Italy vs Japan: Annual percentage change in primary energy use
Italy
-0.7%
in 2025
Japan
-0.8%
in 2025
Italy rank
171st
Japan rank
172nd
Annual percentage change in primary energy use over time
- Italy
- Japan
How they compare
Italy currently reports -0.7% against -0.8% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 31 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Japan ahead.
Italy ranks 171st and Japan ranks 172nd of 216 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.8% | 14.1% | 5.3% | Japan |
| 1970s | 3.5% | 4.4% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 1.4% | 0.9% | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | -0.4% | -0.7% | 0.4% | Italy |
| 2010s | -1.0% | -1.1% | 0.0% | Italy |
| 2020s | -1.6% | -1.5% | 0.1% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy use, Italy or Japan?
- Italy, at -0.7% against -0.8% in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy use between Italy and Japan?
- 0.1%, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Japan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Japan rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy use?
- Italy ranks 171st and Japan ranks 172nd 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.