Electricity generation

billion kilowatt hours, 1980–2015

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    1980 Ranking
    1. United States 2,289.60
    2. Soviet Union 1,294.00
    3. Japan 546.77
    4. West Germany 368.60
    5. Canada 367.76
    6. China 285.47
    7. United Kingdom 264.92
    8. France 250.58
    9. Italy 175.42
    10. Brazil 138.28
    11. India 119.26
    12. Poland 113.46
    13. Spain 108.54
    14. East Germany 98.81
    15. Sweden 94.14
    16. South Africa 93.07
    17. Australia 87.39
    18. Norway 82.71
    19. Czechoslovakia 72.15
    20. Romania 63.87
    21. Mexico 63.64
    22. Netherlands 62.97
    23. Yugoslavia 57.15
    24. Belgium 50.59
    25. Switzerland 45.99
    26. Taiwan 42.01
    27. Argentina 41.86
    28. Austria 40.57
    29. Finland 38.71
    30. South Korea 34.47
    31. Bulgaria 32.85
    32. Venezuela 32.01
    33. Denmark 25.16
    34. Turkey 23.29
    35. New Zealand 23.12
    36. Hungary 22.36
    37. North Korea 22.20
    38. Greece 21.29
    39. Iran 21.26
    40. Saudi Arabia 20.45
    41. Colombia 19.63
    42. Egypt 18.26
    43. Philippines 17.11
    44. Portugal 14.94
    45. Pakistan 14.51
    46. Thailand 13.58
    47. Mozambique 13.56
    48. Puerto Rico 13.30
    49. Indonesia 12.79
    50. Chile 11.85
    51. Hong Kong 11.85
    52. Israel 11.73
    53. Iraq 10.74
    54. Cuba 10.26
    55. Malaysia 10.19
    56. Peru 9.96
    57. Ireland 9.54
    58. Zambia 9.17
    59. Kuwait 8.82
    60. Nigeria 6.87
    61. Algeria 6.68
    62. Singapore 6.50
    63. United Arab Emirates 5.90
    64. Ghana 5.31
    65. Morocco 4.92
    66. Libya 4.53
    67. Zimbabwe 4.47
    68. Congo (Kinshasa) 4.39
    69. Vietnam 3.91
    70. Syria 3.73
    71. Albania 3.64
    72. Uruguay 3.26
    73. Ecuador 3.19
    74. Dominican Republic 3.14
    75. Iceland 3.10
    76. Bangladesh 2.67
    77. Lebanon 2.62
    78. Tunisia 2.62
    79. Qatar 2.28
    80. Costa Rica 2.13
    81. Trinidad and Tobago 1.93
    82. Guatemala 1.88
    83. Panama 1.75
    84. Ivory Coast 1.71
    85. Jamaica 1.68
    86. El Salvador 1.66
    87. Sri Lanka 1.64
    88. Bahrain 1.55
    89. Kenya 1.55
    90. Suriname 1.52
    91. Bolivia 1.52
    92. Mongolia 1.47
    93. Burma (Myanmar) 1.44
    94. Cameroon 1.43
    95. New Caledonia 1.32
    96. Tanzania 1.21
    97. Papua New Guinea 1.19
    98. Guam 1.08
    99. Nicaragua 1.03
    100. Antilles (Netherlands) 1.02
    101. Jordan 1.00
    102. Laos 0.97
    103. Cyprus 0.97
    104. Afghanistan 0.94
    105. Angola 0.91
    106. Honduras 0.90
    107. Oman 0.90
    108. Liberia 0.85
    109. Bahamas 0.80
    110. Luxembourg 0.76
    111. Paraguay 0.72
    112. Sudan 0.70
    113. Ethiopia 0.65
    114. Uganda 0.63
    115. Senegal 0.60
    116. Gabon 0.51
    117. Malta 0.51
    118. Yemen 0.47
    119. Botswana 0.44
    120. Mauritius 0.44
    121. Brunei 0.44
    122. Madagascar 0.42
    123. Malawi 0.41
    124. Guyana 0.39
    125. Guinea 0.36
    126. Reunion 0.34
    127. Barbados 0.31
    128. Bermuda 0.31
    129. Haiti 0.31
    130. Fiji 0.29
    131. Guadeloupe 0.29
    132. Swaziland 0.27
    133. Martinique 0.26
    134. Macau 0.25
    135. French Polynesia 0.24
    136. Nepal 0.21
    137. Sierra Leone 0.19
    138. Faroe Islands 0.15
    139. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.15
    140. Greenland 0.15
    141. Niger 0.12
    142. Rwanda 0.12
    143. Somalia 0.11
    144. Djibouti 0.11
    145. French Guiana 0.11
    146. Mali 0.10
    147. Burkina Faso 0.10
    148. Cambodia 0.10
    149. Mauritania 0.09
    150. Western Sahara 0.07
    151. American Samoa 0.07
    152. Central African Republic 0.07
    153. Cayman Islands 0.06
    154. Antigua and Barbuda 0.06
