Israel vs United Arab Emirates: Primary energy from solar
Israel
13.39 terawatt-hours
in 2025
United Arab Emirates
18.2 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Israel rank
24th
United Arab Emirates rank
21st
Primary energy from solar over time
- Israel
- United Arab Emirates
How they compare
United Arab Emirates currently reports 18.2 terawatt-hours against 13.39 terawatt-hours in Israel, a difference of 4.81 terawatt-hours.
That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.4 times Israel's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.
Israel ranks 24th and United Arab Emirates ranks 21st of 80 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and United Arab Emirates in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | United Arab Emirates | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1970s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1980s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 1990s | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | 0 terawatt-hours | — |
| 2000s | 0.0024 terawatt-hours | 0.0006 terawatt-hours | 0.0018 terawatt-hours | Israel |
| 2010s | 1.14 terawatt-hours | 0.6671 terawatt-hours | 0.4722 terawatt-hours | Israel |
| 2020s | 7.9 terawatt-hours | 11.04 terawatt-hours | 3.13 terawatt-hours | United Arab Emirates |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher primary energy from solar, Israel or United Arab Emirates?
- United Arab Emirates, at 18.2 terawatt-hours against 13.39 terawatt-hours in Israel as of 2025.
- What is the difference in primary energy from solar between Israel and United Arab Emirates?
- 4.81 terawatt-hours, with United Arab Emirates ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and United Arab Emirates?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Israel and United Arab Emirates rank globally for primary energy from solar?
- Israel ranks 24th and United Arab Emirates ranks 21st of 80 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from solar. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.