China Capacity Utilization

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

74.1

Units In

76.2

Frequency

Quarterly

Next Release

Jul 15, 2025

Time to Release

2 Months 26 Days 16 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
78.4 Jun 2021	67.3 Mar 2020	75.47 %	2013-2025	National Bureau of Statistics of China

In China, Capacity Utilization is the difference between the potential and actual use of an input. Capacity utilization is high when actual output is close to potential output because the most use is being made of labor and capital. The survey includes about 90,000 industrial enterprises.

Latest Updates

China's industrial capacity utilization rate increased to 74.1 percent in Q1 of 2025 from 73.6 percent in the same period a year earlier. The increase was supported by faster rises in the manufacturing industry (74.1 percent vs 73.8 percent in Q1 of 2024) and electricity, heat, gas, and water supply (73.6 percent vs 71.2 percent). Meanwhile, the utilization rate for the mining sector slightly declined (74.6 percent vs 75 percent). In the December quarter, the industrial capacity utilization rate was at 76.2 percent. Last year, the industrial capacity utilization rate eased slightly to 75% from 75.1% in 2023.