Country

Australia

AUS Australia and New Zealand

The world's smallest continent and sixth-largest country by area; a major iron-ore, coal and LNG exporter and a core AUKUS and Quad member.

Last reviewed Sep 10, 2026

Indicators

GDP growth1.35% per year · 2025▼ 1.68% vs previous

Military expenditure1.88% of GDP · 2024▲ 1.19% vs previous

Net energy imports-214.5% of use · 2023▲ 8.45% vs previousNet exporter: exports 214.5% of what it uses

Trade openness45.9% of GDP · 2025▼ 2.64% vs previous

Population27.6Mpeople · 2025▲ 1.54% vs previous

Displaced from here72people · 2025▼ 36.8% vs previous

Source: World Bank · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: World Bank / SIPRI · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 · Source: UNHCR · retrieved 1 Sep 2026 · CC BY 4.0 (UNHCR Refugee Population Statistics Database)

Electricity generation mix — Australia

Monthly generation by fuel, last five years

Coal
Gas
Other Fossil
Hydro
Wind
Solar
Bioenergy

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Period	Coal (TWh)	Gas (TWh)	Other Fossil (TWh)	Hydro (TWh)	Wind (TWh)	Solar (TWh)	Bioenergy (TWh)
2021-10-01	10.4	1.17	0.01	1.35	2.19	2.99	0.04
2021-11-01	10.3	1.12	0	1.34	2.22	2.78	0.03
2021-12-01	10.9	1.25	0.01	1.07	2.25	3.74	0.02
2022-01-01	11.9	1.48	0	1.19	2.42	3.5	0.02
2022-02-01	10.3	1.39	0	1	2.23	3.16	0.01
2022-03-01	11.6	1.51	0	1.13	2.21	2.93	0.01
2022-04-01	10.4	1.65	0	1.11	2.09	2.31	0.01
2022-05-01	11.0	2.08	0.02	1.89	2.23	1.86	0.01
2022-06-01	10.8	2.74	0.03	1.89	2.84	1.72	0.01
2022-07-01	11.8	2.65	0.01	1.76	2.67	1.96	0.01
2022-08-01	11.2	1.97	0	1.49	3.05	2.35	0.03
2022-09-01	10.2	1.55	0	1.45	2.46	2.75	0.03
2022-10-01	10.1	1.41	0	1.31	2.42	3.1	0.03
2022-11-01	9	1.24	0	1.36	2.34	3.84	0.04
2022-12-01	9.7	1.16	0	1.07	2.49	4.38	0.03
2023-01-01	10.8	1.3	0	1.14	2.42	4.23	0.01
2023-02-01	10.3	1.1	0	0.9	2.36	3.85	0.01
2023-03-01	11.2	1.6	0	1.16	2.28	3.52	0.01
2023-04-01	9.88	1.48	0	1.19	2.11	2.95	0.01
2023-05-01	11.0	1.99	0.01	1.53	2.53	2.61	0.01
2023-06-01	11.0	1.82	0.01	1.57	3.26	2.1	0.03
2023-07-01	11.3	1.69	0	1.71	3.12	2.4	0.01
2023-08-01	10.7	1.79	0	1.62	2.47	3.06	0.05
2023-09-01	9.2	1.24	0	1.21	2.49	3.8	0.05
2023-10-01	9.33	0.87	0	1.13	2.9	4.31	0.06
2023-11-01	9.5	1.2	0	1.1	2.33	4.29	0.05
2023-12-01	10.3	1.19	0	1.02	2.67	4.8	0.03
2024-01-01	11.3	1.27	0.02	0.91	2.59	4.68	0.02
2024-02-01	10.8	1.49	0.01	1.02	2.34	4.41	0.02
2024-03-01	11.0	1.22	0	1.01	2.6	4.16	0.02
2024-04-01	10.3	1.26	0	1.11	2.18	3.32	0.03
2024-05-01	11.5	1.85	0	1.16	2.27	2.74	0.03
2024-06-01	12.2	2.34	0.01	1.24	2.18	2.35	0.03
2024-07-01	12.0	2.24	0	1.26	3.23	2.67	0.04
2024-08-01	10.5	1.81	0	1.12	3.22	3.24	0.04
2024-09-01	9.06	1.05	0	1.16	3.37	3.85	0.06
2024-10-01	8.89	1	0.01	1.26	2.78	4.77	0.06
2024-11-01	9.05	1.4	0.01	1.29	2.51	4.8	0.06
2024-12-01	10.0	1.43	0.01	1.01	2.63	5.78	0.04
2025-01-01	10.6	1.29	0.01	0.87	2.83	5.59	0.03
2025-02-01	9.67	1.24	0	0.87	2.76	4.92	0.02
2025-03-01	11.1	1.22	0	0.96	3.02	4.37	0.02
2025-04-01	9.88	1.18	0	1.03	2.38	3.86	0.01
2025-05-01	10.7	1.5	0	1.25	2.93	3.22	0.01
2025-06-01	11.4	2.19	0	1.38	3.2	2.75	0.03
2025-07-01	11.8	1.82	0	1.16	4.02	3.05	0.06
2025-08-01	10.9	1.85	0	1.14	3.54	3.71	0.07
2025-09-01	8.8	1.07	0	1.12	3.69	4.44	0.06
2025-10-01	8.75	1.07	0	1.15	3.43	5.22	0.08
2025-11-01	8.71	0.84	0	1.01	3.41	5.5	0.06
2025-12-01	9.22	1.04	0	0.97	3.24	6.35	0.05
2026-01-01	9.86	1.05	0	1	3.49	6.32	0.07
2026-02-01	9.36	1.03	0	1	3.1	5.12	0.07
2026-03-01	10.5	1.1	0	1.08	2.85	4.81	0.06
2026-04-01	9.37	1.01	0	1.03	3	4.23	0.03
2026-05-01	10.3	1.54	0	1.35	3.31	3.12	0.02
2026-06-01	10.5	1.83	0	1.54	3.62	2.66	0.07

Source: Ember · retrieved 31 Aug 2026 · CC BY 4.0

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