Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — Australia

Clean electricity share in Australia in 2025 — 38.7%. Ranked 58 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 30.61 pp.

2025 38.7% +3.63 pp vs 2024
World rank 58of 91
Period maximum 38.7%2025
Period minimum 7.7%2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — Australia, 2000–20250102030402000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 8.09%2001: 7.7%2002: 8.04%2003: 8.26%2004: 8.45%2005: 8.97%2006: 8.88%2007: 8.35%2008: 7.8%2009: 8.08%2010: 8.83%2011: 11.95%2012: 12.08%2013: 14.23%2014: 13.23%2015: 14.1%2016: 16.17%2017: 15.12%2018: 18.84%2019: 20.78%2020: 24.25%2021: 28.89%2022: 32.03%2023: 34.81%2024: 35.07%2025: 38.7%
Change over the period: +30.61 pp Annual average: 1.22 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia

Australia 38.7%
Australia and New Zealand computed 45.24%
Clean electricity share — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 38.7 +3.63 pp
2024 35.07 +0.26 pp
2023 34.81 +2.78 pp
2022 32.03 +3.14 pp
2021 28.89 +4.64 pp
2020 24.25 +3.47 pp
2019 20.78 +1.94 pp
2018 18.84 +3.72 pp
2017 15.12 −1.05 pp
2016 16.17 +2.07 pp
2015 14.1 +0.87 pp
2014 13.23 −1 pp
2013 14.23 +2.15 pp
2012 12.08 +0.13 pp
2011 11.95 +3.12 pp
2010 8.83 +0.75 pp
2009 8.08 +0.28 pp
2008 7.8 −0.55 pp
2007 8.35 −0.53 pp
2006 8.88 −0.09 pp
2005 8.97 +0.52 pp
2004 8.45 +0.19 pp
2003 8.26 +0.22 pp
2002 8.04 +0.34 pp
2001 7.7 −0.39 pp
2000 8.09

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

NZ New Zealand 88.54 AU Australia 38.7

About the indicator

The share of electricity from sources that emit nothing while they operate: all renewables together with nuclear generation. Ember calls such generation clean, and it is also described as low-carbon; the grouping is made on a single feature — the absence of carbon dioxide emissions per kilowatt-hour — and it has no bearing on any other property of nuclear power. The indicator is useful precisely because it does not depend on the choice between the two ways of doing without fuel: a country with a large nuclear program and a country with hydropower end up side by side.

Important: Renewables and nuclear together, on the criterion of no emissions while operating. It complements the fossil fuel share: together they come to about one hundred percent. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.