* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Electricity production capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 44.94 million kilowatts. The highest value was in China: 2586.46 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Kiribati: 0.01 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Electricity production capacity, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 2586.46 1 1980 - 2023
USA 1201.26 2 1980 - 2023
India 479.61 3 1980 - 2023
Japan 350.32 4 1980 - 2023
Russia 303.02 5 1992 - 2023
Germany 256.87 6 1991 - 2023
Brazil 222.91 7 1980 - 2023
Canada 159.55 8 1980 - 2023
France 148.29 9 1980 - 2023
South Korea 146.57 10 1980 - 2023
Spain 124.05 11 1980 - 2023
Italy 122.86 12 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 117.48 13 1980 - 2023
UK 112.18 14 1980 - 2023
Mexico 104.34 15 1980 - 2023
Turkey 103.77 16 1980 - 2023
Australia 103.48 17 1980 - 2023
Iran 85.45 18 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 83.73 19 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 70.01 20 1980 - 2023
South Africa 65.87 21 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 61.94 22 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 60.61 23 1992 - 2023
Poland 60 24 1980 - 2023
Egypt 59.3 25 1980 - 2023
Thailand 55.87 26 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 53.68 27 1980 - 2023
Sweden 52.24 28 1980 - 2023
Argentina 46.93 29 1980 - 2023
Pakistan 43.51 30 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 40.73 31 1980 - 2023
Norway 40.66 32 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 37.22 33 1980 - 2023
Chile 36.1 34 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 33.41 35 1980 - 2023
Iraq 31.34 36 1980 - 2023
Austria 29.93 37 1980 - 2023
Philippines 29.01 38 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 27.03 39 1992 - 2023
Belgium 26.27 40 1980 - 2023
Finland 25.69 41 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 25.17 42 1980 - 2023
Portugal 24.1 43 1980 - 2023
Algeria 22.59 44 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 22.47 45 1980 - 2023
Israel 22.32 46 1980 - 2023
Greece 22.05 47 1980 - 2023
Czechia 21.71 48 1993 - 2023
Colombia 20.17 49 1980 - 2023
Denmark 19.94 50 1980 - 2023
Romania 19.57 51 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 17.71 52 1992 - 2023
Peru 16 53 1980 - 2023
Morocco 14.24 54 1980 - 2023
Hong Kong 13.52 55 1980 - 2023
Hungary 13.23 56 1980 - 2023
Singapore 12.86 57 1980 - 2023
Laos 12.46 58 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 11.72 59 1980 - 2023
Ireland 11.6 60 1980 - 2023
Oman 11.57 61 1980 - 2023
Belarus 11.54 62 1992 - 2023
Qatar 11.4 63 1980 - 2023
Libya 10.52 64 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 10.47 65 1980 - 2023
Syria 9.64 66 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 8.88 67 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 8.38 68 1980 - 2023
North Korea 8.34 69 1980 - 2023
Serbia 8.08 70 2006 - 2023
Slovakia 8.06 71 1993 - 2023
Azerbaijan 8.03 72 1992 - 2023
Angola 7.58 73 1980 - 2023
Burma 7.39 74 1980 - 2023
Cuba 7.26 75 1980 - 2023
Bahrain 7.02 76 1980 - 2023
Jordan 6.87 77 1980 - 2023
Puerto Rico 6.58 78 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 6.51 79 1992 - 2023
Tunisia 6.33 80 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 6.25 81 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 5.99 82 1992 - 2023
Ethiopia 5.73 83 1980 - 2023
Ghana 5.52 84 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 5.35 85 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 5.15 86 1980 - 2023
Croatia 5.12 87 1992 - 2023
Lebanon 5.03 88 1980 - 2023
Guatemala 5 89 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 4.61 90 1992 - 2023
Lithuania 4.39 91 1992 - 2023
Panama 4.37 92 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 4.32 93 1992 - 2023
Bolivia 4.31 94 1980 - 2023
Georgia 4.12 95 1992 - 2023
Armenia 4.08 96 1992 - 2023
Zambia 3.95 97 1980 - 2023
Sudan 3.81 98 1980 - 2023
Kenya 3.75 99 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 3.51 100 1992 - 2023
Nigeria 3.34 101 1980 - 2023
Honduras 3.27 102 1980 - 2023
Cambodia 3.21 103 1980 - 2023
Latvia 3.18 104 1992 - 2023
Iceland 3.01 105 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 2.99 106 1980 - 2023
Mozambique 2.85 107 1980 - 2023
Estonia 2.83 108 1992 - 2023
El Salvador 2.76 109 1980 - 2023
Albania 2.73 110 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 2.49 111 1980 - 2023
Nepal 2.39 112 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 2.34 113 1980 - 2023
Ivory Coast 2.28 114 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 2.14 115 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 2.11 116 1980 - 2023
North Macedonia 2.09 117 1992 - 2023
Luxembourg 2 118 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 1.85 119 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 1.82 120 1980 - 2023
Senegal 1.77 121 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 1.76 122 1980 - 2023
Yemen 1.76 123 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 1.51 124 1980 - 2023
Uganda 1.45 125 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 1.24 126 1980 - 2023
Mali 1.22 127 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 1.17 128 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 1.08 129 1980 - 2023
Guinea 1.06 130 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 1.06 131 2006 - 2023
Mauritius 0.95 132 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0.9 133 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.84 134 1980 - 2023
Malta 0.82 135 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0.78 136 1980 - 2023
Botswana 0.76 137 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0.73 138 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0.73 139 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0.73 140 1992 - 2023
Mauritania 0.68 141 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.66 142 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0.65 143 1990 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.63 144 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 0.61 145 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0.54 146 1980 - 2023
Benin 0.51 147 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0.47 148 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0.43 149 1980 - 2023
Macao 0.43 150 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0.43 151 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0.39 152 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.35 153 1980 - 2023
Niger 0.35 154 1980 - 2023
Togo 0.33 155 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0.32 156 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0.3 157 1986 - 2023
Rwanda 0.29 158 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 0.29 159 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0.24 160 1994 - 2023
Belize 0.22 161 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.2 162 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0.2 163 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.18 164 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0.17 165 1980 - 2023
Chad 0.17 166 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0.16 167 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0.16 168 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0.15 169 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.15 170 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.15 171 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0.15 172 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.13 173 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0.09 174 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.08 175 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0.06 176 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0.05 177 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.05 178 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0.05 179 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.04 180 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0.04 181 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.04 182 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.04 183 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0.03 184 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0.03 185 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0.03 186 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0.03 187 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0.01 188 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0.01 189 1980 - 2023


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2586.46
1201.26
479.61
350.32
303.02
256.87
222.91
159.55
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122.86
117.48
112.18
104.34
103.77
103.48
85.45
83.73
70.01
65.87
61.94
60.61
60.00
59.30
55.87
53.68
52.24
46.93
43.51
40.73
40.66
37.22
36.10
33.41
31.34
29.93
29.01
27.03
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25.69
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24.10
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22.47
22.32
22.05
21.71
20.17
19.94
19.57
17.71
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14.24
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12.86
12.46
11.72
11.60
11.57
11.54
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10.52
10.47
9.64
8.88
8.38
8.34
8.08
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8.03
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7.02
6.87
6.58
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6.33
6.25
5.99
5.73
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5.35
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4.39
4.37
4.32
4.31
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4.08
3.95
3.81
3.75
3.51
3.34
3.27
3.21
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2.85
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2.76
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2.11
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0.47
0.43
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0.35
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0.33
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