Australia vs Netherlands: Primary energy from wind per person
Australia
1,468 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Netherlands
1,782 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Australia rank
9th
Netherlands rank
6th
Primary energy from wind per person over time
- Australia
- Netherlands
How they compare
Netherlands currently reports 1,782 kilowatt-hours per person against 1,468 kilowatt-hours per person in Australia, a difference of 314 kilowatt-hours per person.
That makes Netherlands's figure about 1.2 times Australia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Netherlands ahead.
Australia ranks 9th and Netherlands ranks 6th of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 1 and Netherlands in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Netherlands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1970s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | — |
| 1980s | 0 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2825 kilowatt-hours per person | 0.2825 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 1990s | 0.4831 kilowatt-hours per person | 20.52 kilowatt-hours per person | 20.04 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 2000s | 79.49 kilowatt-hours per person | 138.54 kilowatt-hours per person | 59.04 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
| 2010s | 463.79 kilowatt-hours per person | 429.56 kilowatt-hours per person | 34.23 kilowatt-hours per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 1,160 kilowatt-hours per person | 1,392 kilowatt-hours per person | 231.74 kilowatt-hours per person | Netherlands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from wind per person, Australia or Netherlands?
- Netherlands, at 1,782 kilowatt-hours per person against 1,468 kilowatt-hours per person in Australia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from wind per person between Australia and Netherlands?
- 314 kilowatt-hours per person, with Netherlands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Netherlands?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Australia and Netherlands rank globally for primary energy from wind per person?
- Australia ranks 9th and Netherlands ranks 6th of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from wind per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.