| Regions | Comprehensive efficiency | Pure technical efficiency | Scale efficiency | Scale returns |
| Beijing | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Shanghai | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Jiangsu | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Zhejiang | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Jiangxi | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hunan | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Guangdong | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Chongqing | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Hubei | 0.99 | 1 | 0.99 | drs |
| Guangxi | 0.97 | 0.99 | 0.98 | drs |
| Sichuan | 0.96 | 1 | 0.964 | drs |
| Anhui | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0.99 | drs |
| Henan | 0.90 | 1 | 0.9 | drs |
| Yunnan | 0.88 | 0.88 | 1 | - |
| Tianjin | 0.82 | 1 | 0.82 | irs |
| Guizhou | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.99 | irs |
| Shandong | 0.80 | 1 | 0.80 | drs |
| Hebei | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.99 | drs |
| Gansu | 0.77 | 0.82 | 0.94 | irs |
| Fujian | 0.75 | 0.76 | 0.98 | irs |
| Xinjiang | 0.69 | 0.74 | 0.93 | irs |
| Shaanxi | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.99 | irs |
| Ningxia | 0.63 | 1 | 0.63 | irs |
| Hainan | 0.63 | 0.89 | 0.71 | irs |
| Liaoning | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.94 | irs |
| Qinghai | 0.51 | 1 | 0.51 | irs |
| Heilongjiang | 0.47 | 0.52 | 0.92 | irs |
| Inner Mongolia | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.87 | irs |
| Jilin | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.86 | irs |
| Shanxi | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.93 | irs |
| Tibet | 0.32 | 1 | 0.32 | irs |
| Average value | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.90 | - |