guyana	1.14	2020
151	Fiji	1.08	2020
152	Barbados	1.06	2020
153	Haiti	1.02	2020
154	Aruba	0.99	2020
154	Benin	0.99	2020
156	Rwanda	0.89	2020
157	Palestinian Territories	0.84	2020
158	Maldives	0.82	2020
159	Cayman Islands	0.69	2020
160	Niger	0.67	2020
161	French Polynesia	0.66	2020
162	U.S. Virgin Islands	0.64	2020
163	Togo	0.61	2020
164	Bermuda	0.59	2020
164	Seychelles	0.59	2020
166	Macao SAR China	0.56	2020
166	South Sudan	0.56	2020
168	Greenland	0.52	2020
169	Timor-Leste	0.5	2020
170	Eswatini	0.49	2020
171	Gambia	0.48	2020
172	Liberia	0.45	2020
173	Belize	0.44	2020
174	Lesotho	0.43	2020
175	Cape Verde	0.42	2020
176	Eritrea	0.41	2020
176	Faroe Islands	0.41	2020
178	St. Lucia	0.38	2020
179	Burundi	0.37	2020
179	Somalia	0.37	2020
181	Antigua & Barbuda	0.35	2020
181	Chad	0.35	2020
183	Turks & Caicos Islands	0.25	2020
184	Grenada	0.22	2020
184	St. Kitts & Nevis	0.22	2020
186	Gibraltar	0.21	2020
187	Sierra Leone	0.2	2020
188	Samoa	0.18	2020
189	American Samoa	0.17	2020
190	British Virgin Islands	0.16	2020
191	Central African Republic	0.15	2020
191	St. Vincent & Grenadines	0.15	2020
193	Dominica	0.14	2020
194	Comoros	0.13	2020
194	Djibouti	0.13	2020
196	São Tomé & Príncipe	0.11	2020
197	Solomon Islands	0.1	2020
198	Vanuatu	0.09	2020
199	Guinea-Bissau	0.08	2020
200	Tonga	0.07	2020
201	Kiribati	0.04	2020
201	Nauru	0.04	2020

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Source & definition

Indicator definition: Total annual electricity generation, in terawatt-hours.
Unit: TWh
Source & definition: Our World in Data · Energy · owid:electricity_generation

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Original metadata

Total electricity generated in each country or region, measured in terawatt-hours.

{
  "column": "electricity_generation",
  "title": "Total electricity generation",
  "description": "Total electricity generated in each country or region, measured in terawatt-hours.",
  "unit": "terawatt-hours (TWh)",
  "source": "Ember - Yearly Electricity Data Europe (2026) [https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/]; Ember - Yearly Electricity Data (2026) [https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/]; Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2025) [https://www.energyinst.org/statistical-review/]"
}

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