5 Countries That Produce the Most Electric Power

4. Russia

Electricity Production in 2021 (TWh): 1157.1

Russia ranks #4 on our list of 20 Countries That Produce the Most Electric Power given its electricity production of 1,157.1 TWh in 2021. Of the different sources of generation, natural gas accounted for 496.8 TWh of electricity generation for 2021 given Russia has nearly a quarter of the world’s total natural gas reserves. Nuclear energy accounted for 222.4 TWh and hydroelectric accounted for 214.5 TWh for the same year.