Coal accounts for approximately 70% of the total energy consumed in China. This percentage share has not changed much since 1978, as shown in the graph below. It reached a peak of 76.2% in 1990, and a low of 66.3% in 2002.
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
The National Bureau of Statistics of China reports energy consumption in metric tons of Standard Coal Equivalent. The graph below shows that total energy consumption in China grew from 571 million tons of SCE in 1978 to 2462 million tons of SCE in 2006. Note that one SCE equals 29.31 Giga Joules (low heat).
Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
You may also want to see our China section for more facts and statistics.
China had a trade deficit as recently as 1993, as shown in the graph below. After 2004, China’s trade surplus exploded from USD 32 billion to USD 102 billion.
The source of data for the graph is the National Bureau of Statistics of China. You may also want to check our China section, our graph of Chinese exports, and our graph of Chinese imports.
Chinese imports, just like Chinese exports, grew exponentially starting from 1978 until 2006, as show in the graph below. The dashed line shows an exponential trend line. The exponential regression equation and R2 values are also shown.
The data is sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Check additional statistics in our China section.
Chinese exports grew exponentially starting from 1978 until 2006, as show in the graph below. The dashed line shows an exponential trend line. The exponential regression equation and R2 values are also shown.
The data is sourced from the National Bureau of Statistics of China. Check additional statistics in our China section.
A complete list of mobile network operators in Pakistan has been uploaded to the Pakistan section of the site.
A complete list of mobile network operators in China has been uploaded to the China section of the site.
A complete list of mobile network operators in India has been uploaded to the India section of the site.
I just finished uploading January 2009 data to the historical commodity prices section. I noticed right away that the sharp fall of all commodity price indices that started in July 2008 seems to have stopped sometime between December of last year and January of this year. Take a look at the overall Commodity Price Index for example.
One data point does not a trend make, but January 2009 looks a lot better to commodity producers than December 2008.
One final note: February 2009 data will be available in approximately 30 days. I follow the IMF release schedule, which is not fixed.
Our 15-year oil price index chart shows that oil prices in November of 2008 are roughly equal to the oil prices of November 2005. The graph also shows that there was a small spike in prices in 2006, followed by a large spike that began in January 2007 and peaked in July 2008.