China's electricity generation rose from 1,081 in 1996 to 10,583 in 2025.
China's primary energy consumption rose from 10,353 in 1995 to 48,987 in 2024.
China · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
China's electricity consumption per capita rose from 878.4 kWh in 1996 to 7,473.6 kWh in 2025.
China's solar electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 1,175 in 2025.
China's wind electricity generation rose from 0.1 in 1996 to 1,135 in 2025.
China's hydropower electricity generation rose from 188.0 in 1996 to 1,397 in 2025.
China's nuclear electricity generation rose from 14.3 in 1996 to 487.6 in 2025.
China's energy use per capita rose from 8,484.9 kWh in 1995 to 34,514.5 kWh in 2024.
China's renewable energy fell from 32.8 % in 1992 to 15.2 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +3.3 pts49th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −3.5 pts53rd of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +3.5 pts53rd of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.2 pts43rd of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareup +0.1 pts23rd of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +2.8 pts28th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.8 pts29th of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −3.4 pts81st of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.0 pts66th of 87
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- Energy importsup +3.3 pts43rd of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)down −0.0 pts64th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −1.4 %138th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −5.4 %66th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionup +1.8 %7th of 50
- Gas productionup +6.0 %4th of 49
- Coal productionup +1.2 %1st of 34