Renewables share of final energy consumption — all countries

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Australia

Renewables share of final energy consumption in Australia in 2021 — 12.3%. Ranked 132 in the world out of 212. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 4.3 pp.

2021 12.3% +1.1 pp vs 2020
World rank 132of 212
Period maximum 12.3%2021
Period minimum 6.7%2004

Trend over time

1990–2021 · % of final consumption

Renewables share of final energy consumption — Australia, 1990–2021681012141990199419982002200620102014201820211990: 8%1991: 8.2%1992: 7.5%1993: 8.6%1994: 8.3%1995: 8.2%1996: 8.9%1997: 9.1%1998: 8.6%1999: 8.5%2000: 8.4%2001: 8.4%2002: 8.7%2003: 7.2%2004: 6.7%2005: 6.7%2006: 6.8%2007: 7%2008: 6.8%2009: 7.1%2010: 8.2%2011: 8.3%2012: 8.3%2013: 9.2%2014: 9.3%2015: 9.4%2016: 9.6%2017: 9.9%2018: 9.8%2019: 10.3%2020: 11.2%2021: 12.3%
Change over the period: +4.3 pp Annual average: 0.14 pp
Renewables share of final energy consumption — Australia, by year Australia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 12.3 +1.1 pp
2020 11.2 +0.9 pp
2019 10.3 +0.5 pp
2018 9.8 −0.1 pp
2017 9.9 +0.3 pp
2016 9.6 +0.2 pp
2015 9.4 +0.1 pp
2014 9.3 +0.1 pp
2013 9.2 +0.9 pp
2012 8.3 +0 pp
2011 8.3 +0.1 pp
2010 8.2 +1.1 pp
2009 7.1 +0.3 pp
2008 6.8 −0.2 pp
2007 7 +0.2 pp
2006 6.8 +0.1 pp
2005 6.7 +0 pp
2004 6.7 −0.5 pp
2003 7.2 −1.5 pp
2002 8.7 +0.3 pp
2001 8.4 +0 pp
2000 8.4 −0.1 pp
1999 8.5 −0.1 pp
1998 8.6 −0.5 pp
1997 9.1 +0.2 pp
1996 8.9 +0.7 pp
1995 8.2 −0.1 pp
1994 8.3 −0.3 pp
1993 8.6 +1.1 pp
1992 7.5 −0.7 pp
1991 8.2 +0.2 pp
1990 8

Australia and New Zealand, 2021

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

NZ New Zealand 28.9 AU Australia 12.3

About the indicator

The share of energy from renewable sources in total final energy consumption — not in electricity alone, but in heating and transport as well. High values in low-income countries are often explained not by “green” energy but by the traditional use of wood fuel for cooking.

Important: There is no aggregate for groups of countries: the correct denominator is final energy consumption itself, and that is published by the Energy Institute, whose terms prohibit republication. Weighting by population would be especially wrong here — in the poorest countries the renewable share is high because of firewood, and the world figure would come out overstated.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.