Italy vs Norway: Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables
Italy
3.2%
in 2025
Norway
3.3%
in 2025
Italy rank
40th
Norway rank
39th
Annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables over time
- Italy
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 3.3% against 3.2% in Italy, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 35 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 40th and Norway ranks 39th of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Norway in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.2% | 4.0% | 2.8% | Norway |
| 1970s | 0.6% | 4.7% | 4.1% | Norway |
| 1980s | -1.2% | 3.2% | 4.3% | Norway |
| 1990s | 3.7% | 0.6% | 3.1% | Italy |
| 2000s | 4.8% | 1.4% | 3.4% | Italy |
| 2010s | 4.6% | 0.9% | 3.7% | Italy |
| 2020s | 1.1% | 3.5% | 2.4% | Norway |
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 Norway?
- Norway, at 3.3% against 3.2% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables between Italy and Norway?
- 0.1%, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Norway?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Norway rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from renewables?
- Italy ranks 40th and Norway ranks 39th 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.