China vs India: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
China
4,408 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India
554.81 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
India rank
4th
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 4,408 terawatt-hours against 554.81 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 3,853 terawatt-hours.
That makes China's figure about 7.9 times India's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was India ahead.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 4th of 209 countries.
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About this data
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.