World Resources Institute Home | Graphics
EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal

Topics
Coastal and Marine EcosystemsWater Resources and Freshwater EcosystemsClimate and AtmospherePopulation, Health and Well-beingEconomics, Business and the EnvironmentEnergy and ResourcesBiodiversity and Protected AreasAgriculture and FoodForests, Grasslands and DrylandsEnvironmental Governance and Institutions
Tools
HelpVariablesCountry ProfilesFeaturesData TablesMaps

Energy and Resources

COUNTRY PROFILE - China

View Technical and Source Notes
     
Energy Production and Consumption China Asia (excl. Middle East) World
(in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent) {a}
Total Energy Production, 2000 1107636 2435747 10077984
  % change since 1980 80 % 108 % 37 %
Energy Imports, 1997 66530 1076015 9521506
Energy Exports, 1997 53769 392653 3419104
Total Energy Consumption {b}, 1999 1088349 2919333 9702786
Electricity consumption, 1999 81701 260920 1040770
Energy consumption per capita, 1997 1 1 2
  % change since 1990 19 % 12 % 0 %
Energy Consumption per GDP {c}, 1999: 241 221 244
  % change since 1990 -46 % -14 % -13 %
         
Energy Consumption by Source, 1999 (in thousand metric tons oil equivalent)
Total Fossil Fuels 854743 2175366 7689047
  Coal and coal products 624117 1013218 2278524
  Crude oil and natural gas liquids 189645 829930 3563084
  Natural Gas 26058 277374 2012559
Nuclear 3896 117291 661901
Hydroelectric 17527 44424 222223
Renewables, excluding hydroelectric: 212938 578643 1097889
  Primary solid biomass (includes fuelwood) 211705 561751 1035139
  Biogas and liquid biomass 1234 1276 14931
  Geothermal 0 14658 43802
  Solar 0 865 2217
  Wind 0 94 1748
  Tide, wave, and ocean 0 0 53
         
Energy Consumption by Sector, 1999
(in thousand metric tons of oil equivalent)
Industry 314374 752092 2140474
Transportation 69176 335749 1755505
Agriculture 30652 64834 166287
Commercial & public services 18497 101129 511555
Residential 289489 731518 1845475
Non-energy Uses 31854 79643 333981
Total Final Energy Consumption {d} 754042 2064965 6753276
         
Resource Consumption
Passenger Cars per 1000 people, 1998 X X 109
Annual Motor Gasoline Consumption, 2000
  (liters per person) 33 48 179
Annual Meat Consumption, 1998
  (kg per person) 47 25 38
Annual Paper Consumption, 2000
  (kg per person) 33 30 53
Annual Coffee Consumption, 2001
  (kg per person) X X X
         
         
Footnotes:
a. One metric ton of oil equivalent (toe) is defined as 10 Exp. 7 kilocalories or 41.868 gigajoules, equal to the amount of energy contained in 1 metric ton of crude oil.
b. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars.
TPES = Energy Production + Imports - Exports - Stock Changes - Consumption by International Marine Bunkers
c. In metric tons of oil equivalent per million constant 1995 international dollars.
d. In this profile, "total final consumption" is calculated as the sum of energy consumption by sectors. Values may differ slightly from those reported by the International
Energy Agency (IEA).
         
         
View more Country Profiles on-line at http://earthtrends.wri.org
















THE WORLD BANK UNEP THE NETHERLANDS MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SIDA UNDP USAID
© 2006 World Resources Institute Contact Us Content licensed under a Creative Commons License.