Clean electricity share — all countries

Clean electricity share — New Zealand

Clean electricity share in New Zealand in 2025 — 88.54%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.79 pp.

2025 88.54% +2.57 pp vs 2024
World rank 15of 91
Period maximum 89.62%2023
Period minimum 63.64%2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Clean electricity share — New Zealand, 2000–2025607080902000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 71.75%2001: 63.64%2002: 69.63%2003: 66.09%2004: 72.38%2005: 64.41%2006: 64.78%2007: 65.49%2008: 64.23%2009: 71.69%2010: 73.13%2011: 75.99%2012: 71.73%2013: 74.19%2014: 79.1%2015: 80.08%2016: 84.34%2017: 81.21%2018: 83.4%2019: 82.43%2020: 80.92%2021: 81.73%2022: 86.93%2023: 89.62%2024: 85.97%2025: 88.54%
Change over the period: +16.79 pp Annual average: 0.67 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

New Zealand 88.54%
Australia and New Zealand computed 45.24%
Clean electricity share — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 88.54 +2.57 pp
2024 85.97 −3.65 pp
2023 89.62 +2.69 pp
2022 86.93 +5.2 pp
2021 81.73 +0.81 pp
2020 80.92 −1.51 pp
2019 82.43 −0.97 pp
2018 83.4 +2.19 pp
2017 81.21 −3.13 pp
2016 84.34 +4.26 pp
2015 80.08 +0.98 pp
2014 79.1 +4.91 pp
2013 74.19 +2.46 pp
2012 71.73 −4.26 pp
2011 75.99 +2.86 pp
2010 73.13 +1.44 pp
2009 71.69 +7.46 pp
2008 64.23 −1.26 pp
2007 65.49 +0.71 pp
2006 64.78 +0.37 pp
2005 64.41 −7.97 pp
2004 72.38 +6.29 pp
2003 66.09 −3.54 pp
2002 69.63 +5.99 pp
2001 63.64 −8.11 pp
2000 71.75

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.