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Total solar capacity

Name: Total solar capacity by country, 2024
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GW · higher is better · 207 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024

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Total solar capacity league table
#	Country	GW	Region	Income
1	China	887.1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	United States	177.6	North America	High income
3	India	97.6	South Asia	Lower middle income
4	Germany	89.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Japan	89.6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
6	Brazil	53.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
7	Spain	38.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Italy	36	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Australia	35.9	East Asia & Pacific	High income
10	Korea, Rep.	26.7	East Asia & Pacific	High income
11	Netherlands	24	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	France	21.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Poland	20.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Turkiye	19.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Viet Nam	18.7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
16	United Kingdom	17.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Taiwan	14.3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
18	Mexico	12	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Chile	10.9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Belgium	9.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Greece	9.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	South Africa	9.1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
23	Austria	8.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Switzerland	7.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Hungary	7.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
26	United Arab Emirates	6.5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
27	Portugal	5.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Canada	5.8	North America	High income
29	Israel	5.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
30	Ukraine	5.5	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	Sweden	5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
32	Romania	4.7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Saudi Arabia	4.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
34	Czechia	4.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Denmark	3.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Bulgaria	3.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
37	Pakistan	3.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
38	Thailand	3.4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
39	Philippines	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
40	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
41	Lithuania	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Russian Federation	2.6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
43	Malaysia	2.3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
44	Uzbekistan	2.3	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
45	Jordan	2.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
46	Argentina	1.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Qatar	1.7	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Singapore	1.5	East Asia & Pacific	High income
49	Sri Lanka	1.4	South Asia	Upper middle income
50	Dominican Republic	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	Colombia	1.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Ireland	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Estonia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Slovenia	1.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
55	Kazakhstan	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
56	Finland	1.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
57	Lebanon	1.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
58	Puerto Rico (US)	0.96	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Morocco	0.95	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
60	Indonesia	0.94	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
61	Cambodia	0.88	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
62	Slovak Republic	0.87	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Croatia	0.86	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Bangladesh	0.85	South Asia	Lower middle income
65	North Macedonia	0.83	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Norway	0.78	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0.78	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
68	Tunisia	0.77	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
69	Panama	0.74	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
70	Cyprus	0.73	Europe & Central Asia	High income
71	Oman	0.67	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
72	El Salvador	0.65	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
73	Kenya	0.61	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
74	New Zealand	0.58	East Asia & Pacific	High income
75	Honduras	0.55	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
76	Peru	0.53	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Luxembourg	0.52	Europe & Central Asia	High income
78	Armenia	0.49	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
79	Latvia	0.47	Europe & Central Asia	High income
80	Algeria	0.46	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
81	Yemen, Rep.	0.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
82	Angola	0.36	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Moldova	0.34	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
84	Hong Kong SAR, China	0.33	East Asia & Pacific	High income
85	Uruguay	0.33	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
86	Albania	0.31	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Cuba	0.29	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Azerbaijan	0.28	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Senegal	0.27	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Belarus	0.27	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Serbia	0.24	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
92	Namibia	0.24	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
93	Malta	0.23	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
94	Myanmar	0.22	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
95	New Caledonia	0.21	East Asia & Pacific	High income
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.21	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
97	Burkina Faso	0.21	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	West Bank and Gaza	0.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
99	Nigeria	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
100	Zambia	0.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
101	Sudan	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
102	Ghana	0.19	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Bolivia	0.18	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
104	Nepal	0.18	South Asia	Lower middle income
105	Mauritania	0.16	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
106	Mongolia	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
107	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0.14	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
108	Mauritius	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
109	Mali	0.14	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
110	Georgia	0.13	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
111	Jamaica	0.12	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
112	Malawi	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
113	Mozambique	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Zimbabwe	0.11	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
115	Guam	0.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
116	Guatemala	0.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
117	Kuwait	0.1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
118	Uganda	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
119	Niger	0.08	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
120	French Polynesia	0.07	East Asia & Pacific	High income
121	Costa Rica	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
122	Barbados	0.07	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
123	Maldives	0.07	South Asia	Upper middle income
124	Togo	0.07	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
125	Bahrain	0.07	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
126	Cameroon	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
127	Syrian Arab Republic	0.06	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
128	Lao PDR	0.06	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Madagascar	0.06	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Afghanistan	0.05	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
131	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.05	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
132	Iraq	0.04	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
133	Central African Republic	0.04	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
134	Cote d'Ivoire	0.04	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
135	Nicaragua	0.04	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
136	Benin	0.04	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
137	South Sudan	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
138	Ecuador	0.03	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
139	Cabo Verde	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
140	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	0.03	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
141	Montenegro	0.03	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
142	Congo, Dem. Rep.	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Lesotho	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Eswatini	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Rwanda	0.03	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Eritrea	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Gambia, The	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Ethiopia	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
149	Bahamas, The	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
150	Sierra Leone	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Palau	0.02	East Asia & Pacific	High income
152	Tanzania	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
153	Seychelles	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
154	Guyana	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
155	Guinea	0.02	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Samoa	0.02	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
157	Antigua and Barbuda	0.02	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
158	Tonga	0.02	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
159	Aruba	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
160	Curacao	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
161	Cayman Islands	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
162	Gabon	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
163	Fiji	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
164	Botswana	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
165	Suriname	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
166	Burundi	0.01	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
167	Andorra	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	High income
168	Libya	0.01	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
169	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
170	American Samoa	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	High income
171	Iceland	0.01	Europe & Central Asia	High income
172	Belize	0.01	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
173	Solomon Islands	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Brunei Darussalam	0.01	East Asia & Pacific	High income
175	St. Lucia	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
176	Vanuatu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
177	Papua New Guinea	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
178	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
179	Trinidad and Tobago	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
180	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
181	St. Kitts and Nevis	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
182	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
183	Venezuela, RB	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
184	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
185	Haiti	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
186	Grenada	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
187	Bhutan	0	South Asia	Lower middle income
188	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
189	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
190	Comoros	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	Liberia	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
192	British Virgin Islands	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
193	St. Martin (French part)	0	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
194	Guinea-Bissau	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
195	Chad	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
196	Paraguay	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
197	Congo, Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
198	Greenland	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
199	Sao Tome and Principe	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
200	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
201	Timor-Leste	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
202	Dominica	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
203	Faroe Islands	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income
204	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
205	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
206	Kyrgyz Republic	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
207	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income

Total solar capacity