IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil in China
China: IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil was 0.0865 Index in 2025. ◆ Volatile
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil in China, 1971–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil in China is 0.0865 Index, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 55 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil in China peaked at 27.37 Index in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.0865 Index, in 2025.
China ranks 115th of 136 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil in China, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 8.3 Index | — |
| 1972 | 14.25 Index | +71.6% |
| 1973 | 19.55 Index | +37.1% |
| 1974 | 18.01 Index | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 21.49 Index | +19.3% |
| 1976 | 27.33 Index | +27.2% |
| 1977 | 22.32 Index | -18.3% |
| 1978 | 22.04 Index | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 25.72 Index | +16.7% |
| 1980 | 27.37 Index | +6.4% |
| 1981 | 25.95 Index | -5.2% |
| 1982 | 22.76 Index | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 20.39 Index | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 18.48 Index | -9.4% |
| 1985 | 13.8 Index | -25.3% |
| 1986 | 11.94 Index | -13.5% |
| 1987 | 10.99 Index | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 11.07 Index | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 9.85 Index | -10.9% |
| 1990 | 8.11 Index | -17.7% |
| 1991 | 7.66 Index | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 7.06 Index | -7.9% |
| 1993 | 7.81 Index | +10.6% |
| 1994 | 5.19 Index | -33.5% |
| 1995 | 5.47 Index | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 4.66 Index | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 4.15 Index | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 4.57 Index | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 4.05 Index | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 3.49 Index | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 3.28 Index | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 3.07 Index | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 2.87 Index | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 2.97 Index | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 2.02 Index | -32.1% |
| 2006 | 1.32 Index | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 0.8561 Index | -35.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5425 Index | -36.6% |
| 2009 | 0.3263 Index | -39.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3539 Index | +8.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2578 Index | -27.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2194 Index | -14.9% |
| 2013 | 0.1842 Index | -16.1% |
| 2014 | 0.164 Index | -11.0% |
| 2015 | 0.1658 Index | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 0.168 Index | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.1477 Index | -12.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1528 Index | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.1409 Index | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 0.1483 Index | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1333 Index | -10.2% |
| 2022 | 0.098 Index | -26.5% |
| 2023 | 0.0923 Index | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0915 Index | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 0.0865 Index | -5.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 0.0865 Index is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.9 Index, 5% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- China's 0.0865 Index is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.7547 Index, 11% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +71.6% | 8.3 Index | 14.25 Index |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 19.89 Index | 8.3 Index | 27.33 Index | 9 |
| 1980s | 17.26 Index | 9.85 Index | 27.37 Index | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.87 Index | 4.05 Index | 8.11 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.07 Index | 0.3263 Index | 3.49 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1955 Index | 0.1409 Index | 0.3539 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1083 Index | 0.0865 Index | 0.1483 Index | 6 |
Countries ranked near China
More energy & mining data for China
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 2.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 20.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil in China?
- Ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil in China was 0.0865 Index in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 27.37 Index in 1980.
- What is the lowest ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0865 Index in 2025.
- How does China rank for ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil?
- China ranks 115th out of 136 countries with data for 2025.
- Is ipac dashboard indicators — share in electricity production - oil rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of IPAC Dashboard indicators — Share in electricity production - Oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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