Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in China
China: Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators was 0.3799 Percentage of GDP in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in China, 2010–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of GDP.
Analysis
In 2024, fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in China stood at 0.3799 Percentage of GDP.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.8% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in China peaked at 0.461 Percentage of GDP in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.2351 Percentage of GDP, in 2021.
China ranks 23rd of 38 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 15 years of available data.
Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators in China, year by year
| Year | Percentage of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.3412 Percentage of GDP | — |
| 2011 | 0.3176 Percentage of GDP | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 0.461 Percentage of GDP | +45.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4364 Percentage of GDP | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3597 Percentage of GDP | -17.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3501 Percentage of GDP | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 0.3247 Percentage of GDP | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 0.3785 Percentage of GDP | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 0.3671 Percentage of GDP | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3104 Percentage of GDP | -15.4% |
| 2020 | 0.2692 Percentage of GDP | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 0.2351 Percentage of GDP | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3837 Percentage of GDP | +63.2% |
| 2023 | 0.3948 Percentage of GDP | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 0.3799 Percentage of GDP | -3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 0.3647 Percentage of GDP | 0.3104 Percentage of GDP | 0.461 Percentage of GDP | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3326 Percentage of GDP | 0.2351 Percentage of GDP | 0.3948 Percentage of GDP | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More energy & mining data for China
- Fuel imports 20.4% (2024)
- Ores and metals imports 15.1% (2024)
- Ores and metals exports 1.5% (2024)
- Gas production 2,641 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Fossil fuel production per person, by fuel 1,865 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel 2,641 terawatt-hours (2025)
- Gas production per person 1,865 kilowatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel production by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gas production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in China?
- Fossil fuel support - detailed indicators in China was 0.3799 Percentage of GDP in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest fossil fuel support - detailed indicators recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 0.461 Percentage of GDP in 2012.
- What is the lowest fossil fuel support - detailed indicators recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2351 Percentage of GDP in 2021.
- How does China rank for fossil fuel support - detailed indicators?
- China ranks 23rd out of 38 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fossil fuel support - detailed indicators rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Fossil Fuel Support - Detailed Indicators. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Methodology: https://www.oecd.org/fossil-fuels/methodology/: National Data: http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/fileview2.aspx?IDFile81561a30-0f52-4c7b-8946-9eeb28e73f01 OECD Fossil Fuel Support Portal: https://www.oecd.org/fossil-fuels/ Contact: ffs.contact@oecd.org Source: OECD Companion to the Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels 2021 Last updated: December 2025, annual data. Data for 2024 are preliminary and may contain OECD-generated estimates. Key statistical concept: PSE: Producer Support Estimate GSSE: General Services Support Estimate CSE: Consumer Support Estimate EXTRACT: Extraction or mining stage TRANS: Transportation of fossil fuels (e.g., through pipelines) REFIN: Refining or processing stage GENER: Use of fossil fuels in ectricity generation INDUS: Use of fossil fuels in the industrial sector END: Other end uses of fossil fuels consumption: Direct consumption returns: Output Returns income: Enterprise Income inputs: Cost of Intermediate Inputs labour: Labour land: Land and natural resources Other comments: 1) Fiscal cost of support measures for fossil fuels are based on information reported by countries through official documentation (e.g. budget reports). Support measures for which such information is not available are excluded from the aggregate amount reported in this table. In addition, support measures in certain countries may not have been exhaustively identified. 2) Tax expenditures are estimates of revenue that is foregone due to a particular feature of the tax system that reduces or postpones tax payments (relative to a jurisdiction’s benchmark tax system) to the benefit of fossil fuels’ producers or users. Hence, (i) tax expenditures estimates can increase either because of greater concessions (relative to the benchmark tax system) or because of an increase in the benchmark itself; (ii) cross-country comparisons of tax expenditures can be misleading due to country-specific benchmark tax systems. 3) Support measures for fossil fuels are included in the Inventory without reference to their economic or environmental effects. No judgment is therefore made as to whether such measures are inefficient or ought to be reformed.