Solar Electricity Capacity

Global Ranking

million kilowattsSource: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1	China	254.36	2020	1	205
2 ↑	United States	75.64	2020	3	60.68
3 ↓	Japan	67	2020	2	61.53
4	Germany	53.78	2020	4	49.05
5	India	39.21	2020	5	35.09
6	Italy	21.6	2020	6	20.87
7 ↑	Australia	17.63	2020	8	13.25
8 ↑	Vietnam	16.5	2020	16	4.9
9 ↑	South Korea	14.58	2020	11	10.51
10 ↓	Spain	14.09	2020	9	11.28
11 ↓	United Kingdom	13.56	2020	7	13.35
12 ↓	France	11.73	2020	10	10.8
13 ↓	Netherlands	10.21	2020	12	7.18
14 ↑	Brazil	7.88	2020	18	4.62
15 ↓	Ukraine	7.33	2020	14	5.94
16 ↓	Turkey	6.67	2020	13	6
17 ↓	South Africa	5.99	2020	15	4.91
18 ↑	Taiwan	5.82	2020	20	4.15
19 ↓	Belgium	5.65	2020	17	4.64
20 ↓	Mexico	5.64	2020	19	4.44
21 ↑	Poland	3.94	2020	30	1.54
22 ↓	Canada	3.33	2020	21	3.31
23	Greece	3.25	2020	23	2.83
24	Chile	3.21	2020	24	2.65
25	Switzerland	3.12	2020	25	2.59
26 ↓	Thailand	2.99	2020	22	2.99
27	United Arab Emirates	2.54	2020	27	1.92
28	Austria	2.22	2020	28	1.7
29 ↓	Czech Republic	2.07	2020	26	2.09
30 ↑	Hungary	1.95	2020	32	1.4
31 ↓	Egypt	1.69	2020	29	1.66
32 ↑	Malaysia	1.49	2020	41	0.88
33 ↓	Israel	1.44	2020	31	1.44
34 ↑	Russia	1.43	2020	36	1.06
35 ↑	Sweden	1.42	2020	43	0.71
36 ↓	Romania	1.39	2020	32	1.4
37 ↓	Jordan	1.36	2020	34	1.1
38 ↓	Denmark	1.3	2020	35	1.08
39 ↓	Bulgaria	1.07	2020	37	1.05
40 ↓	Philippines	1.05	2020	39	0.97
41 ↓	Portugal	1.03	2020	40	0.9
42 ↓	Hong Kong	1	2020	38	1
42 ↑	Haiti	1	2020	147	0
44 ↑	Argentina	0.76	2020	48	0.44
45 ↓	Pakistan	0.74	2020	43	0.71
46 ↓	Morocco	0.73	2020	42	0.73
47 ↓	Slovakia	0.59	2020	45	0.59
48 ↓	Honduras	0.51	2020	46	0.51
49 ↓	Algeria	0.45	2020	47	0.45
50	El Salvador	0.43	2020	50	0.39
51 ↓	Saudi Arabia	0.41	2020	49	0.41
51	Iran	0.41	2020	51	0.37
53 ↑	Finland	0.39	2020	59	0.22
54 ↓	Dominican Republic	0.37	2020	53	0.31
55 ↓	Singapore	0.33	2020	54	0.27
55 ↓	Peru	0.33	2020	52	0.33
57 ↓	Bangladesh	0.3	2020	55	0.26
58 ↓	Slovenia	0.27	2020	55	0.26
59 ↓	Uruguay	0.26	2020	57	0.25
60 ↓	Yemen	0.25	2020	57	0.25
61 ↓	Sri Lanka	0.23	2020	59	0.22
62 ↓	Iraq	0.22	2020	59	0.22
63 ↑	Cambodia	0.21	2020	77	0.1
64 ↑	Cyprus	0.2	2020	69	0.15
64 ↓	Panama	0.2	2020	62	0.2
64	Luxembourg	0.2	2020	64	0.16
67 ↑	Malta	0.18	2020	69	0.15
68 ↓	Puerto Rico	0.17	2020	63	0.17
68 ↓	Indonesia	0.17	2020	64	0.16
70 ↓	Cuba	0.16	2020	64	0.16
70 ↓	Belarus	0.16	2020	64	0.16
70 ↓	Senegal	0.16	2020	64	0.16
73 ↓	Namibia	0.15	2020	69	0.15
73 ↓	Norway	0.15	2020	72	0.12
73 ↑	Lithuania	0.15	2020	77	0.1
76 ↓	New Zealand	0.14	2020	72	0.12
77 ↓	Estonia	0.13	2020	72	0.12
78 ↓	Bolivia	0.12	2020	72	0.12
79 ↓	Kenya	0.11	2020	76	0.11
79 ↑	Oman	0.11	2020	119	0.01
79 ↑	Colombia	0.11	2020	81	0.09
82 ↑	Armenia	0.1	2020	96	0.05
82 ↓	Zambia	0.1	2020	77	0.1
82 ↓	Guatemala	0.1	2020	77	0.1
82 ↑	Tunisia	0.1	2020	88	0.08
86 ↓	Croatia	0.09	2020	81	0.09
86 ↓	Kuwait	0.09	2020	81	0.09
86 ↓	Mongolia	0.09	2020	81	0.09
86 ↓	Mauritania	0.09	2020	81	0.09
86 ↓	Jamaica	0.09	2020	81	0.09
86 ↑	Macedonia	0.09	2020	101	0.03
92	New Caledonia	0.08	2020	92	0.06
92 ↓	Burma (Myanmar)	0.08	2020	81	0.09
92 ↓	Mauritius	0.08	2020	88	0.08
92 ↓	Uganda	0.08	2020	88	0.08
96 ↓	Lebanon	0.07	2020	91	0.07
96 ↓	Ghana	0.07	2020	92	0.06
96 ↑	Mali	0.07	2020	110	0.02
99 ↓	Mozambique	0.06	2020	92	0.06
99 ↓	Nepal	0.06	2020	96	0.05
99 ↓	Burkina Faso	0.06	2020	92	0.06
102 ↓	Barbados	0.05	2020	98	0.04
103 ↓	North Korea	0.04	2020	98	0.04
103 ↑	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.04	2020	110	0.02
103 ↓	Azerbaijan	0.04	2020	98	0.04
103 ↓	Ireland	0.04	2020	101	0.03
103 ↓	Madagascar	0.04	2020	101	0.03
108 ↓	Nigeria	0.03	2020	101	0.03
108 ↓	Niger	0.03	2020	101	0.03
108 ↑	Serbia	0.03	2020	110	0.02
108 ↓	Afghanistan	0.03	2020	101	0.03
108 ↓	Ecuador	0.03	2020	101	0.03
108 ↓	Tanzania	0.03	2020	101	0.03
108 ↓	Rwanda	0.03	2020	101	0.03
115 ↑	Maldives	0.02	2020	119	0.01
115 ↑	Zimbabwe	0.02	2020	119	0.01
115 ↓	Malawi	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↓	Republic of the Congo	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↓	Sudan	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↓	Nicaragua	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↓	Eritrea	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↓	Laos	0.02	2020	110	0.02
