Australia vs Romania: Annual change in primary energy use
Australia
-6.54 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Romania
-5.61 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
200th
Romania rank
197th
Annual change in primary energy use over time
- Australia
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports -5.61 terawatt-hours against -6.54 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 0.93 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 200th and Romania ranks 197th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and Romania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23.68 terawatt-hours | 31.18 terawatt-hours | 7.5 terawatt-hours | Romania |
| 1970s | 30.8 terawatt-hours | 30.12 terawatt-hours | 0.6803 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 1980s | 18.83 terawatt-hours | 4.31 terawatt-hours | 14.53 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 1990s | 26.34 terawatt-hours | -35.19 terawatt-hours | 61.54 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2000s | 21.28 terawatt-hours | -2.53 terawatt-hours | 23.81 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2010s | 11.68 terawatt-hours | -1.84 terawatt-hours | 13.52 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2020s | -9.87 terawatt-hours | -5.56 terawatt-hours | 4.31 terawatt-hours | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy use, Australia or Romania?
- Romania, at -5.61 terawatt-hours against -6.54 terawatt-hours in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy use between Australia and Romania?
- 0.93 terawatt-hours, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Romania?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Romania rank globally for annual change in primary energy use?
- Australia ranks 200th and Romania ranks 197th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.