New Zealand Key Figures
- Population:
- 5.24 million
- GDP growth rate:
- 0.63 %/year
- Energy independence:
- 73.2%
Data of the last year available: 2023
- Total consumption/GDP:*
- 85.0 (2005=100)
- CO2 Emissions:
- 5.75 tCO2/capita
- Rate of T&D power losses:
- 7.29%
* at purchasing power parity
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New Zealand Total Energy Consumption
Energy consumption per capita is within the average of the OCDE countries at 4.3 toe in 2023 and reached around 7 500 kWh for electricity.
Total energy consumption has remained roughly stable since 2014 at around 22.5 Mtoe. This period of stability occurs after a large increase between 2005 and 2014 (+2.7%/year), partly due to the development of geothermal electricity.
Graph: CONSUMPTION TRENDS BY ENERGY SOURCE (Mtoe)
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New Zealand Crude Oil Production
Crude oil and condensate production more than halved between 2015 and 2022, from 2.1 Mt to 0.9 Mt. It had already decreased rapidly between 2009 and 2013 (-10%/year).
The 5 main oil and condensate fields are Maari, Pohokura, Mau Mangahewa, and Kupe.
With the closure of the last refinery, crude oil imports have fallen in favour of imports of refined products (8 Mt), covering all the domestic consumption of oil.
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New Zealand Renewable in % Electricity Production
NZEECS 2017-2022 has set a target of 90% of renewables in the power mix by 2025 (primarily hydro and geothermal). In 2023, the previous government announced an aspirational goal of 100% renewable electricity by 2030.
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New Zealand CO2 Fuel Combustion/CO2 Emissions
In its revised NDC (2021), the country increased its GHG emissions reduction target to 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 (compared to 30% in the previous version of 2016). In 2022, GHG emissions were 9% below the 2005 level, reaching 75 MtCO2eq, which is a bit higher than the annual average budget (72.5 MtCO2eq) for 2022-2025 defined in the emissions reduction plan.