India
INDIndia is third in the world for how much electricity it makes.
2,082 TWh a year.
What this grid depends on
Three measures that say more about a country than how much power it makes. Open “what this means” on any of them if the term is new.
Among the most carbon-heavy electricity anywhere.
What this means
How much planet-warming gas is released to make one unit of electricity. Two countries can generate exactly the same amount and one of them be ten times dirtier doing it. Lower is better.
India generates almost exactly what it uses, with next to nothing crossing its borders.
What this means
Electricity can be sold across a border like anything else, through high-voltage lines connecting one country's grid to the next. Buying it in means leaning on a neighbour to keep the lights on. Selling it means generating more than the country needs.
Most of what this grid runs on is produced at home.
What this means
How much of what this grid runs on the country can supply itself. Sun, wind and water count fully, because nobody can cut them off; coal, gas and oil only as far as the country digs them up. A high score is not the same as a good grid: mining your own coal scores well, importing uranium scores badly.
Also true of India
India is second in Asia for coal.
Coal supplies 71% of its electricity.
India has about as many people as China, and 5 times less electricity to share between them.
1464 million people against 1416 million, but 1,422 kWh per person a year against 7,474.
India’s neighbours
ChinaChina is first in the world for how much electricity it makes.
PakistanSolar overtook coal on Pakistan's grid in 2025.
BangladeshCoal overtook oil on Bangladesh's grid in 2024.
MyanmarMyanmar has about as many people as South Korea, and 30 times less electricity to share between them.
NepalNepal runs almost entirely on hydro.
Figures are for 2025, the most recent year reported for India. Generation shares are a percentage of electricity generated, not of energy used. How this is calculated.