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China: Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels

58.92percent · 2025-19.6% since 2015

Electricity generated from fossil fuels as a share of total generation. Annual figures for China from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202558.925
202462.345
202365.376
202265.676
202167.114
202067.646
201968.841
201870.532
201771.201
201671.799
201573.271
201475.623
201377.947
201278.085
201181.449
201079.647
200980.228
200879.018
200782.848
200682.498
200581.704
200481.487
200382.695
200280.863
200179.862
200082.126
199982.689
199881.505
199781.214
199681.139
199579.44
199480.272
199381.052
199282.633
199181.586
199079.586
198979.753
198879.977
198779.885
198678.967
198577.504

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from fossil fuels. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-fossil (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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