Electricity production

Global power generation grew by 2.7% in 2025, after a 4.2% increase in 2024, back to its 2010-2019 average growth (+2.6%/year).

In 2025, global power generation was spurred by the two largest countries, namely China (33% of the G20 power generation) and the USA (15%). Power generation increased by nearly 5% and 3%, respectively, to meet rising electricity consumption. Both countries experienced a surging solar and wind power generation, but thermal power generation remained broadly stable in China, whereas it slightly increased in the USA.
Power generation also increased in Europe (+2%) and Canada (+3%), spurred by fossil-fired generation amid stable nuclear and hydropower production (lower hydro and wind in Europe), whereas it contracted by 2% in Russia to follow the lower electricity consumption.
Outside China, Asia’s power generation grew by over 1% in 2025: it slowed down in India** (+1% after +5% in 2024, with booming renewables enabling a 4% drop in thermal generation) and Indonesia (halving to +3%, mostly from coal and biomass). Higher renewable and nuclear production raised power generation in Japan (+1%) and Vietnam (+3%), whereas it remained stable in South Korea and contracted by 5% in Thailand (lower gas-fired generation amid declining electricity demand).
Power generation remained stable in Latin America (stable in Brazil and Mexico) but it increased in the Middle East (+3%, with half of the additional power coming from Saudi Arabia (+5%)), in Africa (+3%) with strong increases in Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria despite a 2% drop in South Africa, and in Australia (+2%) thanks to soaring renewable production.