# Electricity consumption in China

Electricity consumption in China was 9,793.7 TWh in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_consumption`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Net electricity consumption in the country in the year: net generation plus imports, minus exports and transmission and distribution losses, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), as estimated by the U.S. Energy Information Administration in its International Energy Statistics.
- Note: Countries only. EIA publishes 0 for some small economies in years it has no estimate, and a few tiny negative values where losses exceed supply.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A) (https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/us-energy-information-administration
- Retrieved: 2026-10-11
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, attribution requested)
- Citation: Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration. International Energy Statistics: electricity net consumption, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-2-BKWH.A). Retrieved through Data Commons (datacommons.org). https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/electricity-consumption/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_consumption&place=cn

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 9,793.7 |
| 2023 | 9,140.8 |
| 2022 | 8,346 |
| 2021 | 7,980.9 |
| 2020 | 7,385.5 |
| 2019 | 7,096.7 |
| 2018 | 6,734.4 |
| 2017 | 6,322.9 |
| 2016 | 5,825.9 |
| 2015 | 5,509.5 |
| 2014 | 5,464.7 |
| 2013 | 5,098.8 |
| 2012 | 4,672.7 |
| 2011 | 4,411.8 |
| 2010 | 3,916.5 |
| 2009 | 3,467.4 |
| 2008 | 3,231.6 |
| 2007 | 3,057.6 |
| 2006 | 2,665.8 |
| 2005 | 2,316.9 |
| 2004 | 2,049.2 |
| 2003 | 1,772.7 |
| 2002 | 1,526 |
| 2001 | 1,365.3 |
| 2000 | 1,250 |
| 1999 | 1,076.8 |
| 1998 | 1,017.5 |
| 1997 | 983.5 |
| 1996 | 921 |
| 1995 | 876.6 |
| 1994 | 818.5 |
| 1993 | 738.8 |
| 1992 | 666.1 |
| 1991 | 597.2 |
| 1990 | 549.3 |
| 1989 | 498.7 |
| 1988 | 466.5 |
| 1987 | 425.2 |
| 1986 | 385.3 |
| 1985 | 351.3 |
| 1984 | 330.1 |
| 1983 | 307.6 |
| 1982 | 285.9 |
| 1981 | 268.8 |
| 1980 | 261.5 |