New Zealand vs Pakistan: Annual change in primary energy from hydropower
New Zealand
0.4799 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Pakistan
0.9761 terawatt-hours
in 2025
New Zealand rank
20th
Pakistan rank
17th
Annual change in primary energy from hydropower over time
- New Zealand
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 0.9761 terawatt-hours against 0.4799 terawatt-hours in New Zealand, a difference of 0.4962 terawatt-hours.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 2.0 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 35 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was New Zealand ahead.
New Zealand ranks 20th and Pakistan ranks 17th of 77 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Pakistan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4044 terawatt-hours | 0.2762 terawatt-hours | 0.1282 terawatt-hours | New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.6807 terawatt-hours | 0.5175 terawatt-hours | 0.1632 terawatt-hours | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.4115 terawatt-hours | 0.8967 terawatt-hours | 0.4852 terawatt-hours | Pakistan |
| 1990s | 0.0361 terawatt-hours | 0.4061 terawatt-hours | 0.3701 terawatt-hours | Pakistan |
| 2000s | 0.1298 terawatt-hours | 0.7241 terawatt-hours | 0.5943 terawatt-hours | Pakistan |
| 2010s | 0.1436 terawatt-hours | 0.739 terawatt-hours | 0.5954 terawatt-hours | Pakistan |
| 2020s | -0.241 terawatt-hours | 0.6384 terawatt-hours | 0.8794 terawatt-hours | Pakistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from hydropower, New Zealand or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 0.9761 terawatt-hours against 0.4799 terawatt-hours in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from hydropower between New Zealand and Pakistan?
- 0.4962 terawatt-hours, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Pakistan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do New Zealand and Pakistan rank globally for annual change in primary energy from hydropower?
- New Zealand ranks 20th and Pakistan ranks 17th of 77 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in primary energy from hydropower. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.