Italy vs Malaysia: Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables
Italy
3.2%
in 2025
Malaysia
3.4%
in 2025
Italy rank
40th
Malaysia rank
38th
Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables over time
- Italy
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 3.4% against 3.2% in Italy, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Malaysia ahead.
Italy ranks 40th and Malaysia ranks 38th of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.2% | 14.9% | 13.7% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 1.8% | 1.2% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | -1.2% | 19.5% | 20.7% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 3.7% | 6.6% | 2.9% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 4.6% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 13.7% | 9.1% | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 8.8% | 7.7% | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables, Italy or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 3.4% against 3.2% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables between Italy and Malaysia?
- 0.2%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Malaysia?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Malaysia rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables?
- Italy ranks 40th and Malaysia ranks 38th 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.