China: residential electricity prices 2023

Household electricity prices in China amounted to 7.6 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt-hour in June 2023. Residential electricity prices increased steadily in the country from September 2020 to September 2021, when they reached 9.3 U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt-hour, and decreased to less than eight U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt-hour in the following months.
The main source of electricity production in China was coal, accounting for over 60 percent.

Average household electricity prices in China from September 2020 to June 2023 (in U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt-hour)

Characteristic	Electricity prices in U.S. dollar cents per kilowatt-hour
Jun '23	7.6
Mar '23	7.6
Dec '22	7.6
Sep '22	8.1
Jun '22	7.9
Mar '22	7.6
Dec '21	7.9
Sep '21	9.3
Mar '21	8.6
Dec '20	8.5
Sep '20	8.3

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Release date

2024

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China

Survey time period

September 2020 to June 2023

Supplementary notes

Figures include all items in the electricity bill, including distribution and energy cost, as well as environmental and fuel charges and taxes.

Figures were rounded.
Release date set as date of last access.

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