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China: Electricity production from coal sources

58.55percent · 2024-19.8% since 2014

The share of electricity production from coal sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Annual figures for China from 1990 to 2024.

19902024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202458.553
202361.592
202261.719
202163.001
202063.455
201964.969
201866.529
201768.026
201668.418
201570.188
201473.004
201375.131
201275.518
201178.695
201076.989
200978.383
200878.751
200780.954
200680.339
200579.196
200478.174
200379.556
200277.544
200176.252
200078.214
199977.671
199875.636
199776.359
199676.198
199573.749
199474.79
199373.504
199275.032
199173.508
199071.039

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Published by World Bank, produced by International Energy Agency. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Electricity production from coal sources. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-electricity-production-from-coal-sources (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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