Installed wind energy capacity by country

Total wind (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in gigawatts. This includes onshore and offshore wind.

Countries reporting
154
Highest
521.27 gigawatts
China
Lowest
0 gigawatts
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Median
0.1127 gigawatts
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
2,856

What the numbers show

Installed wind energy capacity is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 521.27 gigawatts in China; the lowest is 0 gigawatts in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1127 gigawatts, and the mean is 7.36 gigawatts.

Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia (up 120,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 43.0%).

Installed wind energy capacity: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 521.27 gigawatts 2024 up 438.4% volatile
2 United States 152.65 gigawatts 2024 up 137.7% volatile
3 Germany 72.82 gigawatts 2024 up 88.6% volatile
4 India 48.16 gigawatts 2024 up 114.4% volatile
5 Brazil 32.96 gigawatts 2024 up 555.3% volatile
6 United Kingdom 32.15 gigawatts 2024 up 145.9% volatile
7 Spain 31.81 gigawatts 2024 up 38.8% rising
8 France 24.59 gigawatts 2024 up 167.3% volatile
9 Canada 17.52 gigawatts 2024 up 80.8% volatile
10 Sweden 17.24 gigawatts 2024 up 238.8% volatile
11 Australia 15.29 gigawatts 2024 up 302.6% volatile
12 Italy 12.99 gigawatts 2024 up 49.6% volatile
13 Turkey 12.97 gigawatts 2024 up 257.4% volatile
14 Netherlands 11.68 gigawatts 2024 up 307.6% volatile
15 Poland 10.06 gigawatts 2024 up 162.2% volatile
16 Finland 8.36 gigawatts 2024 up 1,233.3% volatile
17 Denmark 7.62 gigawatts 2024 up 56.0% rising
18 Mexico 7.32 gigawatts 2024 up 184.8% volatile
19 Vietnam 6.18 gigawatts 2024 up 11,569.4% volatile
20 Japan 5.86 gigawatts 2024 up 112.8% volatile
21 Belgium 5.6 gigawatts 2024 up 189.7% volatile
22 Portugal 5.58 gigawatts 2024 up 15.0% volatile
23 Greece 5.36 gigawatts 2024 up 170.8% volatile
24 Norway 5.15 gigawatts 2024 up 499.8% volatile
25 Ireland 4.94 gigawatts 2024 up 116.4% volatile
26 Chile 4.72 gigawatts 2024 up 540.9% volatile
27 Argentina 4.32 gigawatts 2024 up 2,195.1% volatile
28 Austria 4.04 gigawatts 2024 up 91.2% volatile
29 Taiwan 3.89 gigawatts 2024 up 510.5% volatile
30 South Africa 3.44 gigawatts 2024 up 504.9% volatile
31 Romania 3.1 gigawatts 2024 down 4.6% volatile
32 Russia 2.57 gigawatts 2024 up 2,495.2% volatile
33 Morocco 2.4 gigawatts 2024 up 200.5% volatile
34 South Korea 2.26 gigawatts 2024 up 250.6% volatile
35 Egypt 2.2 gigawatts 2024 up 296.2% volatile
36 Pakistan 1.85 gigawatts 2024 up 797.6% volatile
37 Lithuania 1.83 gigawatts 2024 up 534.7% volatile
38 Ukraine 1.76 gigawatts 2023 up 386.5% volatile
39 Thailand 1.54 gigawatts 2024 up 587.6% volatile
40 Uruguay 1.52 gigawatts 2024 up 216.6% volatile
41 Kazakhstan 1.52 gigawatts 2024 up 2,778.3% volatile
42 New Zealand 1.26 gigawatts 2024 up 85.2% volatile
43 Croatia 1.19 gigawatts 2024 up 251.4% volatile
44 Peru 1.15 gigawatts 2024 up 706.4% volatile
45 Bulgaria 0.7043 gigawatts 2024 up 0.8% volatile
46 Jordan 0.6311 gigawatts 2024 up 44,979.3% volatile
47 Serbia 0.604 gigawatts 2024 up 120,700.0% volatile
48 Estonia 0.572 gigawatts 2024 up 108.0% volatile
49 Uzbekistan 0.5008 gigawatts 2024 up 66,666.7% volatile
50 Philippines 0.4435 gigawatts 2024 up 31.6% volatile
51 Kenya 0.4361 gigawatts 2024 up 7,355.6% volatile
52 Dominican Republic 0.4327 gigawatts 2024 up 444.3% volatile
53 Ethiopia 0.404 gigawatts 2024 up 136.3% rising
54 Saudi Arabia 0.403 gigawatts 2024 up 13,333.3% volatile
55 Costa Rica 0.4023 gigawatts 2024 up 104.8% volatile
56 Iran 0.3763 gigawatts 2024 up 152.9% volatile
57 Czechia 0.3558 gigawatts 2024 up 28.0% volatile
58 Israel 0.3432 gigawatts 2024 up 5,620.8% volatile
59 Panama 0.336 gigawatts 2024 up 510.9% rising
60 Hungary 0.324 gigawatts 2024 down 1.5% volatile
61 Sri Lanka 0.267 gigawatts 2024 up 119.8% volatile
62 Tunisia 0.245 gigawatts 2024 up 5.2% volatile
63 Honduras 0.2389 gigawatts 2024 up 57.2% rising
64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.219 gigawatts 2024 up 72,900.0% volatile
65 Luxembourg 0.2103 gigawatts 2024 up 260.5% volatile
66 Nicaragua 0.1862 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
67 Senegal 0.159 gigawatts 2024 up 188.0% rising
68 Cyprus 0.1575 gigawatts 2024 up 7.0% volatile
69 Mongolia 0.156 gigawatts 2024 up 208.2% volatile
70 Indonesia 0.1523 gigawatts 2024 up 13,498.2% volatile
71 Mauritania 0.1368 gigawatts 2024 up 3,008.5% volatile
72 Bolivia 0.135 gigawatts 2024 up 4,400.0% volatile
73 Latvia 0.1283 gigawatts 2024 up 86.1% volatile
74 Puerto Rico 0.1278 gigawatts 2024 up 29.1% rising
75 Moldova 0.1225 gigawatts 2024 up 12,153.0% volatile
76 Belarus 0.122 gigawatts 2024 up 1,255.6% volatile
77 Montenegro 0.118 gigawatts 2024 up 63.9% rising
78 Guatemala 0.1074 gigawatts 2024 up 41.5% rising
79 Switzerland 0.1021 gigawatts 2024 up 70.2% volatile
80 Jamaica 0.102 gigawatts 2024 up 143.4% volatile
