Installed solar energy capacity by country
Total solar (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in gigawatts. This includes solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar power.
Countries reporting
218
Highest
1,202 gigawatts
China
Lowest
0 gigawatts
Equatorial Guinea
Median
0.1805 gigawatts
Years covered
26
2000β2025
Data points
4,162
What the numbers show
Installed solar energy capacity is currently reported for 218 countries. The highest value is 1,202 gigawatts in China; the lowest is 0 gigawatts in Equatorial Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1805 gigawatts, and the mean is 10.99 gigawatts.
Over the past decade 215 countries rose and 2 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,770,770.0%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 96.3%).
Installed solar energy capacity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1,202 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,660.5% | volatile |
| 2 | United States | 210.86 gigawatts | 2025 | up 799.5% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 135.5 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,278.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 107.19 gigawatts | 2025 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Japan | 92.21 gigawatts | 2025 | up 170.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 64.69 gigawatts | 2025 | up 129,815.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Spain | 47.21 gigawatts | 2025 | up 570.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Australia | 42.44 gigawatts | 2025 | up 742.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 41.19 gigawatts | 2025 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 10 | South Korea | 34.04 gigawatts | 2025 | up 807.2% | volatile |
| 11 | France | 31.44 gigawatts | 2025 | up 361.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Netherlands | 25.88 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,595.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Turkey | 25.47 gigawatts | 2025 | up 10,087.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 25.42 gigawatts | 2025 | up 24,944.3% | volatile |
| 15 | United Kingdom | 21.74 gigawatts | 2025 | up 126.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 19.25 gigawatts | 2025 | up 368,153.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Taiwan | 15.47 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,650.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Mexico | 12.93 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,282.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Chile | 12.14 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,007.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Saudi Arabia | 11.93 gigawatts | 2025 | up 49,104.1% | volatile |
| 21 | South Africa | 11.26 gigawatts | 2025 | up 732.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Greece | 11.08 gigawatts | 2025 | up 325.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Belgium | 10.4 gigawatts | 2025 | up 234.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Austria | 10.3 gigawatts | 2025 | up 993.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Switzerland | 8.79 gigawatts | 2025 | up 546.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 8.18 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,654.1% | volatile |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 7.64 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,706.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Israel | 7.36 gigawatts | 2025 | up 824.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Portugal | 6.95 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,436.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 6.84 gigawatts | 2025 | up 380.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Romania | 6.24 gigawatts | 2025 | up 370.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 5.93 gigawatts | 2025 | up 524,988.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 5.91 gigawatts | 2025 | up 475.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 5.5 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,188.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Ukraine | 5.5 gigawatts | 2025 | up 553.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Canada | 5.4 gigawatts | 2025 | up 152.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Denmark | 5.05 gigawatts | 2025 | up 545.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Czechia | 4.54 gigawatts | 2025 | up 120.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 3.89 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,123.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Pakistan | 3.72 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,302.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 3.29 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,847.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Egypt | 3.27 gigawatts | 2025 | up 8,975.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Malaysia | 3.07 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,282.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Argentina | 2.59 gigawatts | 2025 | up 18,147.9% | volatile |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 2.51 gigawatts | 2025 | up 6,714.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Ireland | 2.49 gigawatts | 2025 | up 49,191.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Russia | 2.43 gigawatts | 2025 | up 570.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Syria | 2.25 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,770,770.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Jordan | 2.2 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,766.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Dominican Republic | 2.08 gigawatts | 2025 | up 8,726.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Iran | 1.78 gigawatts | 2025 | up 18,898.1% | volatile |
| 52 | Colombia | 1.73 gigawatts | 2025 | up 118,136.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Qatar | 1.68 gigawatts | 2025 | up 42,251.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Oman | 1.67 gigawatts | 2025 | up 75,731.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Slovenia | 1.57 gigawatts | 2025 | up 559.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Finland | 1.57 gigawatts | 2025 | up 9,110.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Lebanon | 1.51 gigawatts | 2025 | up 13,339.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Indonesia | 1.49 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,800.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Cambodia | 1.48 gigawatts | 2025 | up 12,056.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Singapore | 1.46 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,889.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 1.36 gigawatts | 2025 | up 551.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Kazakhstan | 1.33 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,222.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 1.32 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,659.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 1.15 gigawatts | 2025 | up 484.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Morocco | 1.09 gigawatts | 2025 | up 443.5% | volatile |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 1.06 gigawatts | 2025 | up 6,241.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Laos | 1.06 gigawatts | 2025 | up 43,176.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Slovakia | 1.03 gigawatts | 2025 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 69 | Peru | 1.02 gigawatts | 2025 | up 652.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.9842 gigawatts | 2025 | up 15,041.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 0.9734 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,179.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Latvia | 0.9224 gigawatts | 2025 | up 133,582.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.9144 gigawatts | 2025 | up 11,092.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Norway | 0.9029 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,919.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 0.8949 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,149.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Albania | 0.8756 gigawatts | 2025 | up 83,287.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Cyprus | 0.861 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,032.8% | volatile |
