Germany vs South Korea: Electricity generation from low-carbon sources

Germany
295.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
South Korea
249.6 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Germany rank
9th
South Korea rank
10th

Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • Germany
  • South Korea
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 295.74 terawatt-hours against 249.6 terawatt-hours in South Korea, a difference of 46.14 terawatt-hours.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times South Korea's.

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

Germany ranks 9th and South Korea ranks 10th 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.