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

South Korea
249.6 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Spain
214.88 terawatt-hours
in 2025
South Korea rank
10th
Spain rank
11th

Electricity generation from low-carbon sources over time

  • South Korea
  • Spain
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How they compare

South Korea currently reports 249.6 terawatt-hours against 214.88 terawatt-hours in Spain, a difference of 34.72 terawatt-hours.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1971 it was Spain ahead.

South Korea ranks 10th and Spain ranks 11th 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.