Ireland vs Italy: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Ireland
-1.0%
in 2025
Italy
-0.7%
in 2025
Ireland rank
173rd
Italy rank
171st
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Ireland
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports -0.7% against -1.0% in Ireland, a difference of 0.3%.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 173rd and Italy ranks 171st of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 6 and Italy in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.8% | 8.8% | 1.0% | Ireland |
| 1970s | 1.1% | 3.5% | 2.4% | Italy |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Ireland |
| 1990s | 4.0% | 1.1% | 2.9% | Ireland |
| 2000s | 0.7% | -0.4% | 1.0% | Ireland |
| 2010s | -0.1% | -1.0% | 1.0% | Ireland |
| 2020s | -1.0% | -1.6% | 0.6% | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Ireland or Italy?
- Italy, at -0.7% against -1.0% in Ireland as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Ireland and Italy?
- 0.3%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Italy?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Ireland and Italy rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Ireland ranks 173rd and Italy ranks 171st of 216 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual percentage change in primary energy use. 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.