Coal share of electricity in China in 2023 — 61.34%. Ranked 80 in the world out of 87. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 9.7 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 61.34 | −0.38 pp |
| 2022 | 61.72 | −1.28 pp |
| 2021 | 63 | −0.45 pp |
| 2020 | 63.46 | −1.51 pp |
| 2019 | 64.97 | −1.56 pp |
| 2018 | 66.53 | −1.5 pp |
| 2017 | 68.03 | −0.39 pp |
| 2016 | 68.42 | −1.77 pp |
| 2015 | 70.19 | −2.82 pp |
| 2014 | 73 | −2.13 pp |
| 2013 | 75.13 | −0.39 pp |
| 2012 | 75.52 | −3.18 pp |
| 2011 | 78.69 | +1.71 pp |
| 2010 | 76.99 | −1.39 pp |
| 2009 | 78.38 | −0.37 pp |
| 2008 | 78.75 | −2.2 pp |
| 2007 | 80.95 | +0.61 pp |
| 2006 | 80.34 | +1.14 pp |
| 2005 | 79.2 | +1.02 pp |
| 2004 | 78.17 | −1.38 pp |
| 2003 | 79.56 | +2.01 pp |
| 2002 | 77.54 | +1.29 pp |
| 2001 | 76.25 | −1.96 pp |
| 2000 | 78.21 | +0.54 pp |
| 1999 | 77.67 | +2.04 pp |
| 1998 | 75.64 | −0.72 pp |
| 1997 | 76.36 | +0.16 pp |
| 1996 | 76.2 | +2.45 pp |
| 1995 | 73.75 | −1.04 pp |
| 1994 | 74.79 | +1.29 pp |
| 1993 | 73.5 | −1.53 pp |
| 1992 | 75.03 | +1.52 pp |
| 1991 | 73.51 | +2.47 pp |
| 1990 | 71.04 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of electricity generated from coal in a country's total generation. Coal remains the largest source of electricity in the world despite plant closures in Europe and North America: growth in Asia outweighs that decline. In emissions per kilowatt-hour coal is about twice as bad as gas, which is why this share does more than anything else to set the carbon intensity of a country's electricity.
Important: Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by electricity generation in terawatt-hours — the only correct weight for a share of generation. The weight series comes from Ember and starts in 2000, so there are no aggregates for earlier years, even though country data go back to 1960.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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