# The Energy Race · World scoreboard

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- Data mode: `real` · generated: 2026-10-23

## Scoreboard by team (headline component of each metric)

### 1. Primary energy production & trade balance

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 90.05 | 85.52 | 89.05 | 97.02 | 102.98 | 96.95 | 99.1 | 104.18 | 108.34 | 109.25 | pending |
| 2. China | 112.83 | 105.56 | 107.01 | 114.16 | 121.25 | 123.67 | 129.55 | 130.9 | 134 | 137.96 | pending |
| 3. Europe | 38.74 | 38.11 | 38.23 | 37.74 | 36.28 | 34.76 | 34.93 | 34.32 | 33.16 | 33.4 | pending |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 73.93 | 74.6 | 78.96 | 81.63 | 82.46 | 77.1 | 81.25 | 78.63 | 77.06 | 77.52 | pending |
| 5. India & South Asia | 18.32 | 19.25 | 19.56 | 20.44 | 20.68 | 20.22 | 21.34 | 23.54 | 25.62 | 26.26 | pending |
| 6. Middle East | 87.04 | 92.59 | 93.33 | 94.72 | 91.99 | 87.42 | 88.88 | 96.63 | 95.97 | 96.83 | pending |
| 7. Latin America | 39.08 | 38.33 | 37.08 | 35.34 | 34.1 | 31.74 | 31.82 | 33.36 | 34.58 | 35.55 | pending |
| 8. Africa | 33.79 | 32.79 | 34.99 | 35.57 | 35.45 | 31.55 | 33.22 | 32.51 | 32.85 | 32.3 | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 66.85 | 67.86 | 70.2 | 74.02 | 76.97 | 73.95 | 75.19 | 77.25 | 78.89 | 80.86 | pending |

### 2. Electricity generation & mix

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 4,086 | 4,089 | 4,054 | 4,203 | 4,160 | 4,045 | 4,156 | 4,289 | 4,256 | 4,393 | 4,520 |
| 2. China | 5,838 | 6,141 | 6,610 | 7,170 | 7,509 | 7,780 | 8,533 | 8,837 | 9,441 | 10,063 | 10,506 |
| 3. Europe | 3,493 | 3,519 | 3,541 | 3,535 | 3,482 | 3,361 | 3,485 | 3,384 | 3,310 | 3,369 | 3,384 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 1,269 | 1,297 | 1,313 | 1,340 | 1,347 | 1,322 | 1,408 | 1,423 | 1,436 | 1,480 | 1,442 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 1,509 | 1,615 | 1,695 | 1,810 | 1,855 | 1,819 | 1,961 | 2,098 | 2,206 | 2,329 | 2,355 |
| 6. Middle East | 1,298 | 1,344 | 1,444 | 1,451 | 1,488 | 1,510 | 1,594 | 1,646 | 1,716 | 1,803 | 1,633 |
| 7. Latin America | 1,619 | 1,630 | 1,627 | 1,654 | 1,680 | 1,662 | 1,727 | 1,755 | 1,816 | 1,865 | 1,715 |
| 8. Africa | 787.13 | 802.85 | 822.63 | 852.8 | 872.89 | 857.3 | 902.66 | 920.07 | 927.8 | 961.36 | 641.57 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 3,775 | 3,905 | 3,988 | 4,085 | 4,103 | 4,053 | 4,175 | 4,292 | 4,313 | 4,438 | 4,403 |

### 3. New capacity by technology

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | -2.21 | 18.7 | 17.05 | 25.15 | 9.57 | 17.02 | 30.98 | 19.99 | 29.57 | 39.32 | 39.45 |
| 2. China | 140.4 | 111.19 | 120.4 | 114.26 | 119.12 | 176.4 | 157.14 | 175.91 | 352.59 | 411.97 | 533.33 |
| 3. Europe | 14.45 | 11.92 | 13.91 | 18.6 | 25.58 | 15.06 | 22.62 | 49.98 | 70.14 | 71.15 | 52.03 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 4.98 | 4.55 | 2.25 | 4.31 | 5.04 | 1.31 | 0.19 | 3.34 | 3.78 | 2.22 | 8.41 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 31.76 | 33.62 | 26.98 | 32.52 | 21.55 | 11.53 | 22.8 | 23.39 | 26.49 | 38.71 | 52.67 |
| 6. Middle East | 13.5 | 18.47 | 18.2 | 15.44 | 23.03 | 21.48 | 10.97 | 20.83 | 25.01 | 9.91 | 2.75 |
| 7. Latin America | 12.96 | 31.53 | 11.25 | 19.87 | 19.18 | 19.18 | 20.6 | 33.51 | 27.49 | 28.73 | 24.54 |
| 8. Africa | 13.25 | 8.07 | 13.38 | 24.84 | 10.36 | 5.03 | 8.46 | 8.92 | 6.96 | 9.66 | 9.9 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 41.33 | 42.19 | 27.68 | 25.51 | 39.82 | 46.84 | 36.86 | 39.87 | 28.26 | 43.87 | 23.08 |

