Renewable energy share in New Zealand

Renewable sources provided 28.9% of final energy consumption in New Zealand in 2021.

Measure: Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) Unit: % of total final energy consumption Data: 1990 to 2021 Source: World Bank
New Zealand, 2021 28.9% % of total final energy consumption
Change from 2020 +0.2percentage points 2020: 28.7%
World, 2020 19.7% Official aggregate Not the same period as New Zealand (2021).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2021 19.8% Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2021 82nd of 212 See the full ranking

Renewable energy share in New Zealand over time

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% of total final energy consumption. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Renewable energy consumption share (World Bank) (% of total final energy consumption), 1998 to 2021
Period New ZealandWorld
2021 28.9% –
2020 28.7% 19.7%
2019 28.0% 18.6%
2018 28.9% 18.1%
2017 28.4% 17.9%
2016 30.1% 17.6%
2015 29.3% 17.4%
2014 29.0% 17.3%
2013 28.3% 17.2%
2012 28.8% 16.9%
2011 30.3% 16.7%
2010 29.4% 16.7%
2009 28.5% 17.1%
2008 26.1% 16.7%
2007 27.0% 16.5%
2006 27.0% 16.7%
2005 26.8% 16.6%
2004 28.2% 16.8%
2003 25.9% 17.1%
2002 26.6% 17.2%
2001 24.6% 17.2%
2000 26.4% 17.5%
1999 26.4% 17.9%
1998 27.3% 17.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 28.7% in 2020.
  • Since 2011, when it was 30.3%, the figure has changed by −1.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 212 countries with data for 2021, New Zealand has the 82nd highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2021 for New Zealand
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Energy Agency and IRENA via Tracking SDG 7