Australia Energy - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Electricity access

electrification - total population: 100% (2021)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 82.517 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 237,388,272,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

imports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 12,607,778,000 kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 16; consumption 19; exports 139; imports 151; transmission/distribution losses 28

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 75.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 8.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 8.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 6.2% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 1.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 504.051 million metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 99.048 million metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 390.808 million metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 583,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 149.079 billion metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 442,500 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 1,174,100 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 197,700 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 356,900 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 2.446 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

462,500 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

64,120 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

619,600 bbl/day (2017 est.)

Natural gas

production: 142,104,321,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

consumption: 41,905,381,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

exports: 101,766,728,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

imports: 6,295,646,000 cubic meters (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 3,228,115,000,000 cubic meters (2021 est.)

note: Australia was the largest exporter of LNG in the world in 2020.

Carbon dioxide emissions

417.87 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 162.26 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 158.668 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 96.942 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

241.004 million Btu/person (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Australia on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Australia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Australia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.