Brazil vs Italy: Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables
Brazil
2.9%
in 2025
Italy
3.2%
in 2025
Brazil rank
42nd
Italy rank
40th
Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables over time
- Brazil
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 3.2% against 2.9% in Brazil, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 17 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 42nd and Italy ranks 40th of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Italy in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.4% | 1.2% | 5.2% | Brazil |
| 1970s | 15.7% | 0.6% | 15.1% | Brazil |
| 1980s | 8.0% | -1.2% | 9.2% | Brazil |
| 1990s | 3.2% | 3.7% | 0.5% | Italy |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.8% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 2010s | 3.7% | 4.6% | 0.9% | Italy |
| 2020s | 4.0% | 1.1% | 3.0% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables, Brazil or Italy?
- Italy, at 3.2% against 2.9% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables between Brazil and Italy?
- 0.3%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Italy?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Italy rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables?
- Brazil ranks 42nd and Italy ranks 40th of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.