Australia physical energy exports fall to ten-year low

Australia's physical energy exports fell 3.1 percent in 2024-25 to their lowest level in ten years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said, with black coal down 1.1 percent and liquefied natural gas down 2.2 percent, while renewable energy production rose almost 10 percent.

Why it matters: Australia is one of the world's largest coal and LNG exporters, so a decade low in physical export volumes, set against renewable production rising almost 10 percent for a second year, marks the direction of its energy trade rather than a single year's price move.

Data as of Australian Bureau of Statistics media release of October 29, 2026 (11:30 a.m. AEDT), for the Energy Account, Australia, 2024-25 financial year, read in full in this run. All figures are the bureau's own. Single primary source, the bureau itself, hence grade B. Developing item.

Australia’s physical energy exports fell to their lowest level in ten years in 2024-25, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said in its Energy Account release. Physical energy exports, meaning coal, liquefied natural gas, uranium and crude oil measured in volume terms, fell 3.1 percent overall. Black coal stayed the largest energy export but fell 1.1 percent, and LNG fell 2.2 percent.

Renewable energy production rose almost 10 percent in 2024-25, after a 5 percent increase in 2023-24. Solar stayed the largest renewable source, up 11 percent, and wind production rose 15 percent, the bureau said, adding that Australia produced nearly 40 percent more electricity from renewable sources than households used. Per person energy use has fallen 16 percent over ten years, while total household energy use rose 0.3 percent in 2024-25.

Australia physical energy exports fall to ten-year low

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