Italy vs Turkey: Renewable energy

Italy
116.65 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Turkey
144.06 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Italy rank
9th
Turkey rank
7th

Renewable energy over time

  • Italy
  • Turkey
050100150196519952025

How they compare

Turkey currently reports 144.06 terawatt-hours against 116.65 terawatt-hours in Italy, a difference of 27.41 terawatt-hours.

That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 9th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 6 and Turkey in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Italy Turkey Difference Ahead
1960s 28.77 terawatt-hours 0.4558 terawatt-hours 28.31 terawatt-hours Italy
1970s 29.71 terawatt-hours 0.5418 terawatt-hours 29.17 terawatt-hours Italy
1980s 29.9 terawatt-hours 0.3351 terawatt-hours 29.56 terawatt-hours Italy
1990s 37.76 terawatt-hours 1.19 terawatt-hours 36.57 terawatt-hours Italy
2000s 64.69 terawatt-hours 1.76 terawatt-hours 62.93 terawatt-hours Italy
2010s 109.23 terawatt-hours 41.11 terawatt-hours 68.12 terawatt-hours Italy
2020s 113.25 terawatt-hours 133.16 terawatt-hours 19.91 terawatt-hours Turkey

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher renewable energy, Italy or Turkey?
Turkey, at 144.06 terawatt-hours against 116.65 terawatt-hours in Italy as of 2025.
What is the difference in renewable energy between Italy and Turkey?
27.41 terawatt-hours, with Turkey ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Turkey?
61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
How do Italy and Turkey rank globally for renewable energy?
Italy ranks 9th and Turkey ranks 7th of 79 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 Renewable energy. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Renewable energy
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.