Australia vs Spain: Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP

Australia
1,403 terawatt-hours
in 2020
Spain
1,581 terawatt-hours
in 2020
Australia rank
17th
Spain rank
16th

Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP over time

  • Australia
  • Spain
05001.0k1.5k2.0k199520072020

How they compare

Spain currently reports 1,581 terawatt-hours against 1,403 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 178.27 terawatt-hours.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Spain ahead.

Australia ranks 17th and Spain ranks 16th of 43 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Changes in energy use vs. changes in GDP
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Kulionis (2021) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
43 places, 1,113 data points, 1995–2020
Last refreshed

Consumption-based (trade-adjusted) primary energy use measures domestic energy use minus energy used to produce exported goods, plus energy used to produce imported goods. Gross domestic product (GDP) is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.