Electricity generation — all countries

Electricity generation — China

Electricity generation in China in 2025 — 10,577.71 TWh. Ranked 1 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 680.3%.

2025 10,577.71 TWh +4.87% vs 2024
World rank 1of 91
Period maximum 10,577.71 TWh2025
Period minimum 1,355.6 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · terawatt-hours

Electricity generation — China, 2000–202505,00010,00015,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 1,355.6 TWh2001: 1,480.79 TWh2002: 1,654.01 TWh2003: 1,910.58 TWh2004: 2,203.31 TWh2005: 2,500.26 TWh2006: 2,865.72 TWh2007: 3,281.54 TWh2008: 3,495.76 TWh2009: 3,714.64 TWh2010: 4,207.16 TWh2011: 4,713.02 TWh2012: 4,987.54 TWh2013: 5,431.63 TWh2014: 5,794.45 TWh2015: 5,814.58 TWh2016: 6,133.16 TWh2017: 6,604.44 TWh2018: 7,166.14 TWh2019: 7,503.43 TWh2020: 7,779.07 TWh2021: 8,534.26 TWh2022: 8,848.71 TWh2023: 9,456.45 TWh2024: 10,086.88 TWh2025: 10,577.71 TWh
Change over the period: +9,222.11 (+680.3%) Average annual rate: 8.57 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 10,577.71 TWh
Eastern Asia computed 12,530.91 TWh
Electricity generation — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2025 10,577.71 +490.83 +4.87%
2024 10,086.88 +630.43 +6.67%
2023 9,456.45 +607.74 +6.87%
2022 8,848.71 +314.45 +3.68%
2021 8,534.26 +755.19 +9.71%
2020 7,779.07 +275.64 +3.67%
2019 7,503.43 +337.29 +4.71%
2018 7,166.14 +561.7 +8.5%
2017 6,604.44 +471.28 +7.68%
2016 6,133.16 +318.58 +5.48%
2015 5,814.58 +20.13 +0.35%
2014 5,794.45 +362.82 +6.68%
2013 5,431.63 +444.09 +8.9%
2012 4,987.54 +274.52 +5.82%
2011 4,713.02 +505.86 +12.02%
2010 4,207.16 +492.52 +13.26%
2009 3,714.64 +218.88 +6.26%
2008 3,495.76 +214.22 +6.53%
2007 3,281.54 +415.82 +14.51%
2006 2,865.72 +365.46 +14.62%
2005 2,500.26 +296.95 +13.48%
2004 2,203.31 +292.73 +15.32%
2003 1,910.58 +256.57 +15.51%
2002 1,654.01 +173.22 +11.7%
2001 1,480.79 +125.19 +9.24%
2000 1,355.6

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Gross electricity generation from all sources over the year, in terawatt-hours. One terawatt-hour is a billion kilowatt-hours, roughly the annual consumption of three hundred thousand European households. The indicator answers the question of scale, while the shares of sources answer the question of composition, and the two should not be confused: France has a higher nuclear share than the United States, yet generates half as much electricity at nuclear plants. This is the series that serves as the weight when world and regional source shares are computed: percentages cannot be added up without it.

Important: Gross generation, before deducting the plants' own use and network losses; demand is therefore lower than generation by the amount of the losses, with an adjustment for imports. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.