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Solar electricity generation by country

terawatt-hours · 90 countries ranked · 2025

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Rank 1 = highest value; “better” is not defined for this indicator.25 of 90
  1. 1ChinaWorld rank 1st of 90
    up +40.0 %
  2. 2United StatesWorld rank 2nd of 90
    up +28.0 %
  3. 3IndiaWorld rank 3rd of 90
    up +37.0 %
  4. 4JapanWorld rank 4th of 90
    up +4.5 %
  5. 5GermanyWorld rank 5th of 90
    up +20.9 %
  6. 6BrazilWorld rank 6th of 90
    up +24.3 %
  7. 7SpainWorld rank 7th of 90
    up +7.9 %
  8. 8AustraliaWorld rank 8th of 90
    up +11.7 %
  9. 9ItalyWorld rank 9th of 90
    up +24.0 %
  10. 10South KoreaWorld rank 10th of 90
    up +15.5 %
  11. 11TürkiyeWorld rank 11th of 90
    up +45.1 %
  12. 12PakistanWorld rank 12th of 90
    up +84.6 %
  13. 13FranceWorld rank 13th of 90
    up +27.9 %
  14. 14NetherlandsWorld rank 14th of 90
    up +30.6 %
  15. 15MexicoWorld rank 15th of 90
    up +2.4 %
  16. 16VietnamWorld rank 16th of 90
    down −10.9 %
  17. 17ChileWorld rank 17th of 90
    up +9.9 %
  18. 18PolandWorld rank 18th of 90
    up +10.7 %
  19. 19South AfricaWorld rank 19th of 90
    up +6.4 %
  20. 20United KingdomWorld rank 20th of 90
    up +30.6 %
  21. 21TaiwanWorld rank 21st of 90
    up +5.2 %
  22. 22IsraelWorld rank 22nd of 90
    up +26.2 %
  23. 23GreeceWorld rank 23rd of 90
    up +14.7 %
  24. 24HungaryWorld rank 24th of 90
    up +19.3 %
  25. 25BelgiumWorld rank 25th of 90
    up +22.1 %

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Solar electricity generation, 2025. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for China, United States, India, 2000–2024.