Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Italy

Solar share of electricity in Italy in 2025 — 16.85%. Ranked 18 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 16.84 pp.

2025 16.85% +3.4 pp vs 2024
World rank 18of 91
Period maximum 16.85%2025
Period minimum 0.01%2000

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Italy, 2000–2025051015202000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.01%2001: 0.01%2002: 0.01%2003: 0.01%2004: 0.01%2005: 0.01%2006: 0.01%2007: 0.01%2008: 0.06%2009: 0.24%2010: 0.64%2011: 3.62%2012: 6.39%2013: 7.55%2014: 8.07%2015: 8.2%2016: 7.73%2017: 8.35%2018: 7.92%2019: 8.17%2020: 9.01%2021: 8.77%2022: 10.04%2023: 11.74%2024: 13.45%2025: 16.85%
Change over the period: +16.84 pp Annual average: 0.67 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Italy 16.85%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Southern Europe computed 17.65%
Solar share of electricity — Italy, by year Italy All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 16.85 +3.4 pp
2024 13.45 +1.71 pp
2023 11.74 +1.7 pp
2022 10.04 +1.27 pp
2021 8.77 −0.24 pp
2020 9.01 +0.84 pp
2019 8.17 +0.25 pp
2018 7.92 −0.43 pp
2017 8.35 +0.62 pp
2016 7.73 −0.47 pp
2015 8.2 +0.13 pp
2014 8.07 +0.52 pp
2013 7.55 +1.16 pp
2012 6.39 +2.77 pp
2011 3.62 +2.98 pp
2010 0.64 +0.4 pp
2009 0.24 +0.18 pp
2008 0.06 +0.05 pp
2007 0.01 +0 pp
2006 0.01 +0 pp
2005 0.01 +0 pp
2004 0.01 +0 pp
2003 0.01 +0 pp
2002 0.01 +0 pp
2001 0.01 +0 pp
2000 0.01

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by solar plants in a country's total generation. The fastest-growing series in all of energy statistics: where twenty years ago the share was measured in hundredths of a percent, it now runs into tens. The figure depends less on how much sun there is than on policy and prices: the leaders are not the sunniest countries but those that started building earlier. The flip side of that growth is the daily cycle: at noon solar pushes out the other sources, and in the evening it is gone altogether.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for solar — there it sits inside “other renewables” together with biomass and geothermal. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward: there is no weight before that.

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