Average ESCO projects payback period and contract duration by contract type and by region, 2024

Last updated 11 Mar 2026

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Sources

IEA analysis based on IEA-UNEP annual global ESCO market surveys (2024), in collaboration with the Global ESCO Network.

Notes

The World and Europe average have been computed based on the response to the 2024 Survey, weighted by the market size of each responding.

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