New Zealand's electricity generation rose from 36.8 in 1996 to 43.3 in 2025.
New Zealand's primary energy consumption rose from 214.9 in 1995 to 233.1 in 2024.
New Zealand · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
New Zealand's electricity consumption per capita fell from 9,868.8 kWh in 1996 to 8,252.3 kWh in 2025.
New Zealand's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 0.4 in 2025.
New Zealand's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 4.2 in 2025.
New Zealand's hydropower electricity generation fell from 26.2 in 1996 to 23.8 in 2025.
New Zealand's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
New Zealand's energy use per capita fell from 58,486.7 kWh in 1995 to 44,711.8 kWh in 2024.
New Zealand's renewable energy rose from 25.6 % in 1992 to 28.9 % in 2021.
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- Renewable electricityup +2.6 pts10th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −2.6 pts15th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +2.6 pts15th of 90
- Hydropower electricity shareup +1.6 pts12th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +0.0 pts75th of 90
- Wind electricity sharedown −0.1 pts31st of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −1.6 pts40th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.9 pts58th of 87
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- Energy importsup +2.8 pts37th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts46th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.4 %104th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −17.2 %11th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productiondown −14.1 %60th of 204*
- Gas productionup +2.3 %51st of 204*
- Coal productiondown −3.6 %27th of 34