Australia FactbookDraft
November 2026 Edition
Australia Factbook · National chapter / AUS
Energy
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Last updated: October 29, 2026
Sections in Energy
Energy
Electricity access:140
electrification - total population:100% (2022 est.)¶
Electricity:141
installed generating capacity:108.193 million kW (2023 est.)¶
consumption:267.818 billion kWh (2023 est.)¶
transmission/distribution losses:11.455 billion kWh (2023 est.)¶
Electricity generation sources:142
fossil fuels:64.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)¶
solar:17.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)¶
wind:11.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)¶
hydroelectricity:5.4% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)¶
biomass and waste:1.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)¶
Coal:143
production:445.077 million metric tons (2023 est.)¶
consumption:95.667 million metric tons (2023 est.)¶
exports:348.32 million metric tons (2023 est.)¶
imports:630,000 metric tons (2023 est.)¶
proven reserves:149.472 billion metric tons (2023 est.)¶
Petroleum:144
total petroleum production:386,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)¶
refined petroleum consumption:1.151 million bbl/day (2024 est.)¶
crude oil estimated reserves:2.446 billion barrels (2021 est.)¶
Natural gas:145
production:151.307 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)¶
consumption:48.845 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)¶
exports:105.146 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)¶
imports:521.034 million cubic meters (2023 est.)¶
proven reserves:3.228 trillion cubic meters (2021 est.)¶
Energy consumption per capita:146
Total energy consumption per capita 2023:223.158 million Btu/person (2023 est.)¶
Notes & sources
- Electricity access. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Electricity. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Electricity generation sources. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Coal. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Petroleum. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Natural gas. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩
- Energy consumption per capita. Reference edition; observation: dates as stated in text. Field last updated: not supplied; profile fallback: 2025-12-04 09:22:13 -0500 (not a field revision date); needs review. Reference source. Edition retrieval date: not supplied (retrieval only). ↩