Hong Kong Key Figures
- Population:
- 7.51 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 6.42 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 0.89%
Data of the last year available: 2021
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 66.1 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 4.65 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 3.54%
* at purchasing power parity
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Total Energy Consumption
Total energy consumption per capita was 1.7 toe in 2021. Per capita electricity consumption is about 6 MWh.
Total energy consumption remained stable in 2021 at 12.6 Mtoe, after an 8.5% decline in 2020. Previously, it had been stable since 2007.
Gas covers 35% of the country's total energy consumption, coal 29%, oil 27%, and electricity 8% (2021). Previously, coal had the largest share of total energy consumption (44% in 2019) and had been increasing since 2000 (from 31%).
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (MTOE)
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Crude Oil Production
All of the country's oil products are imported from mainland China.
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Renewable in % Electricity Production
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CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
GHG emissions decreased by 1% in 2021 (to 36 Mt) after a 17% drop in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, they had decreased by 2.1%/year over 2014-2019. Between 1990 and 2014, GHG emissions increased by almost 55%. GHG emissions are mainly composed of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion in Hong Kong, thus their levels are quite alike (35 MtCO2 in 2021) and vary similarly in time. In 2021, CO2 emissions from coal consumption accounted for 40% of total emissions from energy combustion.