| 78 | New Zealand | 0.8259 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,132.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Luxembourg | 0.7739 gigawatts | 2025 | up 565.6% | volatile |
| 80 | El Salvador | 0.7395 gigawatts | 2025 | up 6,626.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Moldova | 0.7106 gigawatts | 2025 | up 70,956.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.7058 gigawatts | 2025 | up 70,480.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 0.5889 gigawatts | 2025 | up 48.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Cuba | 0.5667 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,996.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Kenya | 0.5511 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,961.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Algeria | 0.4618 gigawatts | 2025 | up 648.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Yemen | 0.4557 gigawatts | 2025 | up 656.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Serbia | 0.4309 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,622.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Hong Kong | 0.421 gigawatts | 2025 | up 42,000.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Namibia | 0.3889 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,555.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Angola | 0.3845 gigawatts | 2025 | up 120,024.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Uruguay | 0.3394 gigawatts | 2025 | up 426.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Zambia | 0.3333 gigawatts | 2025 | up 75,824.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Georgia | 0.3169 gigawatts | 2025 | up 105,539.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Reunion | 0.3136 gigawatts | 2025 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Palestine | 0.3084 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,312.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Senegal | 0.2899 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,794.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Nigeria | 0.2845 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,714.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 0.281 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,754.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Belarus | 0.277 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,516.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Malta | 0.2495 gigawatts | 2025 | up 238.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Myanmar | 0.24 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,052.8% | volatile |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 0.2187 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,375.5% | volatile |
| 104 | Nepal | 0.2134 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,489.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Burkina Faso | 0.2056 gigawatts | 2025 | up 7,377.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Bolivia | 0.1942 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,358.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Sudan | 0.1903 gigawatts | 2025 | up 852.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Mongolia | 0.1892 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,291.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Ghana | 0.1855 gigawatts | 2025 | up 458.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Mozambique | 0.1754 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,794.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritania | 0.169 gigawatts | 2025 | up 830.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Botswana | 0.1689 gigawatts | 2025 | up 7,743.9% | volatile |
| 113 | North Korea | 0.1563 gigawatts | 2025 | up 583.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Mauritius | 0.1552 gigawatts | 2025 | up 744.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Mali | 0.1365 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,066.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Ecuador | 0.1314 gigawatts | 2025 | up 414.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Martinique | 0.1225 gigawatts | 2025 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Jamaica | 0.1166 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,689.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahrain | 0.1122 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,144.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Chad | 0.111 gigawatts | 2025 | up 64,441.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Nicaragua | 0.1109 gigawatts | 2025 | up 7,934.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Guadeloupe | 0.105 gigawatts | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Malawi | 0.1049 gigawatts | 2025 | up 9,868.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Zimbabwe | 0.1048 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,047.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Guam | 0.1048 gigawatts | 2025 | up 228.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Guatemala | 0.102 gigawatts | 2025 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Kuwait | 0.1017 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,071.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Montenegro | 0.0997 gigawatts | 2025 | up 3,779.4% | volatile |
| 129 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0966 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,315.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Uganda | 0.0958 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,958.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Cameroon | 0.0894 gigawatts | 2025 | up 61,405.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 0.0866 gigawatts | 2025 | up 122,792.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Niger | 0.0829 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,184.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 0.0826 gigawatts | 2025 | up 869.4% | volatile |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 0.0809 gigawatts | 2025 | up 174.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Maldives | 0.0747 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,456.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0.0693 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,140.5% | volatile |
| 138 | French Guiana | 0.0685 gigawatts | 2025 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Afghanistan | 0.066 gigawatts | 2025 | up 245.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Iraq | 0.0636 gigawatts | 2025 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 141 | Madagascar | 0.0631 gigawatts | 2025 | up 14,172.1% | volatile |
