India Generates The World’s Fourth-Most Renewable Electricity
Renewable Electricity Generated By The World’s 30 Largest Economies, Latest Year, In TWh, Split By Source. India Made 501 TWh — Behind Only China, The US And Brazil — With Solar Now Its Biggest Single Source. Hover Any Country For Its Full Breakdown.
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Each Bar Is A Country’s Renewable Generation, Stacked By Source · India Glows In Cyan · Hover Any Country For Its Full Breakdown.
Renewable Electricity Generation By The 30 Largest Economies, Latest Available Year, In TWh, Split Into Hydro, Wind, Solar And Bioenergy/Other. Hover Any Bar For The Exact Source Breakdown And Rank. * Indonesia And Saudi Arabia Show 2024 Data.
India’s Renewables
501 TWh
The World’s Fourth-Largest, Behind China, The US And Brazil.
India’s Top Source
Solar Leads
Solar (196 TWh) Has Overtaken Hydro (178) As India’s Biggest Renewable.
India’s Rise Since 2000
6.2×
Renewable Output Has Grown From 80 TWh To 501 TWh In 25 Years.
China Dwarfs The Field
Nearly 8×
China’s 3,921 TWh Is Almost Eight Times India’s Renewable Output.
Of India’s Grid
24%
Renewables Still Supply Under A Quarter Of India’s Electricity.
India: Wind + Solar
300 TWh
India’s Wind And Solar Together Now Far Exceed Its Hydro (178 TWh).
China’s Share
44%
China Makes 44% Of All Renewable Power Across The 30 Economies.
China’s Solar Vs India
2.3×
China’s Solar Alone Is Over Twice India’s Entire Renewable Output.
The Verdict
India Is Already A Renewable Heavyweight In Absolute Terms — The World’s Fourth-Largest Generator, And Growing More Than Sixfold Since 2000, Now Led By Solar. But It Trails China By Nearly Eight To One, And Renewables Still Supply Under A Quarter Of Its Own Grid. The Scale Is Real; So Is The Distance Left To Cover.
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India’s Renewable Climb, 2000–2025
India’s Total Renewable Generation, TWh, 2000–2025 · Hover Any Year.
India’s Renewable Output Has Grown 6.2× Since 2000 — From 80 TWh To 501 TWh — Driven In The Last Decade By Solar,
Which Overtook Hydro As India’s Largest Renewable Source In 2025.
The Full Numbers, By Source
#
Economy
Total
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Other
1
China
3,920
1,397
1,135
1,175
213
2
United States
1,159
242
464
389
64
3
Brazil
650
389
118
89
55
4
India
501
178
104
196
23
5
Canada
417
345
52
10
10
6
Germany
296
20
136
90
50
7
Japan
243
74
13
101
55
8
Russia
207
200
4
3
1
9
Spain
161
33
59
63
6
10
Turkey
153
57
39
37
19
11
United Kingdom
152
6
86
19
41
12
France
148
59
46
32
11
13
Italy
129
42
22
45
21
14
Sweden
122
68
39
4
10
15
Australia
110
12
39
56
3
16
Mexico
82
29
21
26
6
17
Netherlands
69
0
34
28
7
18
Indonesia *
67
27
0
1
38
19
South Korea
65
4
4
38
20
20
Austria
61
38
8
10
5
21
Poland
55
2
25
20
9
22
Argentina
53
26
19
5
3
23
Switzerland
44
34
0
8
2
24
Taiwan
35
6
12
16
2
25
Thailand
31
8
3
10
10
26
Belgium
28
0
14
10
4
27
Ireland
15
1
12
2
1
28
Israel
14
0
0
13
0
29
Saudi Arabia *
10
0
2
8
0
30
Singapore
3
0
0
2
2
All Figures In TWh, Latest Available Year. India Highlighted. Other = Bioenergy, Geothermal, Wave And Tidal. * 2024 Data.
What The Numbers Say
China Is In A League Of Its Own
China Generates 3,921 TWh Of Renewable Electricity — 44% Of The Entire Group’s Total, And More Than The Next Six Economies Combined. It Leads On Hydro, Wind And Solar Simultaneously.
Why Brazil Outranks India
Brazil Sits Third On A Fraction Of India’s Population Because Its Grid Is About 85% Renewable — A Decades-Old Hydro Backbone (389 TWh) Topped Up By Fast-Growing Wind. India’s Grid Is Still Only ~24% Renewable.
India’s Solar Turn
Solar Has Become India’s Largest Renewable Source, At 196 TWh — Just Past Hydro (178) And Well Ahead Of Wind (104). It Is The Engine Behind India’s 6.2-Fold Renewable Rise Since 2000.
Sources & Method
The Data
Renewable Electricity Generation By Source (Hydro, Wind, Solar, Bioenergy And Other) From Ember (2026), The Energy Institute And Pinto Et Al. (2023), Via Our World In Data. Retrieved Sep 2026. Each Country Shows Its Latest Available Year. Anchors Cross-Checked: China 3,921, US 1,159, Brazil 650, India 501 TWh.
Scope
The Field Is The 30 Largest Economies By 2025 Nominal GDP (IMF), The Same Set As Our Total-Electricity Graphic, So The Two Compare Directly. Renewables Exclude Nuclear. Indonesia And Saudi Arabia Carry 2024 Data.
Ember’s India Page Independently Reports Solar As India’s Largest Clean Source In 2025, At 9.4% Of Demand (About 196 TWh), With Wind And Solar Together At 14% — Matching This Dataset. Values In TWh.