115 ↑	Albania	0.02	2020	119	0.01
115 ↑	Ethiopia	0.02	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Belize	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Aruba	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Angola	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Antigua and Barbuda	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Burundi	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Bahrain	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Botswana	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Ivory Coast	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Cameroon	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Cape Verde	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Fiji	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Guinea	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Guyana	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Iceland	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Libya	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Moldova	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Montenegro	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Qatar	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Somalia	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Suriname	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Tonga	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Venezuela	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↓	Samoa	0.01	2020	119	0.01
125 ↑	Latvia	0.01	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Kiribati	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Kyrgyzstan	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Kazakhstan	0	2006	147	0
149 ↓	Saint Lucia	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Solomon Islands	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Sierra Leone	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Grenada	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Vanuatu	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Equatorial Guinea	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Sao Tome and Principe	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Benin	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Guinea-Bissau	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Gambia	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Gibraltar	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Swaziland	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Seychelles	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Syria	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Chad	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Togo	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Georgia	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Tajikistan	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Turkmenistan	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Bermuda	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Trinidad and Tobago	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Gabon	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Faroe Islands	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Dominica	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Djibouti	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Comoros	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Central African Republic	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Bhutan	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Uzbekistan	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Bahamas	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Papua New Guinea	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Montserrat	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Macao	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Lesotho	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Paraguay	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Brunei	0	2020	147	0
149 ↓	Liberia	0	2020	147	0

Definition of Solar Electricity Capacity

Installed capacity to produce electricity from sunlight in million kilowatts.