Australia vs Canada: Primary energy use by source

Australia
39.59 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada
52.58 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
Canada rank
8th

Primary energy use by source over time

  • Australia
  • Canada
0204060196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 52.58 terawatt-hours against 39.59 terawatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 12.99 terawatt-hours.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Canada ranks 8th of 79 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy use by source
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.