Australia vs Netherlands: Primary energy use by source

Australia
39.59 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Netherlands
32.69 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Australia rank
10th
Netherlands rank
13th

Primary energy use by source over time

  • Australia
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Australia currently reports 39.59 terawatt-hours against 32.69 terawatt-hours in Netherlands, a difference of 6.9 terawatt-hours.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.2 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Netherlands ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Netherlands ranks 13th 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.