Share of electricity generation from solar by country

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.

Countries reporting
208
Highest
50.0%
Cook Islands
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
3.0%
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,480

What the numbers show

Share of electricity generation from solar is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 50.0% in Cook Islands; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.0%, and the mean is 6.4%.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 120,254.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 40.7%).

Share of electricity generation from solar: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Cook Islands 50.0% 2024 volatile
2 Palestine 39.4% 2024 volatile
3 Namibia 35.4% 2024 up 1,703.7% volatile
5 Lebanon 30.0% 2024 up 53,742.7% volatile
6 Hungary 27.3% 2025 up 5,811.4% volatile
7 Chile 25.1% 2025 up 1,414.0% volatile
8 Kiribati 25.0% 2024 volatile
9 North Macedonia 23.8% 2025 up 6,610.4% volatile
10 Cyprus 23.2% 2025 up 709.6% volatile
11 Greece 22.2% 2025 up 190.2% volatile
12 Spain 21.8% 2025 up 336.9% volatile
13 Netherlands 21.1% 2025 up 1,973.5% volatile
14 El Salvador 20.3% 2025 up 12,209.1% volatile
15 Nauru 20.0% 2024 volatile
16 Australia 19.6% 2025 up 702.5% volatile
17 Lithuania 18.8% 2025 up 1,035.2% volatile
18 Pakistan 18.8% 2025 up 5,471.7% volatile
19 Samoa 18.8% 2024 volatile
20 Somalia 18.6% 2024 volatile
21 Estonia 18.5% 2025 volatile
22 Togo 18.3% 2024 volatile
23 Bulgaria 18.2% 2025 up 540.7% volatile
24 Germany 17.9% 2025 up 200.6% volatile
25 Portugal 17.3% 2025 up 1,007.7% volatile
26 Italy 16.9% 2025 up 105.6% volatile
27 Jordan 16.6% 2024 volatile
28 Sri Lanka 16.5% 2025 up 5,337.2% volatile
29 Israel 16.2% 2025 up 827.6% volatile
30 Democratic Republic of Congo 15.8% 2024 volatile
32 Cape Verde 15.4% 2024 up 561.5% volatile
33 Belgium 14.3% 2025 up 220.6% volatile
34 Seychelles 14.3% 2024 volatile
35 Tonga 14.3% 2024 volatile
36 Austria 14.1% 2025 up 825.4% volatile
37 Denmark 13.4% 2025 up 541.0% volatile
38 Latvia 13.1% 2025 volatile
39 Vanuatu 12.5% 2023 volatile
40 Switzerland 12.1% 2025 up 615.8% volatile
41 Brazil 11.8% 2025 up 114,307.0% volatile
42 Poland 11.3% 2025 up 30,798.3% volatile
43 Yemen 11.2% 2024 up 8,508.4% volatile
44 Eritrea 11.1% 2024 volatile
45 Afghanistan 11.1% 2024 up 329.6% volatile
46 China 11.1% 2025 up 1,535.1% volatile
47 Armenia 11.0% 2025 volatile
48 Cambodia 10.6% 2025 volatile
49 Turkey 10.5% 2025 up 14,403.1% volatile
50 Slovenia 10.4% 2025 up 468.8% volatile
51 Dominican Republic 9.9% 2025 up 5,852.4% volatile
52 Japan 9.8% 2025 up 192.7% volatile
53 Romania 9.8% 2025 up 224.9% volatile
54 Sierra Leone 9.5% 2024 volatile
55 Honduras 9.5% 2024 up 7,747.8% volatile
56 Reunion 9.4% 2023 up 21.1% volatile
57 India 9.4% 2025 up 1,640.4% volatile
58 Solomon Islands 9.1% 2024 volatile
59 Barbados 9.0% 2024 up 827.9% volatile
60 Senegal 8.9% 2024 volatile
61 Croatia 8.8% 2025 up 1,544.0% volatile
62 United States 8.6% 2025 up 800.2% volatile
63 Guam 8.6% 2024 volatile
64 United Arab Emirates 8.6% 2024 up 3,125.8% volatile
65 New Caledonia 8.3% 2024 volatile
65 French Polynesia 8.3% 2024 up 88.9% volatile
67 Antigua and Barbuda 8.1% 2024 volatile
68 South Africa 8.0% 2025 up 736.0% volatile
69 Mauritania 7.7% 2024 up 165.4% volatile
70 Uzbekistan 7.5% 2025 volatile
71 Vietnam 7.4% 2025 up 120,254.0% volatile
72 Mexico 7.4% 2025 up 11,350.4% volatile
73 Panama 7.4% 2024 up 6,755.6% volatile
75 Maldives 7.1% 2024 up 281.2% volatile
76 United Kingdom 6.6% 2025 up 197.4% volatile
78 Burkina Faso 6.5% 2024 up 472.8% volatile
79 French Guiana 6.1% 2023 up 36.2% volatile
80 South Korea 6.1% 2025 up 683.7% volatile
81 Czechia 5.8% 2025 up 112.2% volatile
82 Morocco 5.8% 2025 volatile
83 Montenegro 5.7% 2025 volatile
84 France 5.6% 2025 up 313.6% volatile
