# Net electricity generation in China

Net electricity generation in China was 10,161.5 TWh in 2024. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration.

- Indicator id: `electricity_generation`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: TWh
- Definition: Electricity generated in the year minus the electricity used by the power plants themselves, in terawatt hours (billion kilowatt hours), from the U.S. Energy Information Administration: for countries, its International Energy Statistics; for U.S. states, its survey of utility-scale power plants of 1 megawatt or more (Form EIA-923).
- Note: Countries and U.S. states. Generation is not consumption: exporters such as France and Norway generate more than they use. State figures leave out small-scale solar such as rooftop panels, which the country figure for the United States includes, so the states add up to about 2% less than the national total.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics: electricity net generation, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-12-BKWH.A) (https://www.eia.gov/international/data/world), via Data Commons (https://datacommons.org)
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- 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 generation, billion kilowatt hours (series INTL.2-12-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-generation/china
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=electricity_generation&place=cn

| Period | TWh |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 10,161.5 |
| 2023 | 9,483.2 |
| 2022 | 8,665.2 |
| 2021 | 8,320.8 |
| 2020 | 7,725.9 |
| 2019 | 7,446.5 |
| 2018 | 7,084.8 |
| 2017 | 6,655.6 |
| 2016 | 6,144.9 |
| 2015 | 5,820.8 |
| 2014 | 5,786.1 |
| 2013 | 5,424.1 |
| 2012 | 4,973.1 |
| 2011 | 4,694.6 |
| 2010 | 4,186.8 |
| 2009 | 3,704.6 |
| 2008 | 3,458.2 |
| 2007 | 3,274.1 |
| 2006 | 2,858.5 |
| 2005 | 2,493.7 |
| 2004 | 2,197.3 |
| 2003 | 1,906.1 |
| 2002 | 1,651.2 |
| 2001 | 1,477.2 |
| 2000 | 1,352.6 |
| 1999 | 1,172.3 |
| 1998 | 1,103.7 |
| 1997 | 1,070.2 |
| 1996 | 1,005.5 |
| 1995 | 956.3 |
| 1994 | 880.4 |
| 1993 | 795.7 |
| 1992 | 716 |
| 1991 | 643.1 |
| 1990 | 590.3 |
| 1989 | 555.5 |
| 1988 | 517.8 |
| 1987 | 472.5 |
| 1986 | 427.3 |
| 1985 | 390.7 |
| 1984 | 358.7 |
| 1983 | 334.6 |
| 1982 | 311.8 |
| 1981 | 294 |
| 1980 | 285.5 |