Kuwait vs New Zealand: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Kuwait
1.0%
in 2025
New Zealand
1.2%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
125th
New Zealand rank
122nd
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Kuwait
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 1.2% against 1.0% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.2 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 34 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was New Zealand ahead.
Kuwait ranks 125th and New Zealand ranks 122nd of 216 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 1.4% | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 2.9% | 2.8% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 4.2% | 3.4% | 0.8% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 8.5% | 2.8% | 5.7% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 6.1% | 1.2% | 4.9% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 3.0% | -1.0% | 4.1% | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Kuwait or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 1.2% against 1.0% in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 0.2%, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and New Zealand rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Kuwait ranks 125th and New Zealand ranks 122nd of 216 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 percentage 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
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.