Wind share of electricity — all countries

Wind share of electricity — New Zealand

Wind share of electricity in New Zealand in 2025 — 9.74%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 89. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 9.43 pp.

2025 9.74% −0.05 pp vs 2024
World rank 31of 89
Period maximum 9.79%2024
Period minimum 0.31%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Wind share of electricity — New Zealand, 2000–202502.557.5102000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.31%2001: 0.36%2002: 0.37%2003: 0.37%2004: 0.85%2005: 1.44%2006: 1.44%2007: 2.12%2008: 2.42%2009: 3.4%2010: 3.66%2011: 4.42%2012: 4.71%2013: 4.68%2014: 5.1%2015: 5.37%2016: 5.38%2017: 4.74%2018: 4.69%2019: 5.1%2020: 5.26%2021: 6.02%2022: 6.68%2023: 8.18%2024: 9.79%2025: 9.74%
Change over the period: +9.43 pp Annual average: 0.38 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

New Zealand 9.74%
Australia and New Zealand computed 13.18%
Wind share of electricity — New Zealand, by year New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 9.74 −0.05 pp
2024 9.79 +1.61 pp
2023 8.18 +1.5 pp
2022 6.68 +0.66 pp
2021 6.02 +0.76 pp
2020 5.26 +0.16 pp
2019 5.1 +0.41 pp
2018 4.69 −0.05 pp
2017 4.74 −0.64 pp
2016 5.38 +0.01 pp
2015 5.37 +0.27 pp
2014 5.1 +0.42 pp
2013 4.68 −0.03 pp
2012 4.71 +0.29 pp
2011 4.42 +0.76 pp
2010 3.66 +0.26 pp
2009 3.4 +0.98 pp
2008 2.42 +0.3 pp
2007 2.12 +0.68 pp
2006 1.44 +0 pp
2005 1.44 +0.59 pp
2004 0.85 +0.48 pp
2003 0.37 +0 pp
2002 0.37 +0.01 pp
2001 0.36 +0.05 pp
2000 0.31

Australia and New Zealand, 2025

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

AU Australia 13.7 NZ New Zealand 9.74

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by wind farms. Wind generation is older than solar and in most countries still larger: worldwide, wind yields about twice as much electricity. The largest shares are in countries with a long coastline and open spaces; in Denmark more than half of generation comes from wind, and that made it the first country in the world to work out how to run a power system dominated by a variable source — through links with its neighbors and flexible demand.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for wind — it sits inside “other renewables”. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward.

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