Germany vs Japan: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources
Germany
295.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan
336.82 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany rank
9th
Japan rank
8th
Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time
- Germany
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 336.82 terawatt-hours against 295.74 terawatt-hours in Germany, a difference of 41.08 terawatt-hours.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Germany's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Germany ranks 9th and Japan ranks 8th 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.