81 United Arab Emirates 0.0991 gigawatts 2024 up 5,729.4% volatile
82 North Macedonia 0.0736 gigawatts 2024 up 100.0% rising
83 Ecuador 0.0711 gigawatts 2024 up 236.3% volatile
84 Curacao 0.0698 gigawatts 2024 up 132.5% volatile
85 Faroe Islands 0.0677 gigawatts 2024 up 233.2% volatile
86 Azerbaijan 0.0666 gigawatts 2024 up 2,367.4% volatile
87 Bangladesh 0.0629 gigawatts 2024 up 3,210.5% volatile
88 New Caledonia 0.058 gigawatts 2024 up 54.3% rising
90 El Salvador 0.054 gigawatts 2024 rising
91 Venezuela 0.0502 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
92 Oman 0.05 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
93 Colombia 0.0338 gigawatts 2024 up 87.8% rising
94 Aruba 0.03 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
95 Cape Verde 0.0268 gigawatts 2024 down 1.5% volatile
96 Georgia 0.0211 gigawatts 2024 up 5.3% rising
97 Cuba 0.0164 gigawatts 2024 up 5.8% volatile
99 Kuwait 0.0124 gigawatts 2024 up 416.7% volatile
100 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.0111 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
101 Mauritius 0.0106 gigawatts 2024 up 730.5% volatile
102 Fiji 0.0102 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
103 Algeria 0.01 gigawatts 2024 down 2.0% flat
104 Reunion 0.0088 gigawatts 2024 down 40.7% rising
105 Namibia 0.0062 gigawatts 2024 up 2,706.8% volatile
106 Seychelles 0.006 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
107 Slovakia 0.004 gigawatts 2024 up 33.3% flat
108 Iceland 0.0036 gigawatts 2024 up 21.3% rising
109 Somalia 0.0036 gigawatts 2024 up 61.4% rising
110 Slovenia 0.0033 gigawatts 2024 up 10.9% rising
111 Falkland Islands 0.0033 gigawatts 2024 unchanged volatile
112 Vanuatu 0.0031 gigawatts 2024 down 12.4% rising
113 Lebanon 0.003 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
114 Armenia 0.0029 gigawatts 2024 up 9.8% rising
115 Bahrain 0.0027 gigawatts 2024 up 296.3% volatile
116 Tanzania 0.0024 gigawatts 2024 flat
117 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0022 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
118 North Korea 0.0016 gigawatts 2024 up 113.3% volatile
119 Maldives 0.0014 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
120 Tonga 0.0014 gigawatts 2024 up 12,600.0% volatile
121 Gambia 0.0012 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
122 Barbados 0.0012 gigawatts 2024 up 2,800.0% volatile
123 Chad 0.0011 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
124 Eritrea 0.0008 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
124 Micronesia (country) 0.0008 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
126 British Virgin Islands 0.0008 gigawatts 2024 up 60.2% rising
127 Cayman Islands 0.0008 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
127 Hong Kong 0.0008 gigawatts 2024 down 0.4% flat
129 Bhutan 0.0006 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
129 Syria 0.0006 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
129 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0006 gigawatts 2014 unchanged flat
132 Samoa 0.0006 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
133 Afghanistan 0.0004 gigawatts 2024 up 300.0% volatile
134 Bahamas 0.0003 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
135 Guam 0.0003 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
136 Cambodia 0.0003 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
137 French Polynesia 0.0002 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
138 Dominica 0.0002 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
139 Nepal 0.0002 gigawatts 2024 up 188.4% rising
140 Madagascar 0.0002 gigawatts 2024 unchanged rising
141 Singapore 0.0001 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
141 United States Virgin Islands 0.0001 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
143 Grenada 0.0001 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
144 Greenland 0.0001 gigawatts 2024 up 42.0% rising
145 Malta 0.0001 gigawatts 2024 down 43.0% falling
146 Guyana 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged volatile
146 Cook Islands 0 gigawatts 2007 flat
148 Haiti 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
149 Belize 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
149 Ghana 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
149 Paraguay 0 gigawatts 2024 flat
152 Tokelau 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
153 Marshall Islands 0 gigawatts 2024 up 10.0% rising
154 Trinidad and Tobago 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat
155 Myanmar 0 gigawatts 2024 up 100.0% rising
155 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0 gigawatts 2024 unchanged flat

About this data

Indicator
Installed wind energy capacity
Unit
gigawatts
Source
IRENA (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
156 places, 2,856 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

Total wind (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in gigawatts. This includes onshore and offshore wind.