Bangladesh ranks 36th in global electricity generation, China on top

Bangladesh ranked 36th in global electricity generation in 2025. According to a list based on international energy data, the country generated 103.4 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity that year.

The list was published by DataStats, covering 200 countries and built on data from the energy research organisation Ember. For some countries, however, the latest available figures from different years were used, so the list is not fully comparable for 2025 alone.

China retained the top position. In 2025 it generated 10,579.7 TWh, more than double the 4,519.8 TWh of the second-placed United States. Separate figures from China's National Bureau of Statistics also put its generation at around 10,575 TWh.

India ranked third with 2,081.6 TWh. It was followed by Russia (1,192.8 TWh) and Japan (1,029.9 TWh).

Brazil ranked sixth with 750.5 TWh, followed by Canada (652.4 TWh), South Korea (624.7 TWh), France (570.2 TWh) and Germany (500.5 TWh).

Bangladesh's generation rose from the previous year. Output was 101.7 TWh in 2024 and increased to 103.4 TWh in 2025, growth of about 1.6 percent in a year.

Over the past decade, generation in the country has risen by about 74 percent. Output was 59.3 TWh in 2015 and reached 103.4 TWh in 2025.

The gap with the largest producers remains wide. In 2025 China generated more than 100 times as much electricity as Bangladesh, while neighbouring India generated about 20 times as much. One terawatt-hour equals one billion kilowatt-hours.

By source, Bangladesh remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels. According to Ember's 2025 data, about 64.3 percent of total generation came from natural gas, 21.5 percent from coal and 12.1 percent from oil and other fossil fuels. In all, about 98 percent of generation came from fossil fuels.

Renewables contributed only slightly more than 2 percent. Of that, solar accounted for about 1.5 percent and hydropower for 0.6 percent.

The global picture is moving in a different direction. According to Ember's Global Electricity Review 2026, renewable generation overtook coal-fired generation for the first time in more than a century. Renewables supplied 33.8 percent of the world's total generation, while coal supplied 33 percent.

The report also said record growth in solar generation met about 75 percent of the increase in global electricity demand. Solar and wind together met about 99 percent of that demand growth.