    155. Saint Lucia 0.05
    156. Gibraltar 0.05
    157. Belize 0.05
    158. Togo 0.05
    159. Seychelles 0.05
    160. Chad 0.04
    161. Samoa 0.04
    162. Gambia 0.04
    163. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.03
    164. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.03
    165. Nauru 0.02
    166. Grenada 0.02
    167. British Virgin Islands 0.02
    168. Solomon Islands 0.02
    169. Vanuatu 0.02
    170. Equatorial Guinea 0.02
    171. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.02
    172. Bhutan 0.02
    173. Cape Verde 0.02
    174. Guinea Bissau 0.01
    175. Dominica 0.01
    176. Montserrat 0.01
    177. Cook Islands 0.01
    178. Tonga 0.01
    179. Comoros 0.01
    180. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.01
    181. Turks and Caicos 0.01
    182. Benin 0.01
    183. Kiribati 0.01
    184. Maldives 0.00
    185. Burundi 0.00
    186. Falkland Islands 0.00
    187. Saint Helena 0.00
    188. Niue 0.00
    189. Kyrgyzstan 0.00
    190. Azerbaijan 0.00
    191. Moldova 0.00
    192. Ukraine 0.00
    193. Georgia 0.00
    194. Aruba 0.00
    195. Latvia 0.00
    196. Armenia 0.00
    197. Uzbekistan 0.00
    198. Turkmenistan 0.00
    199. Germany 0.00
    200. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 0.00
    201. Lithuania 0.00
    202. Serbia 0.00
    203. Serbia and Montenegro 0.00
    204. Montenegro 0.00
    205. West Bank and Gaza 0.00
    206. Slovenia 0.00
    207. Russia 0.00
    208. South Sudan 0.00
    209. Kazakhstan 0.00
    210. Croatia 0.00
    211. Czech Republic 0.00
    212. Eritrea 0.00
    213. Belarus 0.00
    214. Estonia 0.00
    215. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00
    216. Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
    217. Tajikistan 0.00
    218. Slovakia 0.00
    219. Namibia 0.00
    220. Kosovo 0.00
    2015 Ranking
    1. China 5,581.74
    2. United States 4,097.03
    3. India 1,294.50
    4. Russia 1,008.36
    5. Japan 976.39
    6. Canada 647.05
    7. Germany 610.17
    8. Brazil 568.65
    9. France 540.12
    10. South Korea 516.55
    11. United Kingdom 318.15
    12. Saudi Arabia 318.04
    13. Mexico 294.82
    14. Italy 268.94
    15. Iran 264.97
    16. Spain 264.20
    17. Turkey 248.86
    18. Taiwan 240.40
    19. Australia 239.15
    20. South Africa 230.59
    21. Indonesia 221.31
    22. Egypt 171.83
    23. Thailand 167.96
    24. Sweden 159.29
    25. Poland 155.29
    26. Ukraine 152.12
    27. Vietnam 146.90
    28. Norway 142.38
    29. Malaysia 141.87
    30. Argentina 133.82
    31. United Arab Emirates 119.74
    32. Venezuela 114.37
    33. Pakistan 104.58
    34. Netherlands 104.27
    35. Kazakhstan 100.56
    36. Philippines 78.64
    37. Czech Republic 77.83
    38. Chile 72.33
    39. Colombia 67.26
    40. Finland 66.39
    41. Belgium 65.71
    42. Iraq 64.92
    43. Algeria 64.68
    44. Switzerland 64.07
    45. Kuwait 63.84
    46. Romania 63.02
    47. Israel 60.45
    48. Austria 56.94
    49. Bangladesh 55.50
    50. Paraguay 55.19
    51. Uzbekistan 54.42
    52. Greece 49.27
    53. Portugal 49.16
    54. Singapore 47.48
    55. Peru 46.65
    56. Bulgaria 46.27
    57. New Zealand 42.91
    58. Qatar 39.01
    59. Hong Kong 35.76
    60. Serbia 35.46
    61. Libya 35.45
    62. Belarus 32.06
    63. Oman 30.79
    64. Nigeria 29.83
    65. Hungary 28.71
    66. Denmark 28.39
    67. Morocco 27.97
    68. Bahrain 26.78
    69. Ireland 26.64
    70. Ecuador 24.97
    71. Slovakia 24.85
    72. Azerbaijan 23.30
    73. Turkmenistan 21.19
    74. Puerto Rico 20.32
    75. Mozambique 19.58
    76. Cuba 19.12
    77. Iceland 18.56
    78. Tunisia 18.33
    79. Jordan 17.88
    80. Lebanon 17.32
