List of countries by electricity production

This is a list of countries by annual electricity production. China is the world's largest electricity producing country, followed by the United States and India.

By 2025, Asia is projected to account for half of the world’s electricity consumption, with one-third of global electricity to be consumed in China.[1]

Total production

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CountryElectricity production
(GWh)
Year
 World 26,823,200[2]2020
 China 8,537,000[2]2021
 United States 4,381,000[2]2021
 India 1,669,000[2]2021
 Russia 1,157,000[2]2021
 Japan 1,030,000[2]2021
 Brazil 680,000[2]2021
 Canada 633,000[2]2021
 South Korea 595,000[2]2021
 Germany 584,000[2]2021
 France 555,000[2]2021
 Saudi Arabia 403,000[2]2021
 Iran 363,000[2]2021
 Mexico 350,000[2]2021
 Turkey 333,000[2]2021
 Vietnam 317,400[2]2021
 Indonesia 309,000[2]2021
 UK 309,000[2]2021
 Italy 287,000[2]2021
 Taiwan 291,000[2]2021
 Australia 266,000[2]2021
 Spain 272,000[2]2021
 South Africa 245,000[2]2021
 Egypt 198,600[2]2020
 Thailand 176,400[2]2020
 Sweden 169,200[2]2020
 Malaysia 159,600[2]2020
 Poland 157,800[2]2020
 Norway 154,500[2]2020
 Ukraine 149,000[2]2020
 Argentina 142,500[2]2020
 UAE 138,400[2]2020
 Pakistan 137,800[2]2020
 Iraq 131,300[2]2020
 Netherlands 122,400[2]2020
 Kazakhstan 109,200[2]2020
 Philippines 101,800[2]2020
 Belgium 90,400[2]2020
 Bangladesh 89,100[2]2020
 Chile 84,300[2]2020
 Czech Republic 81,400[2]2020
 Algeria 78,800[2]2020
 Colombia 75,000[2]2020
 Kuwait 74,900[2]2020
 Israel 74,300[2]2020
 Austria 71,700[2]2020
 Switzerland 70,400[2]2020
 Finland 68,800[2]2020
 Uzbekistan 65,000[2]2020
 Venezuela 58,400[2]2020
 Romania 56,200[2]2020
 Portugal 54,100[2]2020
 Singapore 53,100[2]2020
 Peru 52,700[2]2020
 Qatar 50,500[2]2020
 Paraguay 48,900[3]2019
 New Zealand 44,200[2]2020
 Greece 42,600[2]2020
 Bulgaria 40,900[2]2020
 Oman 38,900[2]2020
 Belarus 38,700[2]2020
 Morocco 38,200[2]2020
 Serbia 35,033[3]2020
 Hong Kong 35,200[2]2020
 Hungary 34,600[2]2020
 Ireland 32,500[2]2020
 Ecuador 32,000[2]2020
 Libya 31,696[3]2019
 Bahrain 31,444[3]2019
 Laos 29,973[3]2020
 Nigeria 29,324[3]2019
 Slovakia 28,400[2]2020
 Denmark 28,100[2]2020
 Turkmenistan 26,600[2]2020
 Burma 24,881[3]2019
 Azerbaijan 22,800[2]2020
 Tunisia 20,537[3]2019
 Tajikistan 20,393[3]2019
 Lebanon 20,034[3]2019
 Cuba 19,526[3]2019
 Puerto Rico 19,523[3]2019
 Jordan 19,474[3]2019
 Iceland 19,300[2]2020
 Ghana 18,906[3]2019
 Dominican Republic 18,909[3]2019
 Mozambique 17,987[3]2019
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17,210[3]2019
 Syria 17,105[3]2019
 Slovenia 17,100[2]2020
 Sri Lanka 16,900[2]2020
 North Korea 16,076[3]2019
 Zambia 15,982[3]2020
 Uruguay 15,802[3]2019
 Kyrgyzstan 14,840[3]2019
 Sudan[4] 14,281 [3]2019
 Ethiopia 14,152[3]2019
