New Zealand vs Thailand: Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita
New Zealand
2.29 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Thailand
2.3 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
New Zealand rank
33rd
Thailand rank
32nd
Coal energy consumption per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- New Zealand
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 2.3 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.01 kilowatt-hours per person.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 33rd and Thailand ranks 32nd of 78 countries.
New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.43 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.034 kilowatt-hours per person | 6.39 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 5.22 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.0467 kilowatt-hours per person | 5.18 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 4.19 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.3074 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.88 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 3.8 kilowatt-hours per person | 1.28 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.52 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 2000s | 5.04 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.01 kilowatt-hours per person | 3.02 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 3.58 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.83 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.7424 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
| 2020s | 2.75 kilowatt-hours per person | 2.63 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.1225 kilowatt-hours per person | New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita, New Zealand or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 2.3 kilowatt-hours per person against 2.29 kilowatt-hours per person in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita between New Zealand and Thailand?
- 0.01 kilowatt-hours per person, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Thailand?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Thailand rank globally for coal energy consumption per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- New Zealand ranks 33rd and Thailand ranks 32nd 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.