GDP · 2024
2.55
trillion yuanShanxi Statistics ↗
Province-wide GDP
Provinces · China in Figures
Shanxi in figures
A north China energy province shaped by coal, electricity, heavy industry and industrial transition.
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Official administrative map of Shanxi Province (32-kai)
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Resident population · 2024
34.46
million peopleShanxi Statistics ↗
Year-end resident population
Administrative area · 2024
156,700
sq kmShanxi Government ↗
Provincial territory, not built-up area
Province profile
Economy, population and provincial structure
Each value keeps its own unit. Indexed bars provide a visual summary only and are not direct unit comparisons.
Source: Shanxi Statistics ↗ · Shanxi Government ↗ · Shanxi 2024 statistical communique and official geography references.chinainfigures.com
Urbanisation
66.3 percentShanxi Statistics ↗
Share of resident population classified as urban.
GDP per resident
73,769 yuan per personShanxi Statistics ↗
Province-wide current-price GDP per resident.
Services share
51.3 percentShanxi Statistics ↗
Tertiary industry share of GDP.
Scope
What the province total covers
Shanxi is a mountainous plateau province west of the Taihang Mountains. Province-wide figures include Taiyuan and eleven prefecture-level cities, not one urban economy.
Boundary
Province is not a metro area
Resident population is the year-end province-wide total: 34.46 million in 2024. Administrative area (156,700 sq km) is territory inside the provincial-level boundary, not built-up area.
Economy
How to read the structure
In 2024, Shanxi's GDP reached 2.55 trillion yuan and real GDP grew 2.3 percent. 2024 industry structure: primary 5.5%, secondary 43.2%, tertiary 51.3%.
International scale check
Compared with Romania
Selected for similar economic scale: Romania.
Not a like-for-like rank
Romania's nominal GDP (~US$0.38T, World Bank 2024) is close to Shanxi's provincial-level GDP after indicative USD conversion (~US$0.37T).
Shanxi is a north China energy province shaped by coal, electricity, heavy industry and industrial transition; Romania is a sovereign country. GDP proximity is a scale reference only. Population, area, administrative status and economic structure are not directly comparable.
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Shanxi
Chinese province-level region-wide scope
Peer country
Romania
National territory (sovereign state)
| Metric | Shanxi | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Gross product | 2.55trillion yuan≈ US$366B (Indicative conversion only (≈ CNY 6.97 per USD))Shanxi Statistics ↗ | 383US$ billionWorld Bank WDI · GDP (current US$) ↗ |
| Population | 34.46million peopleShanxi Statistics ↗ | 19.05million peopleWorld Bank WDI · Population, total ↗ |
| Area | 156,700sq kmShanxi Government ↗ | 238,398sq kmWorld Bank WDI / FAO · Surface area ↗ |
| Density (derived) | 220people / sq km | 80people / sq km |
Used only to place Chinese province GDP beside country GDP in USD. Not PPP, not constant-price, and not an official exchange-rate series.
Industrial footprint
Industries that stand out
These facts highlight measurable national or global shares, rankings, and concentrated industry clusters. Sub-provincial facts are labelled with their exact local scope.
Shanxi
Coal production
30%
Share of China coal output
- National output rank
- No. 1 in China
Province-wide 2023 coal-production share directly published by the Shanxi government system. Preserve the source's integer 30% precision and its directly published No. 1 national rank.
Source · Shanxi Provincial Health Commission (republication from Shanxi Government Network) ↗Shanxi
Coalbed methane
~80.6%
Share of China coalbed-methane output
- Coalbed-methane output
- 13.43 billion m³
Province-wide 2024 coalbed-methane physical-output share. Preserve the published 'about 80.6%' approximation and keep this series separate from predicted resources or broader unconventional-natural-gas output.
Source · People's Government of Shanxi Province ↗