### 4. Oil & gas: production and reserves

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 9.45 | 8.85 | 9.37 | 10.96 | 12.25 | 11.31 | 11.32 | 12.03 | 12.97 | 13.27 | 13.66 |
| 2. China | 4.28 | 3.98 | 3.77 | 3.74 | 3.79 | 3.85 | 3.96 | 4.09 | 4.18 | 4.23 | 4.32 |
| 3. Europe | 3.05 | 3.06 | 3 | 2.97 | 2.89 | 3.08 | 2.99 | 2.82 | 2.83 | 2.73 | 2.83 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 12.2 | 12.43 | 12.67 | 12.91 | 12.97 | 11.85 | 12.11 | 12.28 | 12.36 | 11.92 | 12.16 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.8 | 0.76 | 0.7 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.64 |
| 6. Middle East | 26.08 | 27.85 | 27.55 | 27.85 | 26.12 | 23.93 | 24.26 | 27.12 | 26.37 | 26.24 | 26.79 |
| 7. Latin America | 9.58 | 9.13 | 8.7 | 8.02 | 7.51 | 7.2 | 7.31 | 7.88 | 8.56 | 8.79 | 9.36 |
| 8. Africa | 7.94 | 7.4 | 7.76 | 7.84 | 7.86 | 6.47 | 6.82 | 6.53 | 6.77 | 6.63 | 7.01 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 6.32 | 6.29 | 6.43 | 6.69 | 6.76 | 6.37 | 6.47 | 6.43 | 6.43 | 6.57 | 6.78 |

### 5. Nuclear fission: operating, under construction, planned

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 98.67 | 99.57 | 99.63 | 99.43 | 98.12 | 96.5 | 95.55 | 94.66 | 95.71 | 96.83 | 96.89 |
| 2. China | 27.17 | 33.64 | 35.82 | 44.66 | 48.74 | 49.89 | 53.26 | 55.53 | 56.91 | 60.83 | 62.48 |
| 3. Europe | 125.21 | 125.06 | 124.04 | 123.75 | 122.45 | 117.08 | 115.88 | 109.02 | 105.52 | 105.98 | 104.19 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 27.19 | 27.98 | 27.96 | 29.18 | 30.35 | 29.46 | 29.65 | 29.65 | 29.65 | 28.65 | 28.65 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 6.57 | 6.53 | 7.92 | 7.92 | 7.92 | 7.92 | 9.07 | 10.4 | 11.1 | 11.8 | 12.4 |
| 6. Middle East | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 2.41 | 2.41 | 3.8 | 5.19 | 6.58 | 1.02 |
| 7. Latin America | 5.33 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 | 5.35 |
| 8. Africa | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.93 | 1.93 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 82.94 | 83.77 | 80.83 | 77.74 | 73.54 | 72.71 | 72.31 | 73.71 | 72.3 | 72.75 | 71.8 |

### 6. Fusion: projects and highest real milestone

_Announcement ≠ data: only status backed by a milestone counts._

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 2. China | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 3. Europe | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 5. India & South Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 6. Middle East | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 7. Latin America | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 8. Africa | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

### 7. Data centers: operating and under construction

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.34 | 1.81 | 5.74 |
| 2. China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.54 |
| 3. Europe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.17 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 5. India & South Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 6. Middle East | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7. Latin America | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 8. Africa | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.33 |

### 8. Critical minerals: share of extraction and refining

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 2. China | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 3. Europe | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 5. India & South Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 6. Middle East | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 7. Latin America | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 8. Africa | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |

### 9. Industrial electricity price

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 2. China | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 3. Europe | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 5. India & South Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 6. Middle East | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 7. Latin America | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 8. Africa | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |

### 10. GDP per kWh

_An average of how much economy goes with each kWh, not how much GDP one more kWh would add._

