Electricity from renewables by source in Australia
Australia: Electricity from renewables by source was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Electricity from renewables by source in Australia, 1965–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.
Analysis
In 2025, electricity from renewables by source in Australia stood at 0 terawatt-hours. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
Over the whole period, electricity from renewables by source in Australia peaked at 1.13 terawatt-hours in 1999 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2000.
That places Australia 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Electricity from renewables by source in Australia, year by year
| Year | terawatt-hours | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.296 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1966 | 0.284 terawatt-hours | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.29 terawatt-hours | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 0.282 terawatt-hours | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 0.281 terawatt-hours | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 0.261 terawatt-hours | -7.1% |
| 1971 | 0.263 terawatt-hours | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.28 terawatt-hours | +6.5% |
| 1973 | 0.338 terawatt-hours | +20.7% |
| 1974 | 0.429 terawatt-hours | +26.9% |
| 1975 | 0.489 terawatt-hours | +14.0% |
| 1976 | 0.484 terawatt-hours | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 0.429 terawatt-hours | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 0.405 terawatt-hours | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 0.418 terawatt-hours | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 0.385 terawatt-hours | -7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.404 terawatt-hours | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 0.516 terawatt-hours | +27.7% |
| 1983 | 0.431 terawatt-hours | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 0.441 terawatt-hours | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.456 terawatt-hours | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 0.46 terawatt-hours | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 0.47 terawatt-hours | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 0.731 terawatt-hours | +55.5% |
| 1989 | 0.81 terawatt-hours | +10.8% |
| 1990 | 0.7595 terawatt-hours | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 0.7195 terawatt-hours | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 0.67 terawatt-hours | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 0.67 terawatt-hours | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.6965 terawatt-hours | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.8255 terawatt-hours | +18.5% |
| 1996 | 0.9465 terawatt-hours | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 0.997 terawatt-hours | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 1.08 terawatt-hours | +8.4% |
| 1999 | 1.13 terawatt-hours | +4.9% |
| 2000 | 0 terawatt-hours | -100.0% |
| 2001 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2002 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2003 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2004 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2005 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2006 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2007 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2008 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2009 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2010 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2011 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2012 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2013 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2014 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2015 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2016 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2017 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2018 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2019 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2020 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2021 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2022 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2023 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2024 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2025 | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Electricity from renewables by source 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -100.0% | 1.13 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2866 terawatt-hours | 0.281 terawatt-hours | 0.296 terawatt-hours | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.3796 terawatt-hours | 0.261 terawatt-hours | 0.489 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5104 terawatt-hours | 0.385 terawatt-hours | 0.81 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8499 terawatt-hours | 0.67 terawatt-hours | 1.13 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 25 Hungary 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Martinique 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 25 Slovakia 0.01 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Afghanistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Albania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Algeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Angola 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Argentina 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Armenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Austria 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Azerbaijan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bangladesh 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belarus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Belgium 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Belize 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bhutan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bolivia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brazil 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Bulgaria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burkina Faso 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Burundi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cambodia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cameroon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Canada 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Central African Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 China 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Colombia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Croatia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Cuba 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Czechia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Denmark 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Dominican Republic 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ecuador 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Egypt 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Equatorial Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Estonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Eswatini 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Faroe Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Fiji 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Guiana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 French Polynesia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gabon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Georgia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Germany 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Ghana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greece 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Greenland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Haiti 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 India 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Iran 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Iraq 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ireland 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Israel 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Jamaica 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Japan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Jordan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kazakhstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Kyrgyzstan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Laos 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Latvia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lebanon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lesotho 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Liberia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Lithuania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Luxembourg 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Madagascar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malawi 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malaysia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mali 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mauritius 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mexico 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Moldova 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mongolia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montenegro 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Morocco 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Mozambique 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Myanmar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Namibia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nepal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Netherlands 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 New Caledonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Nigeria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Korea 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 North Macedonia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Pakistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Panama 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Paraguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Peru 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Puerto Rico 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Reunion 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Romania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Russia 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Rwanda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sao Tome and Principe 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Senegal 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Serbia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sierra Leone 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Slovenia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 South Africa 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Korea 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Spain 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Suriname 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Sweden 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Syria 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Taiwan 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tajikistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tanzania 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Thailand 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Togo 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 Tunisia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turkmenistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uganda 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Ukraine 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 United Kingdom 0 terawatt-hours compare
- 28 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uruguay 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Uzbekistan 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vanuatu 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Venezuela 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Vietnam 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zambia 0 terawatt-hours
- 28 Zimbabwe 0 terawatt-hours
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- 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)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 11.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is electricity from renewables by source in Australia?
- Electricity from renewables by source in Australia was 0 terawatt-hours in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest electricity from renewables by source recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 terawatt-hours in 1999.
- What is the lowest electricity from renewables by source recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2000.
- How does Australia rank for electricity from renewables by source?
- Australia ranks 28th out of 214 countries with data for 2025.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Pinto et al. (2023); Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity from renewables by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured in terawatt-hours.