China vs OECD (EI): Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
China
4,408 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
6,007 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
OECD (EI) rank
1st
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time
- China
- OECD (EI)
How they compare
OECD (EI) currently reports 6,007 terawatt-hours against 4,408 terawatt-hours in China, a difference of 1,599 terawatt-hours.
That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 1.4 times China's.
Across all 55 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.
China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st 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.