Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy
Italy: Net electricity imports as a share of demand was 15.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy, 1990–2025
Source: Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Italy recorded 15.1% for net electricity imports as a share of demand in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy peaked at 16.4% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 10.4%, in 2020.
Italy ranks 36th of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.0% | — |
| 1991 | 13.8% | -1.0% |
| 1992 | 13.7% | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 15.2% | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 14.1% | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 13.6% | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 13.5% | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 13.6% | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 13.8% | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 13.9% | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 14.1% | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 15.1% | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 15.4% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 15.1% | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 13.4% | -11.0% |
| 2005 | 14.3% | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 12.8% | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 13.1% | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 11.4% | -13.3% |
| 2009 | 13.6% | +19.2% |
| 2010 | 13.0% | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 13.3% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 12.7% | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 13.7% | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 14.2% | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 11.5% | -19.4% |
| 2017 | 11.4% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 13.3% | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 11.6% | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 10.4% | -10.3% |
| 2021 | 13.0% | +25.1% |
| 2022 | 13.3% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 16.4% | +23.2% |
| 2024 | 16.0% | -2.3% |
| 2025 | 15.1% | -6.0% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 15.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2%, 92.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.9% | 13.5% | 15.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.8% | 11.4% | 15.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.8% | 11.4% | 14.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.0% | 10.4% | 16.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More energy & mining data for Italy
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate -0.7233 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 12.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy?
- Net electricity imports as a share of demand in Italy was 15.1% in 2025, according to Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 16.4% in 2023.
- What is the lowest net electricity imports as a share of demand recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.4% in 2020.
- How does Italy rank for net electricity imports as a share of demand?
- Italy ranks 36th out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net electricity imports as a share of demand rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026); Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy of the UK (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net electricity imports as a share of demand. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Electricity imports minus exports, measured as a percentage of total electricity demand in the country or region.