Italy vs Romania: Annual percentage change in primary energy from oil
Italy
-4.0%
in 2025
Romania
-3.1%
in 2025
Italy rank
75th
Romania rank
74th
Annual percentage change in primary energy from oil over time
- Italy
- Romania
How they compare
Romania currently reports -3.1% against -4.0% in Italy, a difference of 0.9%.
The two have swapped places 27 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 75th and Romania ranks 74th of 79 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Italy averaged higher in 3 and Romania in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.3% | 8.6% | 1.7% | Italy |
| 1970s | 3.2% | 7.2% | 4.0% | Romania |
| 1980s | -0.9% | -1.1% | 0.2% | Italy |
| 1990s | -0.1% | -4.6% | 4.6% | Italy |
| 2000s | -2.3% | -0.9% | 1.4% | Romania |
| 2010s | -2.1% | 1.3% | 3.5% | Romania |
| 2020s | -0.2% | 1.8% | 2.0% | Romania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual percentage change in primary energy from oil, Italy or Romania?
- Romania, at -3.1% against -4.0% in Italy as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual percentage change in primary energy from oil between Italy and Romania?
- 0.9%, with Romania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Romania?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1966 to 2025.
- How do Italy and Romania rank globally for annual percentage change in primary energy from oil?
- Italy ranks 75th and Romania ranks 74th 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 Annual percentage change in primary energy from oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Percentage change in total energy supply relative to the previous year.