Australia vs Faroe Islands: Electricity generation from wind per person

Australia
1,454 kilowatt-hours
in 2025
Faroe Islands
1,644 kilowatt-hours
in 2023
Australia rank
9th
Faroe Islands rank
7th

Electricity generation from wind per person over time

  • Australia
  • Faroe Islands
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 1,644 kilowatt-hours against 1,454 kilowatt-hours in Australia, a difference of 190 kilowatt-hours.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 9th and Faroe Islands ranks 7th of 212 countries.

Faroe Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Faroe Islands Difference Ahead
2000s 79.47 kilowatt-hours 144.58 kilowatt-hours 65.1 kilowatt-hours Faroe Islands
2010s 463.77 kilowatt-hours 743.07 kilowatt-hours 279.3 kilowatt-hours Faroe Islands
2020s 1,066 kilowatt-hours 1,299 kilowatt-hours 233.77 kilowatt-hours Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher electricity generation from wind per person, Australia or Faroe Islands?
Faroe Islands, at 1,644 kilowatt-hours against 1,454 kilowatt-hours in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in electricity generation from wind per person between Australia and Faroe Islands?
190 kilowatt-hours, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Faroe Islands?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Australia and Faroe Islands rank globally for electricity generation from wind per person?
Australia ranks 9th and Faroe Islands ranks 7th of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation from wind per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from wind per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 6,876 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.