Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — China

Clean electricity share in China in 2025 — 41.58%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 23.71 pp.

2025 41.58% +3.41 pp vs 2024
World rank 54of 91
Period maximum 41.58%2025
Period minimum 17.15%2007

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — China, 2000–202510203040502000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 17.87%2001: 20.14%2002: 19.13%2003: 17.3%2004: 18.51%2005: 18.29%2006: 17.5%2007: 17.15%2008: 20.98%2009: 19.77%2010: 20.47%2011: 18.67%2012: 22.01%2013: 22.18%2014: 24.56%2015: 26.92%2016: 28.3%2017: 29%2018: 29.73%2019: 31.5%2020: 32.8%2021: 33.46%2022: 34.9%2023: 35.21%2024: 38.17%2025: 41.58%
Change over the period: +23.71 pp Annual average: 0.95 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China

China 41.58%
Eastern Asia computed 40.1%
Clean electricity share — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 41.58 +3.41 pp
2024 38.17 +2.96 pp
2023 35.21 +0.31 pp
2022 34.9 +1.44 pp
2021 33.46 +0.66 pp
2020 32.8 +1.3 pp
2019 31.5 +1.77 pp
2018 29.73 +0.73 pp
2017 29 +0.7 pp
2016 28.3 +1.38 pp
2015 26.92 +2.36 pp
2014 24.56 +2.38 pp
2013 22.18 +0.17 pp
2012 22.01 +3.34 pp
2011 18.67 −1.8 pp
2010 20.47 +0.7 pp
2009 19.77 −1.21 pp
2008 20.98 +3.83 pp
2007 17.15 −0.35 pp
2006 17.5 −0.79 pp
2005 18.29 −0.22 pp
2004 18.51 +1.21 pp
2003 17.3 −1.83 pp
2002 19.13 −1.01 pp
2001 20.14 +2.27 pp
2000 17.87

Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.