Australia vs Japan: Annual percentage change in primary energy from wind

Australia

20.4%

in 2025

Japan

16.2%

in 2025

Australia rank

8th

Japan rank

10th

Annual percentage change in primary energy from wind over time

Australia currently reports 20.4% against 16.2% in Japan, a difference of 4.2%.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 71 countries.

Indicator: Annual percentage change in primary energy from wind
Unit: %
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 75 places, 1,921 data points, 1979–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.