Annual change in primary energy from low-carbon energy by country

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
632.58 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-22.97 terawatt-hours
Taiwan
Median
1.17 terawatt-hours
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
4,604

What the numbers show

Annual change in primary energy from low-carbon energy is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 632.58 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is -22.97 terawatt-hours in Taiwan.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.17 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 12.19 terawatt-hours.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28.

Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Trinidad and Tobago (up 516,666.0%), and the largest decrease in Kuwait (down 3,465.2%).

Annual change in primary energy from low-carbon energy: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 632.58 terawatt-hours 2025 up 187.0% volatile
2 India 100.34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11,081.7% volatile
3 United States 54.79 terawatt-hours 2025 up 110.0% volatile
4 Japan 47.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.8% volatile
5 Brazil 31.39 terawatt-hours 2025 down 8.9% volatile
6 France 29.67 terawatt-hours 2025 up 1,359.4% volatile
7 Pakistan 19.53 terawatt-hours 2025 up 60,799.1% volatile
8 Vietnam 16.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 375.5% volatile
9 Colombia 16.36 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5,112.0% volatile
10 Australia 11.41 terawatt-hours 2025 up 345.9% volatile
11 Canada 10.82 terawatt-hours 2025 up 513.2% volatile
12 South Africa 9.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 559.2% volatile
13 New Zealand 9.06 terawatt-hours 2025 up 45.8% volatile
14 Saudi Arabia 8.7 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
15 Czechia 8.04 terawatt-hours 2025 up 178.2% volatile
16 Italy 7.32 terawatt-hours 2025 up 206.6% volatile
17 Egypt 6.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 618.1% volatile
18 Poland 6.01 terawatt-hours 2025 up 267.6% volatile
19 Norway 5.32 terawatt-hours 2025 up 133.2% volatile
20 Ecuador 5.29 terawatt-hours 2025 up 199.3% volatile
21 Netherlands 4.53 terawatt-hours 2025 up 292.2% volatile
22 Spain 4.23 terawatt-hours 2025 up 134.8% volatile
23 United Arab Emirates 4.15 terawatt-hours 2025 up 38,471.7% volatile
24 Belarus 4.09 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37,823.9% volatile
25 Uzbekistan 3.86 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,445.6% volatile
26 Israel 3.35 terawatt-hours 2025 up 765.4% volatile
27 Peru 3.16 terawatt-hours 2025 up 169.9% volatile
28 Ukraine 3.16 terawatt-hours 2025 up 158.2% volatile
29 Hungary 3.04 terawatt-hours 2025 up 446.7% volatile
30 Oman 2.64 terawatt-hours 2025 up 105,346.0% volatile
31 Turkey 2.56 terawatt-hours 2025 down 93.7% volatile
32 Sri Lanka 2.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.9% volatile
33 Malaysia 2.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 17.7% volatile
34 Lithuania 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 401.4% volatile
35 Germany 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 87.5% volatile
36 Qatar 1.48 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2,679.6% volatile
37 Philippines 1.43 terawatt-hours 2025 down 83.5% volatile
38 Finland 1.39 terawatt-hours 2025 down 45.7% volatile
39 Argentina 1.17 terawatt-hours 2025 down 79.9% volatile
40 North Macedonia 1.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 42.9% volatile
41 Slovakia 0.8701 terawatt-hours 2025 up 243.3% volatile
42 Hong Kong 0.5633 terawatt-hours 2025 up 201.0% volatile
43 Cyprus 0.2349 terawatt-hours 2025 up 182.1% volatile
44 Bangladesh 0.2214 terawatt-hours 2025 down 30.7% volatile
45 Morocco 0.2027 terawatt-hours 2025 down 76.1% volatile
46 Bulgaria 0.1847 terawatt-hours 2025 down 58.9% volatile
47 Denmark 0.1772 terawatt-hours 2025 down 77.0% volatile
48 Singapore 0.1644 terawatt-hours 2025 down 30.4% volatile
49 Estonia 0.1495 terawatt-hours 2025 down 34.0% volatile
50 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1395 terawatt-hours 2025 up 516,666.0% volatile
51 Azerbaijan 0.0823 terawatt-hours 2025 down 76.7% volatile
52 Turkmenistan -0 terawatt-hours 2025 down 101.3% volatile
53 Algeria -0.0138 terawatt-hours 2025 up 56.8% volatile
54 Kazakhstan -0.0183 terawatt-hours 2025 down 101.6% volatile
55 Latvia -0.0207 terawatt-hours 2025 down 109.1% volatile
56 Kuwait -0.061 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3,465.2% volatile
57 Venezuela -0.0754 terawatt-hours 2025 up 98.7% volatile
58 Croatia -0.1618 terawatt-hours 2025 up 92.9% volatile
59 Portugal -0.5683 terawatt-hours 2025 up 90.9% volatile
60 Romania -0.6788 terawatt-hours 2025 down 149.3% volatile
61 Slovenia -0.7674 terawatt-hours 2025 up 83.3% volatile
62 Iraq -0.8278 terawatt-hours 2025 down 186.4% volatile
63 Russia -1.54 terawatt-hours 2025 down 104.0% volatile
64 Mexico -1.54 terawatt-hours 2025 down 145.7% volatile
65 Greece -2.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 184.4% volatile
66 United Kingdom -3.98 terawatt-hours 2025 down 108.0% volatile
67 Iceland -3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 down 196.5% volatile
68 Chile -5.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 239.6% volatile
69 Austria -7.19 terawatt-hours 2025 down 226.3% volatile
70 Indonesia -8.03 terawatt-hours 2025 up 11.6% volatile
71 Sweden -8.79 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.9% volatile
72 Iran -10.67 terawatt-hours 2025 down 239.8% volatile
73 South Korea -12.72 terawatt-hours 2025 down 141.6% volatile
74 Thailand -18.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 186.8% volatile
75 Belgium -19.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 2.1% volatile
76 Switzerland -22.61 terawatt-hours 2025 down 73.8% volatile
77 Taiwan -22.97 terawatt-hours 2025 down 30.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from low-carbon energy
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,604 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.