World Electricity Capacity Report for Year 2023

Guide

This site utilizes data from the EIA website to generate a report detailing the electricity capacity and sources for 11 leading countries, presented in a table format.

Users can click the line above the table header to toggle the table open and closed. To use the table, click a country name, for example United States in the first column, the message box above the table will display the electricity capacity for that country, along with the percentage of electricity generated from fossil fuels, renewables, and nuclear energy.

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Capacity
Total Electricty Capacity (GigaWatt)
Nuclear
Electricity capacity from Nuclear (GigaWatt)
Fossil
Electricity capacity from Fossil Fuel (GigaWatt)
Renewable
Electricity capacity from Renewable Energy (GigaWatt)
Hydro
Electricity capacity from Hydroelectricty (GigaWatt)
NonHydro
Electricity capacity from Non-hydroelectric renewables (GigaWatt)
GeoTherm
Electricity capacity from Geothermal (GigaWatt)
Tide
Electricity capacity from Tide and wave (GigaWatt)
Solar
Electricity capacity Solar (GigaWatt)
Wind
Electricity capacity from Wind (GigaWatt)
Biomass
Electricity capacity from Biomass and waste (GigaWatt)
HydrPumpStor
Electricity capacity from Hydroelectric pumped storage (GigaWatt)

Electricty Capacity (GigaWatt) Stats for Leading Countries

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Coutry Capacity Nuclear Fossil Renewable Hydro NonHydro GeoTherm Tide Solar Wind Biomass HydrPumpStor
World 9079.571 382.362 4673.071 3833.267 1215.397 2617.869 15.035 0.500 1418.000 1017.000 168.000 191.000
China 2949.114 54.152 1390.320 1453.702 370.600 1083.102 0.026 0.005 609.921 441.895 31.255 50.940
United States 1235.354 95.746 717.285 399.176 79.985 319.190 2.696 0.000 139.772 147.400 29.277 23.147
India 499.136 6.920 311.923 175.507 46.910 128.597 0.000 0.000 73.109 44.736 10.752 4.786
Japan 361.617 15.860 195.455 122.832 22.179 100.653 0.428 0.000 89.077 5.343 5.805 27.470
Russia 301.926 26.802 217.060 56.708 50.571 6.138 0.074 0.003 2.170 2.518 1.372 1.356
Brazil 240.251 1.884 44.283 194.084 109.903 84.181 0.000 0.000 37.449 29.135 17.597 0.000
Canada 161.988 13.699 39.397 108.718 83.138 25.580 0.006 0.001 5.884 16.989 2.700 0.174
South Korea 151.139 25.825 90.109 30.505 1.805 0.000 23.749 0.256 23.493 2.205 2.746 4.700
UK 114.749 5.883 50.615 55.418 1.890 53.528 0.000 0.024 15.919 30.102 7.483 2.833
Mexico 105.586 1.552 71.083 32.951 12.838 20.113 0.999 0.000 10.910 7.318 0.886 0.000