Global power production 2022, by leading country

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 30, 2023
China is by far the largest electricity-generating country in the world, with over 8.8 petawatt-hours generated in 2022. It was followed by the United States, with an electricity production of some 4.5 petawatt-hours that year. The U.S. is also amongst the largest electricity importers worldwide.

Leading countries in electricity generation worldwide in 2022 (in terawatt-hours)

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June 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Special properties

Based on gross output

Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
* Figure refers to mainland China. The source considers Hong Kong and Taiwan separately.

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