China’s industrial capacity utilization rate fell to 73.6 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 74.1 percent in the same period a year earlier. This marked the lowest reading since the first quarter of 2024, driven by lower production across the three major categories, such as the mining industry (72.1 percent vs 74.6 percent in Q1 2025), manufacturing industry (73.9 percent vs 74.1 percent), and electricity, heat, gas, and water supply (71.9 percent vs 73.6 percent). Compared to the fourth quarter of 2025, industrial capacity utilization was at 74.9 percent, or 1.3 percentage points lower. In 2025, capacity utilization averaged at 74.4 percent, down 0.6 percentage points in the same period a year ago. source: National Bureau of Statistics of China
Capacity Utilization in China decreased to 73.60 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 74.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Capacity Utilization in China averaged 75.38 percent from 2013 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 78.40 percent in the second quarter of 2021 and a record low of 67.30 percent in the first quarter of 2020. This page provides - China Capacity Utilization- actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. China Industrial Capacity Utilization - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on April of 2026.
Capacity Utilization in China decreased to 73.60 percent in the first quarter of 2026 from 74.90 percent in the fourth quarter of 2025. Capacity Utilization in China is expected to be 76.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the China Industrial Capacity Utilization is projected to trend around 77.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.