Papua New Guinea's electricity generation rose from 2.2 in 2000 to 4.7 in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's primary energy consumption rose from 10.4 in 1994 to 26.7 in 2023.
Papua New Guinea · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 24 with data
Electricity consumption per capita
kilowatt-hours per person
153rd of 194 · 28th in East Asia & Pacific
Papua New Guinea's electricity consumption per capita rose from 391.9 kWh in 2000 to 447.2 kWh in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 2000 to 0.0 in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's wind electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's hydropower electricity generation rose from 0.9 in 2000 to 1 in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 2000 and 0 in 2024.
Papua New Guinea's energy use per capita rose from 2,325.2 kWh in 1994 to 2,573.5 kWh in 2023.
Papua New Guinea's renewable energy fell from 71.2 % in 1993 to 54.6 % in 2022.
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- Renewable electricityunchanged +0.0 pts112th of 193
- Fossil fuel electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts119th of 193
- Low-carbon electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts119th of 193
- Hydropower electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts77th of 190
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts32nd of 191
- Solar electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts163rd of 193
- Wind electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts106th of 191
- Coal electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts1st of 192
- Gas electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts69th of 190
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- Net electricity imports (% of demand)unchanged +0.0 pts75th of 194
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- Carbon intensity of electricityunchanged +0.0 %112th of 193
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- Access to electricity (% of population)up +22.8 pts203rd of 215
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- Oil productionup +6.7 %52nd of 204*
- Gas productionup +12.2 %41st of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*
›No data available (2)
These indicators exist in the registry but no source reports a value for Papua New Guinea.
- Energy importsNo data
- Energy intensity of GDPNo data