 Croatia 13,400[2]2020
 Panama 12,467[3]2019
 Guatemala 12,203[3]2019
 Costa Rica 11,662[3]2019
 Zimbabwe 11,311[3]2019
 Georgia 10,992[3]2020
 Kenya 10,706[3]2019
 Côte d'Ivoire 9,603[3]2020
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,207[3]2019
 Trinidad and Tobago 9,000[2]2020
 Armenia 7,329[3]2020
 Bhutan 6,976[5]2011
 Bolivia 6,835[5]2011
 Honduras 6,712[5]2011
 Estonia 6,400[2]2020
 Nepal 6,012[5]2020
 El Salvador 5,992[5]2011
 Kosovo 5,906[6]2017
 Cameroon 5,857[5]2011
 Yemen 5,834[5]2011
 Mongolia 5,802[7]2016
 Latvia 5,700[2]2020
 Angola 5,512[5]2011
 Moldova 5,456[5]2010
 North Macedonia 5,300[2]2020
 Tanzania 5,115[5]2011
 Cyprus 4,900[2]2020
 Jamaica 4,745[5]2011
 Albania 4,525[8]2017
 Lithuania 4,200<[2]2020
 Senegal 3,921[9]2017
 Nicaragua 3,522[5]2011
 Brunei 3,500[5]2011
 Papua New Guinea 3,325[5]2011
 Montenegro 3,141[10]2016
 Reunion 2,841[5]2011
 Mauritius 2,627[5]2011
 Uganda 2,493[5]2011
 New Caledonia 2,430[5]2011
 Luxembourg 2,300[2]2020
 Malta 2,250[11]2016
 Bahamas 2,190[5]2011
 Malawi 2,069[5]2011
 Guam 1,734[5]2011
 Gabon 1,702[5]2011
 Martinique 1,702[5]2011
 Guadeloupe 1,650[5]2011
 Suriname 1,600[5]2011
 Namibia 1,585[5]2011
 Madagascar 1,340[5]2011
 Netherlands Antilles 1,287[5]2011
 Congo, Republic of the 1,255[5]2011
 Barbados 1,002[5]2011
 U.S. Virgin Islands 996[5]2001
 Cambodia 991[5]2011
 Aruba 980[5]2011
 Guinea 950[5]2011
 Mauritania 930[5]2011
 French Guiana 885[5]2011
 Fiji 836[5]2011
 Afghanistan 833[5]2011
 Macau 833[5]2011
 French Polynesia 825[5]2011
 Botswana 3,449[12]2015
 Guyana 725[5]2011
 Lesotho 700[5]2011
 Bermuda 674[5]2011
 Haiti 652[5]2011
 Cayman Islands 594[5]2011
 Burkina Faso 579[5]2011
 Greenland 538[13]2016
 Palestine 535[5]2011
 Rwanda 525[13]2016
 Mali 520[5]2011
 Equatorial Guinea 500[13]2016
 Niger 495[13]2016
 Belize 452[5]2011
 Eritrea 416[13]2016
 Djibouti 406[13]2016
 Maldives 402[13]2016
 Eswatini 381[13]2016
 Saint Lucia 369[13]2016
 Somalia 339[13]2016
 Benin 335[13]2016
 Antigua and Barbuda 331[13]2016
 Faroe Islands 306[14]2014
 Gambia 304[13]2016
 Burundi 304[13]2016
 Liberia 300[13]2016
 Sierra Leone 300[13]2016
 Gibraltar 239[13]2016
 Turks and Caicos Islands 235[13]2016
 Togo 233[13]2016
 Chad 224[13]2016
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 208[13]2016
 Grenada 202[13]2016
 Micronesia 1922002
 Central African Republic 171[13]2016
 American Samoa 169[13]2016
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 157[13]2016
 Samoa 132[13]2016
 Dominica 111[13]2016
 Solomon Islands 103[13]2016
 Western Sahara 852005
 Sao Tome and Principe 66[13]2016
 Tonga 52[13]2016
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 46[13]2016
 Comoros 42[13]2016
 Guinea-Bissau 39[13]2016
 Kiribati 29[13]2016
 Montserrat 24[13]2016
 Falkland Islands 19[13]2016
 Saint Helena 7[13]2016
 Niue 3[13]2016

