Energy and green transition · fossil fuel consumption
China coal, oil and natural gas consumption
One archived US EIA International Energy Statistics release tracks China’s coal, oil and natural gas consumption from 1980 to 2024, each fuel’s world share and China’s fossil mix. This is consumption—not production, exports, reserves or capacity.
China and the world · same-source formal data
Three fossil fuels and their world shares
China and World both use the per-fuel consumption series of one archived EIA bulk file; every share is China ÷ World × 100. The three fuels use different units and are always shown separately.
Source: US EIA ↗ · Each fuel’s share uses its own unit; China and World from the same source and yearchinainfigures.com
In 2024 China consumed 2,653 Mtoe of coal — 58.6% of the world total — while its oil share was 15.9% and its gas share 10.0%. In 2000 the three shares were 30.3%, 6.1% and 1.0%.
China’s fossil mix · 1980–2024
China’s coal, oil and gas consumption mix
All three fuels converted to Mtoe and stacked. This covers fossil fuels only—nuclear, hydro, wind and solar are excluded.
2024
Source: US EIA ↗ · Common unit Mtoe; fossil-fuel total only, not China’s total primary energychinainfigures.com
| Fuel | Consumption (Mtoe) | Share of fossil total |
|---|---|---|
| Coal | 2,653.5 | 68.7% |
| Petroleum and other liquids | 812.0 | 21.0% |
| Dry natural gas | 395.1 | 10.2% |
| Fossil total | 3,860.6 | 100% |
Country ranking · 1980–2024
Annual fossil fuel consumption by country
Coal · 10 selected countries · Mtoe
2024
Countries shown
Defaults to the 2024 top-ten coal consumers. Keep at least two countries. Russia and Kazakhstan start in 1992 and Germany in 1991; missing years are never interpolated or filled with zero.
Source: US EIA ↗ · Defaults to 2024 coal; switching fuels keeps your countries; missing years are never interpolatedchinainfigures.com
Scope and common misreadings
Consumption
The formal measure on this page: EIA annual per-fuel consumption—coal in Mtoe, oil in thousand barrels per day, gas in bcm.
Not production or reserves
China’s coal consumption share of the world differs from its production share; consumption, production, trade and reserves must stay separate.
Source boundaries
EIA is an internationally comparable estimate; NBS energy balances and the EI Statistical Review differ in scope. This page never mixes them.
Unit boundaries: the three fuels use different units and must not be added; only the China fossil-mix chart converts them to a common Mtoe unit, and it covers fossil fuels only. Shares are always computed within one fuel (China ÷ World × 100).
Accessible country ranking for the current year
| Rank | Country | Value | Unit |
|---|
2024 top-ten coal consumers (default ranking)
| Rank | Country | Mtoe |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2,653.5 |
| 2 | India | 549.5 |
| 3 | United States | 199.4 |
| 4 | Indonesia | 150.8 |
| 5 | Russia | 143.5 |
| 6 | Japan | 98.1 |
| 7 | South Korea | 69.8 |
| 8 | Vietnam | 56.3 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 46.1 |
| 10 | Turkiye | 40.9 |
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Coal, oil and natural gas consumption indicator added
Added 1980–2024 EIA International Energy Statistics consumption for coal (Mtoe), petroleum and other liquids (thousand barrels per day) and dry natural gas (bcm), China’s same-source world shares for all three fuels, a China fossil-mix chart and a 16-country animated ranking. Russia and Kazakhstan start in 1992, Germany in 1991; missing years are omitted, never interpolated.
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