Australia's electricity generation rose from 180.1 in 1996 to 286.3 in 2025.
Australia's primary energy consumption rose from 1,154 in 1995 to 1,672 in 2024.
Australia · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Australia's electricity consumption per capita rose from 9,840.2 kWh in 1996 to 10,615.4 kWh in 2025.
Australia's solar electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 56.1 in 2025.
Australia's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 39.2 in 2025.
Australia's hydropower electricity generation fell from 16.0 in 1996 to 12.2 in 2025.
Australia's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1995 and 0 in 2024.
Australia's energy use per capita fell from 63,789.8 kWh in 1995 to 62,595 kWh in 2024.
Australia's renewable energy rose from 7.5 % in 1992 to 12.3 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +3.5 pts48th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −3.5 pts58th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +3.5 pts58th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.3 pts60th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareup +1.8 pts10th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +2.1 pts21st of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −2.5 pts76th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −1.0 pts50th of 87
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- Energy importsup +19.8 pts62nd of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts46th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPup +0.7 %114th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −5.2 %65th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −4.5 %31st of 50
- Gas productiondown −0.4 %7th of 49
- Coal productionup +0.6 %4th of 34