DEFINITION
Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.
Energy Statistics > Electricity production > kWh (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
United States :
4,147,705,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#2
China :
2,199,601,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#3
Japan :
1,071,040,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#4
Russia :
929,905,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#5
India :
667,782,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#6
Germany :
609,988,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#7
Canada :
598,403,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#8
France :
567,050,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#9
United Kingdom :
393,204,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#10
Brazil :
387,452,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#11
Korea, South :
366,614,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#12
Italy :
293,047,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#13
Spain :
277,122,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#14
South Africa :
242,186,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#15
Australia :
239,297,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#16
Mexico :
224,077,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#17
Ukraine :
182,020,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#18
Iran :
164,481,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#19
Saudi Arabia :
159,875,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#20
Poland :
152,550,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#21
Sweden :
151,672,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#22
Turkey :
150,698,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#23
Thailand :
125,727,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#24
Indonesia :
120,160,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#25
Norway :
110,081,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#26
Egypt :
101,299,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#27
Netherlands :
100,770,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#28
Argentina :
100,260,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#29
Venezuela :
98,482,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#30
Finland :
85,817,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#31
Pakistan :
85,699,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#32
Belgium :
84,353,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#33
Czech Republic :
83,790,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#34
Malaysia :
82,899,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#35
Kazakhstan :
66,942,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#36
Switzerland :
63,579,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#37
Austria :
61,582,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#38
Greece :
58,811,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#39
Romania :
56,499,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#40
Philippines :
55,957,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#41
United Arab Emirates :
52,417,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#42
Chile :
51,983,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#43
Paraguay :
51,931,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#44
Uzbekistan :
51,030,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#45
Colombia :
50,239,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#46
Israel :
49,125,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#47
Vietnam :
46,029,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#48
Portugal :
44,827,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#49
New Zealand :
41,813,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#50
Bulgaria :
41,426,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#51
Kuwait :
41,256,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#52
Denmark :
40,477,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#53
Hong Kong :
37,132,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#54
Singapore :
36,810,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#55
Serbia and Montenegro :
35,366,000,000 kWh
2003 ...
#56
Hungary :
33,708,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#57
Iraq :
32,295,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#58
Syria :
32,077,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#59
Algeria :
31,250,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#60
Belarus :
31,211,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#61
Slovakia :
30,460,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#62
Ireland :
25,215,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#63
Peru :
24,255,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#64
Korea, North :
21,974,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#65
Azerbaijan :
21,643,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#66
Bangladesh :
21,466,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#67
Nigeria :
20,224,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#68
Libya :
20,202,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#69
Morocco :
19,337,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#70
Lithuania :
18,752,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#71
Tajikistan :
17,277,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#72
Cuba :
15,652,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#73
Slovenia :
15,279,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#74
Kyrgyzstan :
15,141,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#75
Dominican Republic :
13,759,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#76
Qatar :
13,233,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#77
Croatia :
13,198,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#78
Tunisia :
13,067,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#79
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
12,599,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#80
Ecuador :
12,585,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#81
Mozambique :
11,703,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#82
Oman :
11,499,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#83
Turkmenistan :
11,470,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#84
Estonia :
10,304,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#85
Lebanon :
10,192,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#86
Zimbabwe :
9,718,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#87
Jordan :
8,961,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#88
Iceland :
8,623,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#89
Zambia :
8,512,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#90
Bahrain :
8,448,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#91
Costa Rica :
8,210,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#92
Sri Lanka :
8,044,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#93
Jamaica :
7,217,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#94
Guatemala :
7,009,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#95
Georgia :
6,924,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,852,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#97
Macedonia, Republic of :
6,665,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#98
Burma :
6,437,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#99
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,430,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#100
Ghana :
6,039,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#101
Armenia :
6,030,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#102
Uruguay :
5,900,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#103
Panama :
5,761,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#104
Kenya :
5,568,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#105
Albania :
5,559,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#106
Côte d'Ivoire :
5,403,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#107
Honduras :
4,878,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#108
Cyprus :
4,686,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#109
Latvia :
4,683,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#110
El Salvador :
4,448,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#111
Bolivia :
4,434,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#112
Yemen :
4,337,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#113
Cameroon :
4,110,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#114
Sudan :
3,883,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#115
Moldova :
3,617,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#116
Luxembourg :
3,383,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#117
Brunei :
2,906,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#118
Nicaragua :
2,822,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#119
Ethiopia :
2,540,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#120
Tanzania :
2,478,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#121
Senegal :
2,351,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#122
Nepal :
2,345,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#123
Angola :
2,243,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#124
Malta :
2,216,000,000 kWh
2004 ...
#125
Namibia :
1,653,000,000 kWh
2004 ...