Canada vs Germany: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources

Canada
502.23 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany
295.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
6th
Germany rank
9th

Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • Canada
  • Germany
200300400500199020072025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 502.23 terawatt-hours against 295.74 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 206.49 terawatt-hours.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.7 times Germany's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 6th and Germany ranks 9th of 209 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
216 places, 7,081 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours. Low-carbon sources correspond to renewables and nuclear power, that produce significantly less greenhouse-gas emissions than fossil fuels. Renewables include solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave, and tidal.