Australia: Energy use per capita, 1960 - 2015:
For that indicator, we provide data for Australia from 1960 to 2015. The average value for Australia during that period was 4773.69 kilograms of oil equivalent with a minimum of 3063.55 kilograms of oil equivalent in 1960 and a maximum of 5964.67 kilograms of oil equivalent in 2008.
The latest value from 2015 is 5483.82 kilograms of oil equivalent. For comparison, the world average in 2015 based on 35
countries is 4155.99 kilograms of oil equivalent.
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The energy use per capita in Australia includes all types of energy sources, from domestic production and imports. For easy comparison, the energy is expressed in kilograms of oil equivalent.
Definition: Energy use refers to use of primary energy before transformation to other end-use fuels, which is equal to indigenous production plus imports and stock changes, minus exports and fuels supplied to ships and aircraft engaged in international transport.
