Fossil electricity share in New Zealand
Oil, gas and coal produced 12.0% of electricity in New Zealand in 2025. The value for 2025 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
New Zealand, 2025
12.0%
Change from 2024
−3.0percentage points
World, 2023
48.7%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2025
24.6%
Fossil electricity share in New Zealand over time
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% of total electricity production. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | New Zealand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12.0% | – |
| 2024 | 15.0% | – |
| 2023 | 12.3% | 48.7% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | 60.7% |
| 2021 | 18.5% | 61.5% |
| 2020 | 19.4% | 61.4% |
| 2019 | 17.8% | 62.9% |
| 2018 | 16.2% | 64.1% |
| 2017 | 18.4% | 64.7% |
| 2016 | 15.3% | 65.3% |
| 2015 | 19.4% | 66.1% |
| 2014 | 20.4% | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 25.2% | 67.1% |
| 2012 | 27.7% | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 23.6% | 67.8% |
| 2010 | 26.5% | 66.9% |
| 2009 | 27.9% | 66.6% |
| 2008 | 35.3% | 67.3% |
| 2007 | 34.1% | 67.7% |
| 2006 | 34.8% | 66.5% |
| 2005 | 35.2% | 66.1% |
| 2004 | 27.3% | 65.8% |
| 2003 | 33.5% | 66.1% |
| 2002 | 30.0% | 64.9% |
| 2001 | 36.1% | 64.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −3.0 percentage points from 15.0% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 19.4%, the figure has changed by −7.4 percentage points.