Malaysia vs New Zealand: Annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower
Malaysia
2.7%
in 2025
New Zealand
2.0%
in 2025
Malaysia rank
20th
New Zealand rank
23rd
Annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower over time
- Malaysia
- New Zealand
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 2.7% against 2.0% in New Zealand, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.3 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 22 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Malaysia ahead.
Malaysia ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 71 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malaysia | New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.9% | 3.9% | 11.1% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 1.8% | 5.0% | 3.2% | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 19.5% | 2.2% | 17.4% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 6.6% | 0.5% | 6.1% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | -0.1% | 1.0% | 1.2% | New Zealand |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 0.7% | 14.8% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 4.8% | -0.8% | 5.6% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower, Malaysia or New Zealand?
- Malaysia, at 2.7% against 2.0% in New Zealand as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower between Malaysia and New Zealand?
- 0.7%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and New Zealand?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Malaysia and New Zealand rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower?
- Malaysia ranks 20th and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 71 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 percentage 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
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.