China coal usage/consumption for 2022 was 61.72%, a 1.28% decline from 2021.
China coal usage/consumption for 2021 was 63.00%, a 0.45% decline from 2020.
China coal usage/consumption for 2020 was 63.46%, a 1.51% decline from 2019.
China coal usage/consumption for 2019 was 64.97%, a 1.56% decline from 2018.
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. The full historical dataset is available for download here: China Coal Usage/Consumption | Historical Data | 1971 - 2022.