Electricity production - Country rankings
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Electricity production, billion kilowatthours, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 190 countries was 150.61 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in China: 8881.87 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Montserrat: 0.01 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries | Electricity production, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
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China | 8881.87 | 1 | 1980 - 2022 |
USA | 4291.95 | 2 | 1980 - 2022 |
India | 1760.28 | 3 | 1980 - 2022 |
Russia | 1138.39 | 4 | 1992 - 2022 |
Japan | 991.37 | 5 | 1980 - 2022 |
Brazil | 674.27 | 6 | 1980 - 2022 |
Canada | 638 | 7 | 1980 - 2022 |
South Korea | 606.76 | 8 | 1980 - 2022 |
Germany | 560.76 | 9 | 1991 - 2022 |
France | 446.29 | 10 | 1980 - 2022 |
Saudi Arabia | 431.92 | 11 | 1980 - 2022 |
Iran | 360.69 | 12 | 1980 - 2022 |
Indonesia | 337.16 | 13 | 1980 - 2022 |
Mexico | 333.14 | 14 | 1980 - 2022 |
UK | 318.6 | 15 | 1980 - 2022 |
Turkey | 308.2 | 16 | 1980 - 2022 |
Taiwan | 283.64 | 17 | 1980 - 2022 |
Spain | 278.65 | 18 | 1980 - 2022 |
Italy | 274.16 | 19 | 1980 - 2022 |
Vietnam | 267.75 | 20 | 1980 - 2022 |
Australia | 261.49 | 21 | 1980 - 2022 |
South Africa | 229.49 | 22 | 1980 - 2022 |
Egypt | 215.77 | 23 | 1980 - 2022 |
Malaysia | 194.29 | 24 | 1980 - 2022 |
Thailand | 181.93 | 25 | 1980 - 2022 |
Sweden | 173.75 | 26 | 1980 - 2022 |
UA Emirates | 169.2 | 27 | 1980 - 2022 |
Pakistan | 168.52 | 28 | 1980 - 2022 |
Poland | 167.21 | 29 | 1980 - 2022 |
Argentina | 144.98 | 30 | 1980 - 2022 |
Norway | 143.38 | 31 | 1980 - 2022 |
Iraq | 133.54 | 32 | 1980 - 2022 |
Netherlands | 120.84 | 33 | 1980 - 2022 |
Kazakhstan | 118.92 | 34 | 1992 - 2022 |
Philippines | 113.01 | 35 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ukraine | 112.24 | 36 | 1992 - 2022 |
Bangladesh | 102 | 37 | 1980 - 2022 |
Chile | 90.94 | 38 | 1980 - 2022 |
Belgium | 90.89 | 39 | 1980 - 2022 |
Algeria | 88.19 | 40 | 1980 - 2022 |
Kuwait | 86.43 | 41 | 1980 - 2022 |
Colombia | 85.2 | 42 | 1980 - 2022 |
Venezuela | 84.65 | 43 | 1980 - 2022 |
Czechia | 79.02 | 44 | 1993 - 2022 |
Israel | 75.92 | 45 | 1980 - 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 74.76 | 46 | 1992 - 2022 |
Finland | 70.16 | 47 | 1980 - 2022 |
Austria | 59.71 | 48 | 1980 - 2022 |
Switzerland | 58.73 | 49 | 1980 - 2022 |
Singapore | 57.69 | 50 | 1980 - 2022 |
Peru | 57.64 | 51 | 1980 - 2022 |
Romania | 54.79 | 52 | 1980 - 2022 |
Qatar | 54.05 | 53 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bulgaria | 50.18 | 54 | 1980 - 2022 |
Greece | 49.18 | 55 | 1980 - 2022 |
Laos | 45.95 | 56 | 1980 - 2022 |
Portugal | 45.54 | 57 | 1980 - 2022 |
New Zealand | 44.18 | 58 | 1980 - 2022 |
Paraguay | 44 | 59 | 1980 - 2022 |
Oman | 43.06 | 60 | 1980 - 2022 |
Morocco | 41.25 | 61 | 1980 - 2022 |
Belarus | 38.62 | 62 | 1992 - 2022 |
Nigeria | 36.98 | 63 | 1980 - 2022 |
Hong Kong | 35.94 | 64 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bahrain | 35.54 | 65 | 1980 - 2022 |
