Oil share of electricity in China in 2023 — 0.1%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 136. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 8.01 pp.
1990–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: China
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.1 | −0 pp |
| 2022 | 0.1 | −0.04 pp |
| 2021 | 0.13 | −0.02 pp |
| 2020 | 0.15 | +0.01 pp |
| 2019 | 0.14 | −0.01 pp |
| 2018 | 0.15 | +0.01 pp |
| 2017 | 0.15 | −0.02 pp |
| 2016 | 0.17 | +0 pp |
| 2015 | 0.17 | +0 pp |
| 2014 | 0.16 | −0.02 pp |
| 2013 | 0.18 | −0.04 pp |
| 2012 | 0.22 | −0.04 pp |
| 2011 | 0.26 | −0.1 pp |
| 2010 | 0.35 | +0.03 pp |
| 2009 | 0.33 | −0.22 pp |
| 2008 | 0.54 | −0.31 pp |
| 2007 | 0.86 | −0.47 pp |
| 2006 | 1.32 | −0.7 pp |
| 2005 | 2.02 | −0.95 pp |
| 2004 | 2.97 | +0.1 pp |
| 2003 | 2.87 | −0.2 pp |
| 2002 | 3.07 | −0.21 pp |
| 2001 | 3.28 | −0.21 pp |
| 2000 | 3.49 | −0.57 pp |
| 1999 | 4.05 | −0.52 pp |
| 1998 | 4.57 | +0.43 pp |
| 1997 | 4.15 | −0.51 pp |
| 1996 | 4.66 | −0.81 pp |
| 1995 | 5.47 | +0.27 pp |
| 1994 | 5.19 | −2.61 pp |
| 1993 | 7.81 | +0.75 pp |
| 1992 | 7.06 | −0.61 pp |
| 1991 | 7.66 | −0.44 pp |
| 1990 | 8.11 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
The share of electricity generated from oil and petroleum products. In large power systems this share is close to zero: burning oil for electricity is expensive, and it is more profitable to send it to transport. It is high where there is no other choice — on islands and in isolated systems, to which diesel can be shipped but where a pipeline or a large hydro plant cannot be built. A high value therefore usually says not that a country is rich in oil but that it is isolated.
Important: Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward. A high value usually means an isolated power system rather than oil wealth.
Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.
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