Renewables share of electricity — all countries

Renewables share of electricity — Italy

Renewables share of electricity in Italy in 2025 — 48.74%. Ranked 36 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 29.9 pp.

2025 48.74% −1.43 pp vs 2024
World rank 36of 91
Period maximum 50.17%2024
Period minimum 15.59%2007

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Renewables share of electricity — Italy, 2000–202502040602000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 18.84%2001: 19.99%2002: 17.41%2003: 16.38%2004: 18.35%2005: 16.44%2006: 16.56%2007: 15.59%2008: 18.67%2009: 24.18%2010: 25.93%2011: 27.8%2012: 31.23%2013: 39.16%2014: 43.64%2015: 38.93%2016: 37.78%2017: 35.56%2018: 40%2019: 39.94%2020: 42.24%2021: 40.75%2022: 35.86%2023: 44.55%2024: 50.17%2025: 48.74%
Change over the period: +29.9 pp Annual average: 1.2 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Italy

Italy 48.74%
Europe & Central Asia computed 41.06%
Southern Europe computed 52.51%
Renewables share of electricity — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 48.74 −1.43 pp
2024 50.17 +5.62 pp
2023 44.55 +8.69 pp
2022 35.86 −4.89 pp
2021 40.75 −1.49 pp
2020 42.24 +2.3 pp
2019 39.94 −0.06 pp
2018 40 +4.44 pp
2017 35.56 −2.22 pp
2016 37.78 −1.15 pp
2015 38.93 −4.71 pp
2014 43.64 +4.48 pp
2013 39.16 +7.93 pp
2012 31.23 +3.43 pp
2011 27.8 +1.87 pp
2010 25.93 +1.75 pp
2009 24.18 +5.51 pp
2008 18.67 +3.08 pp
2007 15.59 −0.97 pp
2006 16.56 +0.12 pp
2005 16.44 −1.91 pp
2004 18.35 +1.97 pp
2003 16.38 −1.03 pp
2002 17.41 −2.58 pp
2001 19.99 +1.15 pp
2000 18.84

About the indicator

The share of electricity from all renewable sources: hydro, wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and tidal plants. It differs fundamentally from the indicator for renewables excluding hydro, and the difference explains most of the puzzlement such rankings cause: with hydro included, the top of the list holds countries whose renewable share has always been high — Norway, Paraguay, Nepal — while excluding hydro shows those that rebuilt their generation over the past twenty years.

Important: Hydro is included. The series without hydro is Renewables excluding hydro; it comes from the World Bank and covers more territories. Aggregates are weighted by generation and computed from 2000 onward.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.