Fossil electricity share in China
Oil, gas and coal produced 61.6% of electricity in China in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
China, 2024
61.6%
Change from 2023
−3.0percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of G20 countries, 2024
59.7%
Fossil electricity share in China over time
View
China
World
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61.6% | – |
| 2023 | 64.7% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 64.8% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 66.2% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 66.6% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 67.9% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 69.6% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 70.9% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 71.3% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 72.8% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 75.1% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 77.3% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 77.7% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 81.0% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 79.2% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 80.2% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 80.3% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 82.8% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 82.5% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 81.7% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 81.5% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 82.7% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 80.9% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 79.9% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0 percentage points from 64.7% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 75.1%, the figure has changed by −13.5 percentage points.