Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Australia
Australia: Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) was 1.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Electricity production from oil sources in Australia, 1990–2025
Source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA). Measured in % of total.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity production from oil sources in Australia stood at 1.7%.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, electricity production from oil sources in Australia peaked at 2.7% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 2004.
That places Australia 123rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Australia, year by year
| Year | % of total | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.3% | — |
| 1991 | 2.2% | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 1.5% | -31.6% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 1.4% | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1.6% | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | -24.7% |
| 1998 | 0.9% | -21.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -9.1% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 1.1% | +18.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -30.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6% | -19.2% |
| 2005 | 1.2% | +104.3% |
| 2006 | 1.3% | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 1.7% | +40.2% |
| 2009 | 1.4% | -13.1% |
| 2010 | 2.4% | +66.5% |
| 2011 | 2.3% | -5.2% |
| 2012 | 1.5% | -34.0% |
| 2013 | 2.6% | +70.2% |
| 2014 | 2.0% | -21.2% |
| 2015 | 2.7% | +33.4% |
| 2016 | 2.2% | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 2.0% | -5.9% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | -9.6% |
| 2019 | 1.9% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 1.8% | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 1.7% | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.8% | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 1.7% | -2.9% |
| 2025 | 1.7% | -1.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.7% is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.2%, 1.4× the median. (78 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.7% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.3%, 27% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +104.3% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 0.8% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More energy & mining data for Australia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.4235 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0.0001 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity production from oil sources in Australia?
- Electricity production from oil sources in Australia was 1.7% in 2025, according to IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA).
- What is the highest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.7% in 2015.
- What is the lowest electricity production from oil sources recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 2004.
- How does Australia rank for electricity production from oil sources?
- Australia ranks 123rd out of 210 countries with data for 2025.
- Is electricity production from oil sources rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), published as part of Electricity production from oil sources (% of total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of electricity production from oil sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.