Australia vs Brazil: Primary energy from solar
Australia
58.38 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil
88.02 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
8th
Brazil rank
6th
Primary energy from solar over time
- Australia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 88.02 terawatt-hours against 58.38 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 29.64 terawatt-hours.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brazil ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 6th of 77 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 3 and Brazil in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0.0203 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.0203 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2000s | 0.102 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0.102 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2010s | 6.74 terawatt-hours | 1.11 terawatt-hours | 5.63 terawatt-hours | Australia |
| 2020s | 41.46 terawatt-hours | 44.49 terawatt-hours | 3.03 terawatt-hours | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from solar, Australia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 88.02 terawatt-hours against 58.38 terawatt-hours in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from solar between Australia and Brazil?
- 29.64 terawatt-hours, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Brazil?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Brazil rank globally for primary energy from solar?
- Australia ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 6th of 77 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from solar. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.