Primary energy consumption — all countries

Primary energy consumption — Australia

Primary energy consumption in Australia in 2024 — 5.993 quad Btu. Ranked 17 in the world out of 218. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 102.9%.

2024 5.993 quad Btu +0.21% vs 2023
World rank 17of 218
Period maximum 6.056 quad Btu2019
Period minimum 2.953 quad Btu1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · quadrillion Btu

Primary energy consumption — Australia, 1980–202423456719801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 2.953 quad Btu1981: 3.007 quad Btu1982: 3.158 quad Btu1983: 3.021 quad Btu1984: 3.065 quad Btu1985: 3.194 quad Btu1986: 3.238 quad Btu1987: 3.416 quad Btu1988: 3.508 quad Btu1989: 3.72 quad Btu1990: 3.619 quad Btu1991: 3.579 quad Btu1992: 3.659 quad Btu1993: 3.744 quad Btu1994: 3.813 quad Btu1995: 3.941 quad Btu1996: 4.131 quad Btu1997: 4.235 quad Btu1998: 4.409 quad Btu1999: 4.523 quad Btu2000: 4.563 quad Btu2001: 4.601 quad Btu2002: 4.764 quad Btu2003: 4.793 quad Btu2004: 4.958 quad Btu2005: 5.048 quad Btu2006: 5.111 quad Btu2007: 5.271 quad Btu2008: 5.282 quad Btu2009: 5.408 quad Btu2010: 5.432 quad Btu2011: 5.483 quad Btu2012: 5.565 quad Btu2013: 5.527 quad Btu2014: 5.436 quad Btu2015: 5.477 quad Btu2016: 5.671 quad Btu2017: 5.674 quad Btu2018: 5.799 quad Btu2019: 6.056 quad Btu2020: 5.646 quad Btu2021: 5.764 quad Btu2022: 6.046 quad Btu2023: 5.98 quad Btu2024: 5.993 quad Btu
Change over the period: +3.04 (+102.94%) Average annual rate: 1.62 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Australia 5.993 quad Btu
World computed 605.919 quad Btu
East Asia & Pacific computed 244.529 quad Btu
Australia and New Zealand computed 6.615 quad Btu
High-income countries computed 272.729 quad Btu
Primary energy consumption — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year quad Btu Change Change, %
2024 5.993 +0.012 +0.21%
2023 5.98 −0.066 −1.09%
2022 6.046 +0.282 +4.89%
2021 5.764 +0.118 +2.1%
2020 5.646 −0.41 −6.78%
2019 6.056 +0.258 +4.44%
2018 5.799 +0.125 +2.2%
2017 5.674 +0.003 +0.06%
2016 5.671 +0.194 +3.54%
2015 5.477 +0.041 +0.75%
2014 5.436 −0.091 −1.65%
2013 5.527 −0.037 −0.67%
2012 5.565 +0.082 +1.49%
2011 5.483 +0.051 +0.94%
2010 5.432 +0.024 +0.45%
2009 5.408 +0.126 +2.38%
2008 5.282 +0.011 +0.21%
2007 5.271 +0.16 +3.13%
2006 5.111 +0.063 +1.25%
2005 5.048 +0.089 +1.8%
2004 4.958 +0.165 +3.44%
2003 4.793 +0.029 +0.61%
2002 4.764 +0.163 +3.55%
2001 4.601 +0.038 +0.84%
2000 4.563 +0.04 +0.88%
1999 4.523 +0.114 +2.58%
1998 4.409 +0.174 +4.1%
1997 4.235 +0.105 +2.53%
1996 4.131 +0.19 +4.83%
1995 3.941 +0.128 +3.35%
1994 3.813 +0.069 +1.84%
1993 3.744 +0.085 +2.33%
1992 3.659 +0.08 +2.24%
1991 3.579 −0.04 −1.1%
1990 3.619 −0.101 −2.71%
1989 3.72 +0.212 +6.05%
1988 3.508 +0.092 +2.69%
1987 3.416 +0.177 +5.48%
1986 3.238 +0.044 +1.38%
1985 3.194 +0.129 +4.21%
1984 3.065 +0.044 +1.45%
1983 3.021 −0.136 −4.32%
1982 3.158 +0.15 +5%
1981 3.007 +0.054 +1.84%
1980 2.953

Australia and New Zealand, 2024

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

AU Australia 5.993 NZ New Zealand 0.623

About the indicator

Primary energy consumption is all the energy a country used over the year: coal, oil, gas, nuclear and renewable energy brought to a common unit. “Primary” means energy in the form in which it is taken from nature, before losses in conversion and transmission; electricity enters it not as a separate line but through the fuel it was generated from. The unit is the quadrillion British thermal units, customary in American statistics: one such unit is roughly equal to 25 million tonnes of oil equivalent.

Important: The figure is broader than electricity: electricity is only part of the final use of this energy, and transport and heating are included in it as well. This is the series that serves as the weight when the energy intensity aggregates are computed.

Source: International Energy Statistics (EIA), license Public domain (work of a U.S. federal agency).