    81. Tajikistan 16.98
    82. Syria 16.83
    83. Dominican Republic 15.64
    84. Burma (Myanmar) 15.48
    85. Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.97
    86. Slovenia 14.10
    87. Uruguay 13.56
    88. North Korea 13.41
    89. Zambia 13.29
    90. Kyrgyzstan 12.80
    91. Sri Lanka 12.71
    92. Sudan 12.69
    93. Laos 11.46
    94. Ghana 11.09
    95. Croatia 10.89
    96. Guatemala 10.76
    97. Costa Rica 10.73
    98. Georgia 10.61
    99. Ethiopia 10.34
    100. Panama 10.02
    101. Estonia 9.89
    102. Trinidad and Tobago 9.68
    103. Kenya 9.57
    104. Angola 9.44
    105. Zimbabwe 9.38
    106. Congo (Kinshasa) 8.85
    107. Honduras 8.63
    108. Ivory Coast 8.26
    109. Bolivia 8.15
    110. Bhutan 7.73
    111. Armenia 7.39
    112. Cameroon 6.61
    113. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 6.07
    114. Tanzania 6.03
    115. El Salvador 5.92
    116. Albania 5.87
    117. Kosovo 5.76
    118. Moldova 5.74
    119. Latvia 5.35
    120. Mongolia 5.19
    121. Yemen 5.01
    122. Nicaragua 4.44
    123. Cyprus 4.28
    124. Cambodia 4.24
    125. Brunei 3.95
    126. Jamaica 3.90
    127. Senegal 3.67
    128. Papua New Guinea 3.62
    129. Lithuania 3.60
    130. Nepal 3.49
    131. Uganda 3.24
    132. Montenegro 2.90
    133. Mauritius 2.86
    134. New Caledonia 2.81
    135. Botswana 2.79
    136. Reunion 2.62
    137. Suriname 2.19
    138. Mali 2.18
    139. Malawi 2.12
    140. Gabon 2.05
    141. Bahamas 1.81
    142. Congo (Brazzaville) 1.68
    143. Guam 1.62
    144. Martinique 1.60
    145. Guadeloupe 1.53
    146. Namibia 1.52
    147. Madagascar 1.51
    148. Mauritania 1.28
    149. Malta 1.23
    150. Afghanistan 1.03
    151. Antilles (Netherlands) 1.00
    152. Guinea 1.00
    153. Guyana 1.00
    154. Haiti 0.98
    155. Aruba 0.97
    156. Burkina Faso 0.94
    157. Barbados 0.92
    158. Macau 0.90
    159. Fiji 0.89
    160. French Guiana 0.83
    161. Luxembourg 0.76
    162. Bermuda 0.66
    163. French Polynesia 0.63
    164. Greenland 0.63
    165. Cayman Islands 0.62
    166. Lesotho 0.60
    167. Rwanda 0.60
    168. Niger 0.50
    169. West Bank and Gaza 0.48
    170. Cape Verde 0.46
    171. Swaziland 0.43
    172. Equatorial Guinea 0.43
    173. Djibouti 0.41
    174. Eritrea 0.38
    175. Saint Lucia 0.36
    176. Maldives 0.35
    177. Seychelles 0.35
    178. Somalia 0.35
    179. Antigua and Barbuda 0.33
    180. Benin 0.31
    181. South Sudan 0.31
    182. Faroe Islands 0.31
    183. Liberia 0.30
    184. Belize 0.25
    185. Gambia 0.24
    186. Burundi 0.23
    187. Turks and Caicos 0.22
    188. Chad 0.22
    189. Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.21
    190. Grenada 0.20
    191. Gibraltar 0.20
    192. Sierra Leone 0.18
    193. Central African Republic 0.17
    194. American Samoa 0.16
    195. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.16
    196. Samoa 0.13
    197. British Virgin Islands 0.13
    198. Dominica 0.09
    199. Solomon Islands 0.09
    200. Togo 0.08
    201. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.07
    202. Vanuatu 0.06
    203. Comoros 0.05
    204. Tonga 0.05
    205. Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.05
    206. Guinea Bissau 0.03
    207. Cook Islands 0.03
    208. Nauru 0.03
    209. Montserrat 0.02
    210. Kiribati 0.02
    211. Falkland Islands 0.02
    212. Saint Helena 0.01
    213. Niue 0.00
    214. Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
    215. West Germany 0.00
    216. East Germany 0.00
    217. Soviet Union 0.00
    218. Serbia and Montenegro 0.00
    219. Czechoslovakia 0.00
    220. Yugoslavia 0.00

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    Source: EIA