Key Market Indicators
By 2026, Italy is expected to record pipeline transport volume of 9.54 billion tonne-kilometres and pipeline length of 3,670 kilometres. This is a slight decrease of 0.4% and 0.7% respectively from 2021. Since 1975, the country has seen a decline of 0.7% and 1.2% in transport volume and length respectively. In 2021, Italy was the tenth largest transport volume market worldwide at 9.61 billion tonne-kilometres, while Ukraine surpassed it. The United States, China and Kazakhstan ranked second, third and fourth respectively. In terms of pipeline length, Italy came in second place at 3,770 kilometres, with Spain overtaking it. Italy, Romania and Poland ranked second, third and fourth respectively.
