Kuwait vs New Zealand: Annual change in primary energy from oil
Kuwait
-0.3787 terawatt-hours
in 2025
New Zealand
-0.1787 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Kuwait rank
51st
New Zealand rank
49th
Annual change in primary energy from oil over time
- Kuwait
- New Zealand
How they compare
New Zealand currently reports -0.1787 terawatt-hours against -0.3787 terawatt-hours in Kuwait, a difference of 0.2 terawatt-hours.
The two have swapped places 28 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was New Zealand ahead.
Kuwait ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 49th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -1.61 terawatt-hours | 1.97 terawatt-hours | 3.57 terawatt-hours | New Zealand |
| 1970s | -0.2188 terawatt-hours | 1.06 terawatt-hours | 1.28 terawatt-hours | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 2.42 terawatt-hours | -0.5912 terawatt-hours | 3.01 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 3.82 terawatt-hours | 2.76 terawatt-hours | 1.06 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 11.59 terawatt-hours | 1.06 terawatt-hours | 10.54 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 2.52 terawatt-hours | 1.83 terawatt-hours | 0.6893 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 1.55 terawatt-hours | -1.98 terawatt-hours | 3.53 terawatt-hours | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in primary energy from oil, Kuwait or New Zealand?
- New Zealand, at -0.1787 terawatt-hours against -0.3787 terawatt-hours in Kuwait as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in primary energy from oil between Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 0.2 terawatt-hours, with New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and New Zealand?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and New Zealand rank globally for annual change in primary energy from oil?
- Kuwait ranks 51st and New Zealand ranks 49th of 79 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 oil. 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.