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 4.41 | 4.53 | 4.77 | 4.86 | 5.13 | 5.22 | 5.66 | 6.02 | 6.51 | 6.65 | 6.79 |
| 2. China | 1.99 | 1.92 | 1.96 | 2.03 | 1.99 | 1.97 | 2.18 | 2.12 | 1.98 | 1.91 | 1.86 |
| 3. Europe | 5.1 | 5.08 | 5.3 | 5.72 | 5.7 | 5.79 | 6.35 | 6.44 | 7.19 | 7.43 | 8.04 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 1.35 | 1.22 | 1.44 | 1.47 | 1.51 | 1.36 | 1.55 | 1.91 | 1.75 | 1.83 | 2.14 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 1.81 | 1.86 | 2.02 | 1.95 | 1.97 | 1.91 | 2.06 | 2 | 1.99 | 2.03 | 2.03 |
| 6. Middle East | 2.44 | 2.41 | 2.38 | 2.45 | 2.35 | 2.04 | 2.38 | 2.71 | 2.69 | 2.75 | 2.86 |
| 7. Latin America | 3.26 | 3.15 | 3.5 | 3.37 | 3.26 | 2.77 | 3.07 | 3.44 | 3.75 | 3.73 | 3.87 |
| 8. Africa | 3.03 | 2.78 | 2.82 | 2.92 | 3.21 | 3.11 | 3.3 | 3.48 | 3.22 | 3 | 2.49 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 3.39 | 3.44 | 3.52 | 3.58 | 3.61 | 3.57 | 3.77 | 3.58 | 3.57 | 3.48 | 3.57 |

### 11. Emissions per kWh

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | 505.01 | 483.46 | 469.15 | 462.71 | 439.54 | 411.83 | 423.87 | 410.48 | 393 | 383.91 | 384.4 |
| 2. China | 670.63 | 654.3 | 647.18 | 639.86 | 622.74 | 609.37 | 602.7 | 590.34 | 586.71 | 559.39 | 528.28 |
| 3. Europe | 341.25 | 329.29 | 326.39 | 307.43 | 278.76 | 253.66 | 264.1 | 279.95 | 230.28 | 207.98 | 207.67 |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | 509.53 | 506.99 | 507.66 | 511.75 | 509.04 | 497.86 | 506.77 | 521.65 | 523.22 | 515.6 | 502.18 |
| 5. India & South Asia | 715.23 | 718.3 | 713.03 | 709.53 | 694.41 | 681.29 | 684.23 | 673.3 | 679.99 | 673.39 | 645.7 |
| 6. Middle East | 633.81 | 634.4 | 638.12 | 643.29 | 619.04 | 621.53 | 625.85 | 617.45 | 608.01 | 599.47 | 589.67 |
| 7. Latin America | 335.6 | 323.65 | 310.41 | 300.07 | 302.57 | 285.65 | 290.05 | 263.45 | 260.43 | 255.11 | 245.58 |
| 8. Africa | 597.79 | 595 | 588.76 | 584.31 | 575.11 | 564.55 | 557.12 | 549.48 | 544.52 | 543.63 | 569.37 |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | 510.82 | 507.94 | 506.07 | 504.1 | 502.27 | 490.95 | 484.33 | 475.89 | 476.78 | 475.85 | 472.18 |

### 12. Annual energy investment

| Team | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. United States | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 2. China | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 3. Europe | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 4. Russia & Central Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 5. India & South Asia | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 6. Middle East | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 7. Latin America | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 8. Africa | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |
| 9. Asia-Pacific & Canada | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending | pending |

## Layers

- Fission reactors (pending: data source on the way) (v0): 0 assets
- Fusion projects (v0): 27 assets
- AI data centers (Epoch AI frontier list) (v0): 66 assets
- Oil & gas fields and basins (v1): 0 assets
- Large renewables (v1): 0 assets
- Hydro (v1): 0 assets
- Critical-mineral mines and refineries (v1): 0 assets
- Oil & gas pipelines (v1): 0 assets
- LNG terminals (v1): 0 assets
- Routes and chokepoints (v1): 0 assets

## Countries without a team

Armenia, Antarctica, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Bermuda, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Georgia, Greenland, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Iceland, Jordan, Lebanon, Moldova, Mongolia, North Korea, Palestine, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Syria, Ukraine, Yemen

## Sources

- **calculo-pbi-por-kwh** — Own calculation: World Bank GDP (WDI) / Ember electricity demand. License: CC BY 4.0 (both sources); own calculation. Verdict: publicable con atribución. https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0037712/world-development-indicators
- **curaduria-propia-er** — The Energy Race own curation · fusion projects. License: Own curation: milestones in our own words with their primary source; Wikidata coordinates under CC0. Verdict: publicable. https://query.wikidata.org/
- **eia-intl** — EIA - International Energy Data (international data, API and INTL bulk). License: Public domain (U.S. government work) + EIA Copyrights and Reuse Policy + API Terms of Service. Verdict: publicable con atribución. https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world
- **ember** — Ember - Yearly Electricity Data. License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Verdict: publicable con atribución. https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data
- **epoch-ai-data-centers** — Epoch AI - AI data centers (including the 'Frontier Data Centers' hub). License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY; the page links https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Verdict: publicable con atribución. https://epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers