Total final energy consumption in China

China: Total final energy consumption was 73.18 million TFEC in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
73.18 million TFEC
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
1st
of 233 countries
All-time high
73.18 million TFEC
in 2015
All-time low
25.60 million TFEC
in 1990
Years of data
26
1990–2015

Total final energy consumption in China, 1990–2015

30.0M40.0M50.0M60.0M70.0M1990200220151990: 25.6M TFEC1991: 26.5M TFEC1992: 27.0M TFEC1993: 28.4M TFEC1994: 29.0M TFEC1995: 30.9M TFEC1996: 29.9M TFEC1997: 30.3M TFEC1998: 30.6M TFEC1999: 29.7M TFEC2000: 30.2M TFEC2001: 30.9M TFEC2002: 32.3M TFEC2003: 35.5M TFEC2004: 41.5M TFEC2005: 45.8M TFEC2006: 49.2M TFEC2007: 52.8M TFEC2008: 54.7M TFEC2009: 56.9M TFEC2010: 61.1M TFEC2011: 65.5M TFEC2012: 67.4M TFEC2013: 69.9M TFEC2014: 71.5M TFEC2015: 73.2M TFEC

Source: World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Measured in TFEC.

Analysis

In 2015, total final energy consumption in China stood at 73.18 million TFEC. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and up 59.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, total final energy consumption in China peaked at 73.18 million TFEC in 2015 and was at its lowest, 25.60 million TFEC, in 1990.

That places China 1st out of 233 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Total final energy consumption in China, year by year

Annual values for Total final energy consumption (TFEC) in China, 1990 to 2015.
Year TFEC Change
1990 25.60 million TFEC
1991 26.53 million TFEC +3.6%
1992 27.00 million TFEC +1.8%
1993 28.38 million TFEC +5.1%
1994 28.96 million TFEC +2.1%
1995 30.90 million TFEC +6.7%
1996 29.87 million TFEC -3.3%
1997 30.30 million TFEC +1.4%
1998 30.59 million TFEC +1.0%
1999 29.71 million TFEC -2.9%
2000 30.19 million TFEC +1.6%
2001 30.94 million TFEC +2.5%
2002 32.27 million TFEC +4.3%
2003 35.51 million TFEC +10.0%
2004 41.47 million TFEC +16.8%
2005 45.79 million TFEC +10.4%
2006 49.18 million TFEC +7.4%
2007 52.83 million TFEC +7.4%
2008 54.69 million TFEC +3.5%
2009 56.93 million TFEC +4.1%
2010 61.09 million TFEC +7.3%
2011 65.46 million TFEC +7.1%
2012 67.43 million TFEC +3.0%
2013 69.91 million TFEC +3.7%
2014 71.54 million TFEC +2.3%
2015 73.18 million TFEC +2.3%

China compared with similar countries

  • China's 73.18 million TFEC is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 204,860 TFEC, 357.2× the median. (59 countries reporting)
  • China's 73.18 million TFEC is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 38,930 TFEC, 1879.9× the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 28.78 million TFEC 25.60 million TFEC 30.90 million TFEC 10
2000s 42.98 million TFEC 30.19 million TFEC 56.93 million TFEC 10
2010s 68.10 million TFEC 61.09 million TFEC 73.18 million TFEC 6

Countries ranked near China

  1. 2 United States 58.48 million TFEC compare
  2. 3 India 22.24 million TFEC compare
  3. 4 Russia 15.81 million TFEC compare

See the full ranking of 234 places →

More reference data data for China

All data for China →

Frequently asked questions

What is total final energy consumption in China?
Total final energy consumption in China was 73.18 million TFEC in 2015, according to World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp).
What is the highest total final energy consumption recorded in China?
The highest recorded value was 73.18 million TFEC in 2015.
What is the lowest total final energy consumption recorded in China?
The lowest recorded value was 25.60 million TFEC in 1990.
How does China rank for total final energy consumption?
China ranks 1st out of 233 countries with data for 2015.
Is total final energy consumption rising or falling in China?
Over the last ten years it is up 59.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this China data come from?
The figures come from World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), published as part of Total final energy consumption (TFEC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 26 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Total final energy consumption in China. Statizoid, drawing on World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp). Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/total-final-energy-consumption-tfec/china/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/total-final-energy-consumption-tfec/china/">Total final energy consumption in China</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Total final energy consumption (TFEC)
Unit
TFEC
Source
World Bank and International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 6,084 data points, 1990–2015
Last refreshed

Total final energy consumption (TFEC): This indicator is derived form energy balances statistics and is equivalent to total final consumption excluding non-energy use.