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Electricity Demand in 🇮🇹 Italy

Italy's electricity demand is a dynamic and vital component of its energy landscape. It reflects the nation's growing need for electrical power to support various sectors, including residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation. Over the years, Italy has witnessed significant shifts in electricity demand due to various factors such as population growth, urbanization, and technological advancements.

  • In 2022, Italy's electricity demand decreased by -2.25%
  • In total, Italy used 321.76 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
  • Demand increased with a total of -7.42 MWh in 2022, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, Italy's demand for electricity has increased with 2.63%

Electricity Demand in Italy (2000-2022)

Between the year 2000 and 2022 the electricity demand in Italy has grown from 313.5 TW to 321.76 TW, an increase of consumed Terawatt hours by 2.63% in a 22 year time period.

Year TW YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 313.5 %
2001 319.46 5.96 1.9%
2002 327.36 7.9 2.47%
2003 336.35 8.99 2.75%
2004 340.46 4.11 1.22%
2005 344.87 4.41 1.3%
2006 351.66 6.79 1.97%
2007 353.49 1.83 0.52%
2008 352.53 -0.96 -0.27%
2009 332.54 -19.99 -5.67%
2010 342.07 9.53 2.87%
2011 345.47 3.4 0.99%
2012 339.58 -5.89 -1.7%
2013 329.21 -10.37 -3.05%
2014 321.16 -8.05 -2.45%
2015 327.33 6.17 1.92%
2016 324.23 -3.1 -0.95%
2017 331.09 6.86 2.12%
2018 331.29 0.2 0.06%
2019 329.49 -1.8 -0.54%
2020 310.27 -19.22 -5.83%
2021 329.18 18.91 6.09%
2022 321.76 -7.42 -2.25%

Electricity Demand vs Electricity Consumption

It's important to not conflate the two, electircity demnad represents how much electricity an entity, country or region need in a moment of time. While electricity consumption represents how much electricity is used over a period of time. Electricity demand is measured in kilowatt (kW) while electricity consumption is measured as kilowatt-hours (kWh).

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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