环球能源网根据国家统计局能源数据计算，我国在1981年至2005年的25年期间，煤炭消费在一次能源中的比例始终大于70％，而天然气消费始终不足3％，具体数据如下表所示。
中国一次能源消费结构
|
年份
|
合计消费（万吨标准煤）
|
煤炭比例
|
石油比例
|
天然气比例
|
水电比例
|
|
1981
|
57603
|
75.13%
|
20.60%
|
2.87%
|
1.40%
|
|
1982
|
60032
|
76.30%
|
19.54%
|
2.64%
|
1.52%
|
|
1983
|
63732
|
77.01%
|
18.79%
|
2.53%
|
1.67%
|
|
1984
|
68659
|
77.99%
|
18.01%
|
2.44%
|
1.55%
|
|
1985
|
74242
|
78.51%
|
17.64%
|
2.32%
|
1.53%
|
|
1986
|
78330
|
78.44%
|
17.74%
|
2.34%
|
1.48%
|
|
1987
|
84095
|
78.82%
|
17.52%
|
2.20%
|
1.46%
|
|
1988
|
90067
|
78.80%
|
17.59%
|
2.12%
|
1.49%
|
|
1989
|
93880
|
78.69%
|
17.63%
|
2.13%
|
1.55%
|
|
1990
|
95369
|
79.04%
|
17.21%
|
2.13%
|
1.63%
|
|
1991
|
100223
|
78.71%
|
17.65%
|
2.11%
|
1.53%
|
|
1992
|
104308
|
78.13%
|
18.29%
|
2.02%
|
1.56%
|
|
1993
|
111530
|
77.44%
|
18.86%
|
2.00%
|
1.70%
|
|
1994
|
117722
|
77.99%
|
18.15%
|
1.96%
|
1.90%
|
|
1995
|
125994
|
78.05%
|
18.22%
|
1.87%
|
1.86%
|
|
1996
|
133062
|
77.70%
|
18.72%
|
1.85%
|
1.74%
|
|
1997
|
132604
|
75.01%
|
21.21%
|
1.96%
|
1.82%
|
|
1998
|
126059
|
73.38%
|
22.46%
|
2.14%
|
2.03%
|
|
1999
|
128327
|
72.36%
|
23.46%
|
2.23%
|
1.95%
|
|
2000
|
132336
|
71.25%
|
24.22%
|
2.46%
|
2.07%
|
|
2001
|
136115
|
70.84%
|
23.97%
|
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