Chile vs New Zealand: Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
Chile
2.24 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
New Zealand
2.29 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Chile rank
34th
New Zealand rank
33rd
Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Chile
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.24 kilowatt-hours per person in Chile, a difference of 0.05 kilowatt-hours per person.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was New Zealand ahead.
Chile ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 78 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 2 and New Zealand in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.48 kilowatt-hours per person | 6.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.94 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 1.13 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.22 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.1 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 1.14 kilowatt-hours per person | 4.19 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.05 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 2.3 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.8 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.5 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.04 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.75 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 4.47 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.58 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.8901 kilowatt-hours per person | Chile |
| 2020s | 2.92 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.75 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1648 kilowatt-hours per person | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita, Chile or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.24 kilowatt-hours per person in Chile as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita between Chile and New Zealand?
- 0.05 kilowatt-hours per person, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and New Zealand?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Chile and New Zealand rank globally for coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Chile ranks 34th and New Zealand ranks 33rd of 78 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.