Hungary | 33.84 | 66 | 1980 - 2022 |
Denmark | 33.73 | 67 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ireland | 32.98 | 68 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ecuador | 32.65 | 69 | 1980 - 2022 |
Serbia | 32.55 | 70 | 2006 - 2022 |
Libya | 30.28 | 71 | 1980 - 2022 |
Azerbaijan | 28.94 | 72 | 1992 - 2022 |
Slovakia | 26.23 | 73 | 1993 - 2022 |
Turkmenistan | 23.07 | 74 | 1992 - 2022 |
Ghana | 22.5 | 75 | 1980 - 2022 |
North Korea | 22.27 | 76 | 1980 - 2022 |
Jordan | 21.87 | 77 | 1980 - 2022 |
Domin. Rep. | 21.54 | 78 | 1980 - 2022 |
Tunisia | 21.21 | 79 | 1980 - 2022 |
Tajikistan | 20.89 | 80 | 1992 - 2022 |
Burma | 20.38 | 81 | 1980 - 2022 |
Iceland | 19.86 | 82 | 1980 - 2022 |
Zambia | 19.47 | 83 | 1980 - 2022 |
Puerto Rico | 19.32 | 84 | 1980 - 2022 |
Mozambique | 19.02 | 85 | 1980 - 2022 |
Cuba | 18.25 | 86 | 1980 - 2022 |
Sudan | 17.86 | 87 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bosnia & Herz. | 17.03 | 88 | 1992 - 2022 |
Angola | 16.94 | 89 | 1980 - 2022 |
Syria | 16.87 | 90 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ethiopia | 15.42 | 91 | 1980 - 2022 |
Uruguay | 15.19 | 92 | 1980 - 2022 |
Georgia | 14.25 | 93 | 1992 - 2022 |
Croatia | 14.15 | 94 | 1992 - 2022 |
Kyrgyzstan | 13.85 | 95 | 1992 - 2022 |
Panama | 13.36 | 96 | 1980 - 2022 |
Guatemala | 13.14 | 97 | 1980 - 2022 |
Slovenia | 12.47 | 98 | 1992 - 2022 |
Kenya | 12.37 | 99 | 1980 - 2022 |
Sri Lanka | 12.02 | 100 | 1980 - 2022 |
Honduras | 12 | 101 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bolivia | 11.51 | 102 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ivory Coast | 11.13 | 103 | 1980 - 2022 |
DR Congo | 11.04 | 104 | 1980 - 2022 |
Lebanon | 10.05 | 105 | 1980 - 2022 |
Nepal | 9.81 | 106 | 1980 - 2022 |
Tr.&Tobago | 9.41 | 107 | 1980 - 2022 |
Tanzania | 9.02 | 108 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bhutan | 9 | 109 | 1980 - 2022 |
Zimbabwe | 8.93 | 110 | 1980 - 2022 |
Cambodia | 8.82 | 111 | 1980 - 2022 |
Armenia | 8.77 | 112 | 1992 - 2022 |
Cameroon | 8.12 | 113 | 1980 - 2022 |
Mongolia | 7.8 | 114 | 1980 - 2022 |
Senegal | 7.76 | 115 | 1980 - 2022 |
Albania | 7 | 116 | 1980 - 2022 |
Estonia | 7 | 117 | 1992 - 2022 |
El Salvador | 6.35 | 118 | 1980 - 2022 |
Brunei | 5.75 | 119 | 1980 - 2022 |
North Macedonia | 5.44 | 120 | 1992 - 2022 |
Uganda | 5.39 | 121 | 1980 - 2022 |
Moldova | 5.31 | 122 | 1992 - 2022 |
Cyprus | 5.26 | 123 | 1980 - 2022 |
Papua N.G. | 4.84 | 124 | 1980 - 2022 |
Jamaica | 4.58 | 125 | 1980 - 2022 |
Nicaragua | 4.28 | 126 | 1980 - 2022 |
Latvia | 4.05 | 127 | 1992 - 2022 |
R. of Congo | 4 | 128 | 1980 - 2022 |
Mali | 3.76 | 129 | 1980 - 2022 |
Lithuania | 3.51 | 130 | 1992 - 2022 |
Mauritius | 3.5 | 131 | 1980 - 2022 |
Montenegro | 3.33 | 132 | 2006 - 2022 |
Guinea | 3.04 | 133 | 1980 - 2022 |
Yemen | 2.96 | 134 | 1980 - 2022 |
N. Caledonia | 2.73 | 135 | 1980 - 2022 |
Botswana | 2.63 | 136 | 1980 - 2022 |
Gabon | 2.39 | 137 | 1980 - 2022 |
Madagascar | 2.37 | 138 | 1980 - 2022 |
Malta | 2.24 | 139 | 1980 - 2022 |
Suriname | 2.1 | 140 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bahamas | 2.03 | 141 | 1980 - 2022 |
