Oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of
China, People's Republic of: Oil production, per capita was 0 terawatt-hours per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in terawatt-hours per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of is 0 terawatt-hours per person, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of peaked at 0 terawatt-hours per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours per person, in 1960.
China, People's Republic of ranks 48th of 205 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | — |
| 1961 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +13.9% |
| 1962 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +8.8% |
| 1963 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +10.7% |
| 1965 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +29.9% |
| 1966 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +25.1% |
| 1967 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -7.0% |
| 1968 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +32.3% |
| 1970 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +37.1% |
| 1971 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +25.1% |
| 1972 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +14.7% |
| 1974 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +18.5% |
| 1975 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +11.4% |
| 1977 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +6.0% |
| 1978 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +7.5% |
| 1986 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -1.0% |
| 1991 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +6.6% |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -7.5% |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 0 terawatt-hours per person | +1.7% |
China, People's Republic of compared with similar countries
- China, People's Republic of's 0 terawatt-hours per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0 terawatt-hours per person, 8.9× the median. (57 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +37.1% | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person |
| 1969 | +32.3% | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person |
| 1965 | +29.9% | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person |
| 1966 | +25.1% | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person |
| 1971 | +25.1% | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 0 terawatt-hours per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near China, People's Republic of
More energy & mining data for China, People's Republic of
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Primary energy from fossil nuclear renewables, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 18.1% (2025)
- Ores and metals imports 16.1% (2025)
- Fuel exports 1.4% (2025)
- Ores and metals exports 1.6% (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of?
- Oil production, per capita in China, People's Republic of was 0 terawatt-hours per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest oil production, per capita recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest oil production, per capita recorded in China, People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours per person in 1960.
- How does China, People's Republic of rank for oil production, per capita?
- China, People's Republic of ranks 48th out of 205 countries with data for 2025.
- Is oil production, per capita rising or falling in China, People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, People's Republic of data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Oil production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Oil production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Oil production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Oil production Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Etemad & Luciani (1991); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Oil production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.