Annual Electricity Generation
Annual Electricity Generation by country
Commentary
Notable countries
China is the clear outlier in annual electricity generation at 10,579.7 TWh, more than double the United States at 4,519.79 TWh and far ahead of all other countries. India ranks third with 2,081.6 TWh, while Russia and Japan also exceed 1,000 TWh. At the bottom, Lesotho records just 0.001 TWh, and several very small countries in Africa and Oceania cluster below 0.1 TWh. A notable surprise is how steep the global drop-off is: the mean is 168.3 TWh, far below the output of the top few producers.
Regional trends
Asia has by far the highest continental average at 386.7 TWh, reflecting the presence of China, India, Japan, and South Korea among the global leaders. North America is a distant second at 246 TWh, supported by the United States and Canada. Europe and South America are fairly close on average, at 116.2 and 111.1 TWh respectively, while Oceania (33.61 TWh) and especially Africa (18.17 TWh) have much lower averages. The bottom-ranked countries are concentrated in Africa and Oceania, reinforcing that regional gap.
Data source
The data come from Ember 2024-2025 and are measured in TWh of annual electricity generation. Coverage includes 188 countries. A key caveat is that the distribution is highly uneven, with a very large standard deviation of 855.7, so a few giant producers heavily influence global comparisons.
Interpretation
Higher values indicate greater total electricity generation, which generally reflects larger power systems and stronger capacity to supply homes, industry, and services. Lower values point to much smaller national electricity systems, though totals also depend heavily on country size and population. Overall, the data show an extremely concentrated global landscape in which a handful of countries generate most electricity, while many smaller states produce only tiny amounts. That makes absolute generation useful for scale comparisons, but less informative about efficiency or access on its own.