Mauritania | 1.7 | 142 | 1980 - 2022 |
Eq. Guinea | 1.47 | 143 | 1980 - 2022 |
Malawi | 1.35 | 144 | 1980 - 2022 |
Namibia | 1.35 | 145 | 1990 - 2022 |
Guyana | 1.14 | 146 | 1980 - 2022 |
Benin | 1.13 | 147 | 1980 - 2022 |
Barbados | 1.09 | 148 | 1980 - 2022 |
Fiji | 1.04 | 149 | 1980 - 2022 |
Haiti | 1.04 | 150 | 1980 - 2022 |
Aruba | 0.98 | 151 | 1986 - 2022 |
Rwanda | 0.98 | 152 | 1980 - 2022 |
Togo | 0.89 | 153 | 1980 - 2022 |
Maldives | 0.85 | 154 | 1980 - 2022 |
Afghanistan | 0.83 | 155 | 1980 - 2022 |
Liberia | 0.8 | 156 | 1980 - 2022 |
Niger | 0.79 | 157 | 1980 - 2022 |
Burkina Faso | 0.78 | 158 | 1980 - 2022 |
Luxembourg | 0.76 | 159 | 1980 - 2022 |
Bermuda | 0.62 | 160 | 1980 - 2022 |
Seychelles | 0.62 | 161 | 1980 - 2022 |
Swaziland | 0.59 | 162 | 1980 - 2022 |
Gambia | 0.51 | 163 | 1980 - 2022 |
Lesotho | 0.5 | 164 | 1980 - 2022 |
Macao | 0.49 | 165 | 1980 - 2022 |
Cape Verde | 0.43 | 166 | 1980 - 2022 |
Faroe Isl. | 0.42 | 167 | 1980 - 2022 |
Eritrea | 0.39 | 168 | 1994 - 2022 |
Saint Lucia | 0.39 | 169 | 1980 - 2022 |
Somalia | 0.38 | 170 | 1980 - 2022 |
Ant.& Barb. | 0.36 | 171 | 1980 - 2022 |
Burundi | 0.35 | 172 | 1980 - 2022 |
Chad | 0.35 | 173 | 1980 - 2022 |
Belize | 0.3 | 174 | 1980 - 2022 |
Gibraltar | 0.25 | 175 | 1980 - 2022 |
Grenada | 0.24 | 176 | 1980 - 2022 |
Sierra Leone | 0.2 | 177 | 1980 - 2022 |
Samoa | 0.19 | 178 | 1980 - 2022 |
Dominica | 0.17 | 179 | 1980 - 2022 |
St. Vincent & ... | 0.17 | 180 | 1980 - 2022 |
C.A. Republic | 0.15 | 181 | 1980 - 2022 |
Comoros | 0.14 | 182 | 1980 - 2022 |
S.T.&Principe | 0.14 | 183 | 1980 - 2022 |
Djibouti | 0.13 | 184 | 1980 - 2022 |
Solomon Isl. | 0.11 | 185 | 1980 - 2022 |
G.-Bissau | 0.08 | 186 | 1980 - 2022 |
Tonga | 0.08 | 187 | 1980 - 2022 |
Vanuatu | 0.07 | 188 | 1980 - 2022 |
Kiribati | 0.03 | 189 | 1980 - 2022 |
Montserrat | 0.01 | 190 | 1980 - 2022 |
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8881.87
4291.95
1760.28
1138.39
991.37
674.27
638.00
606.76
560.76
446.29
431.92
360.69
337.16
333.14
318.60
308.20
283.64
278.65
274.16
267.75
261.49
229.49
215.77
194.29
181.93
173.75
169.20
168.52
167.21
144.98
143.38
133.54
120.84
118.92
113.01
112.24
102.00
90.94
90.89
88.19
86.43
85.20
84.65
79.02
75.92
74.76
70.16
59.71
58.73
57.69
57.64
54.79
54.05
50.18
49.18
45.95
45.54
44.18
44.00
43.06
41.25
38.62
36.98
35.94
35.54
33.84
33.73
32.98
32.65
32.55
30.28
28.94
26.23
23.07
22.50
22.27
21.87
21.54
21.21
20.89
20.38
19.86
19.47
19.32
19.02
18.25
17.86
17.03
16.94
16.87
15.42
15.19
14.25
14.15
13.85
13.36
13.14
12.47
12.37
12.02
12.00
11.51
11.13
11.04
10.05
9.81
9.41
9.02
9.00
8.93
8.82
8.77
8.12
7.80
7.76
7.00
7.00
6.35
5.75
5.44
5.39
5.31
5.26
4.84
4.58
4.28
4.05
4.00
3.76
3.51
3.50
3.33
3.04
2.96
2.73
2.63
2.39
2.37
2.24
2.10
2.03
1.70
1.47
1.35
1.35
1.14
1.13
1.09
1.04
1.04
0.98
0.98
0.89
0.85
0.83
0.80
0.79
0.78
0.76
0.62
0.62
0.59
0.51
0.50
0.49
0.43
0.42
0.39
0.39
0.38
0.36
0.35
0.35
0.30
0.25
0.24
0.20
0.19
0.17
0.17
0.15
0.14
0.14
0.13
0.11
0.08
0.08
0.07
0.03
0.01
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2220.5
4440.9
6661.4
8881.87
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