Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — China

Renewables share of final energy consumption in China in 2021 — 15.2%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has fallen by 18.7 pp.

2021 15.2% +0.3 pp vs 2020
World rank 122of 212
Period maximum 33.9%1990
Period minimum 11.3%2011

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — China, 1990–20210102030401990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 33.9%1991: 33.1%1992: 32.8%1993: 31.5%1994: 31.1%1995: 29.4%1996: 30.5%1997: 30%1998: 29.5%1999: 30.3%2000: 29.6%2001: 28.4%2002: 27%2003: 23.9%2004: 20.2%2005: 17.4%2006: 16.4%2007: 14.9%2008: 14.1%2009: 13.4%2010: 12.3%2011: 11.3%2012: 11.5%2013: 11.5%2014: 11.9%2015: 12.2%2016: 12.6%2017: 13.1%2018: 13.5%2019: 14.3%2020: 14.9%2021: 15.2%
Change over the period: −18.7 pp Annual average: -0.6 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 15.2 +0.3 pp
2020 14.9 +0.6 pp
2019 14.3 +0.8 pp
2018 13.5 +0.4 pp
2017 13.1 +0.5 pp
2016 12.6 +0.4 pp
2015 12.2 +0.3 pp
2014 11.9 +0.4 pp
2013 11.5 +0 pp
2012 11.5 +0.2 pp
2011 11.3 −1 pp
2010 12.3 −1.1 pp
2009 13.4 −0.7 pp
2008 14.1 −0.8 pp
2007 14.9 −1.5 pp
2006 16.4 −1 pp
2005 17.4 −2.8 pp
2004 20.2 −3.7 pp
2003 23.9 −3.1 pp
2002 27 −1.4 pp
2001 28.4 −1.2 pp
2000 29.6 −0.7 pp
1999 30.3 +0.8 pp
1998 29.5 −0.5 pp
1997 30 −0.5 pp
1996 30.5 +1.1 pp
1995 29.4 −1.7 pp
1994 31.1 −0.4 pp
1993 31.5 −1.3 pp
1992 32.8 −0.3 pp
1991 33.1 −0.8 pp
1990 33.9

Eastern Asia, 2021

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

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.