Share of electricity consumption
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28%
China · 2020
Share of electricity consumption in China stood at 28% in 2020 (IEA).
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- IEA
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- 15 Sep 2026
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However, projected demand growth of around 2% in the People’s Republic of China (hereafter, “China”), which represents about 28% of global electricity consumption, is still significantly below its average since 2015 of 6.5%.
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- International Energy Agency. (2020). Electricity Market Report. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMA
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- International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2020, https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMA.
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- International Energy Agency. "Electricity Market Report." 2020. https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMA.
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- @misc{iea2020sharembjpma, author = {{International Energy Agency}}, title = {Electricity Market Report}, year = {2020}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XC3BMVT0FP162MBJPMA}, note = {Original source: https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-market-report-december-2020. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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- International Energy Agency · homepage ↗
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- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Electricity Market Report
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- Press release
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- 15 September 2026
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- 15 September 2026
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- 15 September 2026
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