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Electricity consumption per capita — Australia

Electricity consumption per capita in Australia in 2025 — 10.63 MWh. Ranked 10 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 6.2%.

2025 10.63 MWh +0.85% vs 2024
World rank 10of 91
Period maximum 11.61 MWh2007
Period minimum 10.3 MWh2020

Trend over time

2000–2025 · megawatt-hours per capita

Electricity consumption per capita — Australia, 2000–20251010.51111.5122000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 11.33 MWh2001: 11.58 MWh2002: 11.41 MWh2003: 11.4 MWh2004: 11.44 MWh2005: 11.37 MWh2006: 11.56 MWh2007: 11.61 MWh2008: 11.48 MWh2009: 11.47 MWh2010: 11.34 MWh2011: 11.4 MWh2012: 10.97 MWh2013: 10.74 MWh2014: 10.5 MWh2015: 10.61 MWh2016: 10.61 MWh2017: 10.47 MWh2018: 10.46 MWh2019: 10.44 MWh2020: 10.3 MWh2021: 10.3 MWh2022: 10.42 MWh2023: 10.33 MWh2024: 10.54 MWh2025: 10.63 MWh
Change over the period: −0.7 (−6.18%) Average annual rate: -0.25 %

Comparison, 2025

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

Australia 10.63 MWh
Australia and New Zealand computed 10.25 MWh
Electricity consumption per capita — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year MWh Change Change, %
2025 10.63 +0.09 +0.85%
2024 10.54 +0.21 +2.03%
2023 10.33 −0.09 −0.86%
2022 10.42 +0.12 +1.17%
2021 10.3 +0 +0%
2020 10.3 −0.14 −1.34%
2019 10.44 −0.02 −0.19%
2018 10.46 −0.01 −0.1%
2017 10.47 −0.14 −1.32%
2016 10.61 +0 +0%
2015 10.61 +0.11 +1.05%
2014 10.5 −0.24 −2.23%
2013 10.74 −0.23 −2.1%
2012 10.97 −0.43 −3.77%
2011 11.4 +0.06 +0.53%
2010 11.34 −0.13 −1.13%
2009 11.47 −0.01 −0.09%
2008 11.48 −0.13 −1.12%
2007 11.61 +0.05 +0.43%
2006 11.56 +0.19 +1.67%
2005 11.37 −0.07 −0.61%
2004 11.44 +0.04 +0.35%
2003 11.4 −0.01 −0.09%
2002 11.41 −0.17 −1.47%
2001 11.58 +0.25 +2.21%
2000 11.33 — —

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

AU Australia 10.63 NZ New Zealand 8.25
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About the indicator

Electricity consumption per resident, in megawatt-hours a year. One of the most telling indicators of living standards and of the structure of an economy: the gap between the extreme countries is more than two hundredfold. But it has to be read with climate and industry in mind — the top of the list holds not only rich countries but also Iceland and Norway with their aluminum smelters running on cheap hydropower, and the Gulf states, where more goes on air conditioning than on heating in Europe.

Important: It is calculated on a country's entire consumption, including industry, and not on households alone. The series starts in 2000.

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

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