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Australian energy intensity and energy productivity

The chart is a line graph with 4 lines showing GDP, energy consumption, energy intensity and energy productivity. There is an index scale on the y axis and years on the x axis. GDP has steadily increased for decades but flattened in the last two years. Energy consumption was flattening in recent years and has declined notably the last two years. Energy productivity is increasing and energy intensity is decreasing.
The figure shows Australian gross domestic product, energy consumption, energy intensity and energy productivity as an index from 1980-81 to 2020-21. As economic growth in Australia over recent decades has generally outpaced growth in energy consumption, the Australian economy has tended towards lower energy intensity and higher energy productivity over time.
Energy productivity improved 5.2% in 2020-21 and 28% over the past ten years.

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  1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
GDP 100.0 103.3 101.0 105.7 111.2 115.7 118.7 125.5 130.3 135.0 134.4 135.0 140.4 146.0 151.6 157.5 163.7 171.2 179.9 187.0 190.6 198.2 214.6 223.6 230.7 236.9 245.9 254.7 259.4 265.1 271.6 282.2 289.6 297.0 303.5 311.8 318.9 328.1 335.0 335.0 340.0
Energy consumption 100.0 102.9 99.2 102.4 107.1 108.1 111.7 115.2 121.8 125.4 125.5 126.6 129.7 132.9 138.7 143.2 146.6 151.8 155.3 158.0 159.3 162.0 163.6 168.2 171.9 176.6 182.1 182.6 186.0 185.3 187.8 187.4 188.2 186.7 187.5 191.9 194.1 196.2 196.7 190.8 184.0
Energy intensity 100.0 99.6 98.2 96.9 96.3 93.5 94.1 91.8 93.5 92.9 93.4 93.8 92.4 91.0 91.5 90.9 89.5 88.7 86.3 84.5 83.6 81.7 76.2 75.2 74.5 74.5 74.1 71.7 71.7 69.9 69.2 66.4 65.0 62.9 61.8 61.5 60.9 59.8 58.7 57.0 54.1
Energy productivity  100.0 100.4 101.8 103.2 103.8 107.0 106.2 109.0 107.0 107.6 107.1 106.6 108.2 109.9 109.3 110.0 111.7 112.8 115.9 118.4 119.7 122.4 131.2 132.9 134.2 134.2 135.0 139.5 139.5 143.0 144.6 150.6 153.9 159.1 161.8 162.5 164.3 167.3 170.3 175.6 184.7

Source

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (2022) Australian Energy Statistics, Table B
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