Production by source

Source: World Development Indicators: Electricity production, sources, and access (2011)
Country Electricity
production
(TWh)
Fossil Renewable Nuclear
Coal Natural gas Oil Sub-total
fossil
Hydro Other
ren.
Sub-total
renewable
 Argentina 129.62.5%51.4%15.1%69.0%24.4%1.7%26.1%4.9%
 Australia 252.668.6%19.7%1.6%89.9%6.6%3.5%10.1%0.0%
 Austria 62.211.8%19.9%1.6%33.3%55.0%10.7%65.7%0.0%
 Brazil 588.04.7%13.7%5.0%23.4%61.8%14.8%76.4%2.6%
 Canada 636.912.0%9.8%1.0%22.8%59.0%3.3%62.3%14.7%
 Chile 65.729.9%20.9%9.7%60.5%32.0%7.6%39.6%0.0%
 China 4,715.779.0%1.8%0.2%81.2%14.8%2.2%17.0%1.8%
 Hong Kong 39.071.2%28.5%0.3%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Denmark 35.239.7%16.5%1.3%57.5%0.0%40.2%40.2%0.0%
 Egypt 156.60.0%74.7%15.8%90.5%8.3%1.3%9.6%0.0%
 Finland 73.514.0%12.9%0.6%27.5%16.9%15.9%32.8%31.6%
 France 556.93.1%4.8%0.6%8.5%8.0%3.6%11.6%79.4%
 Germany 602.445.1%13.9%1.1%60.1%2.9%17.6%20.5%17.9%
 Iceland 17.20.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%72.7%27.3%100.0%0.0%
 India 1,59851.7%6.3%1.8%59.8%13.1%25.4%38.5%1.7%
 Indonesia 182.444.4%20.3%23.2%88.0%6.8%5.2%12.0%0.0%
 Iran 239.70.2%66.8%27.8%94.8%5.0%0.1%5.1%0.1%
 Iraq 54.20.0%79.5%12.9%92.4%7.6%0.0%7.6%0.0%
 Israel 59.659.0%33.1%7.3%99.6%0.0%0.4%0.4%0.0%
 Italy 300.616.7%48.1%6.6%71.4%15.2%12.4%27.6%0.0%
 Japan 1,042.727.0%35.9%10.1%73.0%8.0%4.2%12.2%9.8%
 South Korea 520.143.2%22.3%3.2%68.7%0.9%0.6%1.5%29.8%
 Kuwait 57.50.0%38%62%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Libya 27.60.0%56.3%43.7%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Malawi [15](2021) 3.8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0 0.0% 85.8% 14.2% 100.0% 0.0%
 Malaysia 130.140.7%44.7%7.7%93.1%5.9%1.0%6.9%0.0%
 Mexico 295.811.5%52.8%16.4%80.7%12.3%3.6%15.9%3.4%
 Mongolia 4.895.1%0.0%4.9%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Netherlands 113.021.9%60.6%1.3%83.3%0.1%10.9%11.0%3.7%
 New Zealand 44.54.9%19.1%0.0%24.0%56.4%19.5%76.0%0.0%
 Nigeria 27.00.0%63.3%15.8%79.1%20.9%0.0%20.9%0.0%
 Norway 126.90.1%3.2%0.0%3.3%95.2%1.3%96.7%0.0%
 Pakistan 95.30.1%29%35.4%64.6%29.9%0.0%29.9%5.5%
 Panama 7.96.5%0.0%41.1%47.6%52.2%0.3%52.4%0.0%
 Peru[16] 58.80,1%37.1%0.3%37.5%57.8%4.7%62.5%0.0%
 Philippines 69.236.6%29.8%4.9%71.4%14.0%14.6%28.6%0.0%
 Poland 163.186.7%3.6%1.5%92.0%1.4%6.6%8.0%0.0%
 Russia 1,053.015.5%49.3%2.6%67.4%15.7%0.1%15.8%16.4%
 Saudi Arabia 250.10.0%52.8%47.2%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Singapore 46.00.0%78%18.4%97.7%0.0%2.3%2.3%0.0%
 South Africa 259.693.8%0.0%0.1%93.8%0.8%0.2%1.0%5.2%
 Spain 289.015.5%29.2%5.1%50.2%10.6%19.2%29.8%20.0%
 Sri Lanka 8.738.3%1.1%16.8%56.1%39.4%4.5%43.9%0.0%
 Sudan 8.60.0%0.0%24.8%24.8%75.2%0.0%75.2%0.0%
 Sweden 150.30.9%1.0%0.5%2.4%44.2%11.7%55.9%40.2%
 Syria 41.10.0%52.4%39.6%92.0%8.0%0.0%8.0%0.0%
 Thailand 156.022.3%68.3%1.3%92.0%5.2%2.8%8.0%0.0%
 Turkey 252.030.2%47.9%0.9%79.0%16.1%4.9%21.0%0.0%
 Ukraine 194.938.2%9.5%0.3%48.0%5.6%0.1%5.7%46.3%
 United Arab Emirates 99.10.0%98.3%1.7%100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 United Kingdom 364.90%38%1.0%39.0%1.6%40.3%41.9%19.1%
 United States 4,326.643.3%24.2%0.9%68.6%7.4%4.8%12.2%19.2%
 Venezuela 122.10.0%17.2%14.3%31.5%68.5%0.0%68.5%0.0%
 Dominican Republic 15.89113.5%23.2%51.8%88.4%9.4%2.1%11.6%0.0%
 Vietnam 99.221.1%43.9%4.8%69.8%30.1%0.1%30.2%0.0%
 World 22,158.541.5%22.1%3.9%67.5%16.1%4.2%20.3%12.2%

Note: The percentage are subjected to round-off errors.

See also

References

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