| 142 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0529 gigawatts | 2025 | up 477.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Somalia | 0.0459 gigawatts | 2025 | up 28,065.0% | volatile |
| 144 | South Sudan | 0.0447 gigawatts | 2025 | up 41,712.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Central African Republic | 0.0405 gigawatts | 2025 | up 40,832.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0391 gigawatts | 2025 | up 13,678.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Guyana | 0.0391 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,976.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 0.0358 gigawatts | 2025 | up 613.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Benin | 0.0353 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,355.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Cape Verde | 0.0326 gigawatts | 2025 | up 447.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Mayotte | 0.0312 gigawatts | 2025 | up 134.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Lesotho | 0.0288 gigawatts | 2025 | up 6,479.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0288 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,022.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Eswatini | 0.0279 gigawatts | 2025 | up 107,346.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Eritrea | 0.0251 gigawatts | 2025 | up 219.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Gambia | 0.0247 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,804.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.024 gigawatts | 2025 | up 7,891.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Palau | 0.0231 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,944.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 0.0216 gigawatts | 2025 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Bahamas | 0.0213 gigawatts | 2025 | up 668.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Bhutan | 0.0212 gigawatts | 2025 | up 17,566.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Seychelles | 0.0189 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,234.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Sierra Leone | 0.0174 gigawatts | 2025 | up 8,912.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Guinea | 0.0173 gigawatts | 2025 | up 15,537.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0171 gigawatts | 2025 | up 557.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Tonga | 0.0158 gigawatts | 2025 | up 320.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.0157 gigawatts | 2025 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0156 gigawatts | 2025 | up 358.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Rwanda | 0.0154 gigawatts | 2025 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Aruba | 0.0149 gigawatts | 2025 | up 143.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Curacao | 0.0144 gigawatts | 2025 | up 41.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Cayman Islands | 0.0141 gigawatts | 2025 | up 412.0% | rising |
| 173 | Tanzania | 0.0122 gigawatts | 2025 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Fiji | 0.0122 gigawatts | 2025 | up 190.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Gabon | 0.0115 gigawatts | 2025 | up 19,647.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Burundi | 0.01 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,280.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Andorra | 0.0096 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,950.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0.0095 gigawatts | 2025 | up 93.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Comoros | 0.0094 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,063.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Nauru | 0.0092 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,263.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Solomon Islands | 0.0084 gigawatts | 2025 | up 646.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Haiti | 0.0079 gigawatts | 2025 | up 300.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0072 gigawatts | 2025 | up 710.8% | volatile |
| 184 | American Samoa | 0.0071 gigawatts | 2025 | up 194.3% | rising |
| 185 | Iceland | 0.0071 gigawatts | 2025 | up 178.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Belize | 0.007 gigawatts | 2025 | up 892.8% | volatile |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 0.006 gigawatts | 2025 | up 581.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Brunei | 0.0059 gigawatts | 2025 | up 384.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0056 gigawatts | 2025 | up 122.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Cook Islands | 0.0056 gigawatts | 2025 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Saint Lucia | 0.0055 gigawatts | 2025 | up 627.6% | volatile |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 0.0049 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,032.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Venezuela | 0.0047 gigawatts | 2025 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 194 | Tuvalu | 0.0046 gigawatts | 2025 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0045 gigawatts | 2025 | up 215.2% | volatile |
| 196 | Kiribati | 0.0041 gigawatts | 2025 | up 328.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.004 gigawatts | 2025 | up 13,296.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Grenada | 0.0038 gigawatts | 2025 | up 269.5% | volatile |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0038 gigawatts | 2025 | up 395.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Liberia | 0.0037 gigawatts | 2025 | up 2,678.7% | volatile |
| 201 | Marshall Islands | 0.0032 gigawatts | 2025 | up 210.5% | volatile |
| 202 | Paraguay | 0.0031 gigawatts | 2025 | up 5,366.7% | volatile |
| 203 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0027 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,505.8% | volatile |
| 204 | Niue | 0.0018 gigawatts | 2025 | up 432.3% | volatile |
| 205 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0017 gigawatts | 2025 | up 1,010.4% | volatile |
| 206 | Anguilla | 0.0015 gigawatts | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 207 | Saint Barthelemy | 0.0012 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,900.0% | volatile |
| 208 | East Timor | 0.001 gigawatts | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 209 | Tokelau | 0.001 gigawatts | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 210 | Montserrat | 0.001 gigawatts | 2025 | up 307.2% | rising |
| 211 | Dominica | 0.001 gigawatts | 2025 | up 315.2% | volatile |
| 212 | Faroe Islands | 0.0009 gigawatts | 2025 | up 236.0% | volatile |
| 213 | Greenland | 0.0008 gigawatts | 2025 | up 511.5% | rising |
| 214 | Congo | 0.0008 gigawatts | 2025 | up 4,173.5% | volatile |
| 215 | Djibouti | 0.0007 gigawatts | 2025 | up 594.4% | volatile |
| 216 | Tajikistan | 0.0002 gigawatts | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 217 | Falkland Islands | 0.0001 gigawatts | 2025 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 218 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 gigawatts | 2025 | down 96.3% | volatile |
About this data
Total solar (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in gigawatts. This includes solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar power.