85 American Samoa 5.6% 2024 volatile
86 Taiwan 5.4% 2025 up 1,551.2% volatile
87 Thailand 5.3% 2025 up 296.1% volatile
88 Uruguay 5.1% 2025 up 1,303.9% volatile
89 Colombia 5.1% 2025 up 39,592.6% volatile
90 Mauritius 5.0% 2024 up 388.6% volatile
91 Puerto Rico 4.9% 2025 up 1,045.6% volatile
92 Eswatini 4.9% 2024 volatile
94 Kenya 4.6% 2025 up 808.3% volatile
95 Ukraine 4.6% 2022 up 2,645.5% volatile
96 Oman 4.4% 2025 volatile
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.3% 2024 volatile
98 Cayman Islands 4.2% 2024 volatile
99 Madagascar 4.1% 2024 up 607.8% volatile
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.1% 2025 up 6,613.1% volatile
101 Albania 4.1% 2024 volatile
102 Benin 4.0% 2024 volatile
103 Qatar 3.8% 2025 up 15,831.7% volatile
104 Turks and Caicos Islands 3.7% 2024 volatile
105 Rwanda 3.5% 2024 volatile
106 Argentina 3.4% 2025 up 48,705.7% volatile
107 Niger 3.2% 2024 up 42.1% volatile
108 Egypt 3.1% 2025 up 13,978.9% volatile
109 Jamaica 3.0% 2024 up 1,198.8% volatile
110 Peru 3.0% 2025 up 535.4% volatile
111 Aruba 3.0% 2024 up 182.0% volatile
112 United States Virgin Islands 2.9% 2023 volatile
113 Bolivia 2.9% 2025 volatile
114 Uganda 2.9% 2024 up 215.0% volatile
115 Mali 2.9% 2024 up 138.6% volatile
116 Angola 2.8% 2024 up 1,249.1% volatile
117 Singapore 2.7% 2025 volatile
118 Moldova 2.6% 2025 volatile
119 Sweden 2.6% 2025 up 4,104.0% volatile
120 Tunisia 2.5% 2025 up 714.9% volatile
121 Saint Lucia 2.5% 2024 volatile
122 Philippines 2.4% 2025 up 1,334.1% volatile
123 Slovakia 2.4% 2025 up 25.6% volatile
124 Malaysia 2.2% 2025 up 1,146.9% volatile
125 Mongolia 2.2% 2025 up 1,094.1% volatile
126 Belize 2.1% 2024 volatile
127 Saudi Arabia 1.8% 2024 up 11,782.3% volatile
128 South Sudan 1.8% 2024 volatile
129 Guatemala 1.8% 2024 up 1,786.8% volatile
130 Liberia 1.8% 2024 volatile
131 Kazakhstan 1.6% 2025 up 2,923.1% volatile
132 Canada 1.6% 2025 up 256.6% volatile
133 Bangladesh 1.5% 2025 up 347.3% volatile
134 Guyana 1.4% 2024 volatile
135 Cuba 1.2% 2024 up 166.7% volatile
136 Finland 1.2% 2025 up 8,069.8% volatile
137 Sudan 1.1% 2024 up 1,136.0% volatile
138 Nepal 1.1% 2024 up 104.9% volatile
139 Algeria 1.0% 2024 volatile
140 Bahamas 0.9% 2024 volatile
141 Fiji 0.9% 2024 volatile
142 Zambia 0.9% 2024 volatile
143 New Zealand 0.9% 2025 up 829.9% volatile
144 Belarus 0.8% 2025 up 2,620.1% volatile
145 Guinea 0.7% 2024 volatile
146 Costa Rica 0.7% 2025 up 152.2% volatile
147 Ghana 0.7% 2024 volatile
148 Nicaragua 0.7% 2024 volatile
149 North Korea 0.6% 2024 up 1,247.5% volatile
150 Hong Kong 0.6% 2024 volatile
151 Suriname 0.6% 2024 volatile
152 Myanmar 0.6% 2024 up 695.4% volatile
153 Cameroon 0.6% 2024 up 279.6% volatile
154 Malawi 0.5% 2024 down 40.7% volatile
155 Tanzania 0.5% 2024 up 41.6% volatile
156 Serbia 0.4% 2025 up 1,542.4% volatile
157 Mozambique 0.4% 2024 volatile
158 Syria 0.4% 2024 volatile
159 Zimbabwe 0.4% 2024 volatile
160 Indonesia 0.4% 2024 up 8,531.1% volatile
161 Norway 0.3% 2025 volatile
162 Nigeria 0.3% 2025 up 246.0% volatile
163 Botswana 0.3% 2024 volatile
164 Iraq 0.3% 2024 up 230.4% volatile
165 Bahrain 0.3% 2024 up 618.3% volatile
166 Russia 0.2% 2025 up 647.6% volatile
167 Iran 0.2% 2025 volatile
168 Kuwait 0.2% 2025 volatile
169 Georgia 0.2% 2025 volatile
170 Papua New Guinea 0.2% 2024 volatile
171 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2% 2024 volatile
172 Congo 0.2% 2024 volatile
173 Brunei 0.2% 2024 volatile
174 Laos 0.2% 2024 volatile
175 Ethiopia 0.1% 2025 down 37.7% volatile
176 Ecuador 0.1% 2025 down 29.4% volatile
177 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2024 volatile
178 Iceland 0.1% 2024 volatile
179 Libya 0.0% 2024 up 9.1% volatile
180 Venezuela 0.0% 2024 volatile
181 Azerbaijan 0.0% 2025 volatile
181 Burundi 0.0% 2024 volatile
181 Bermuda 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Central African Republic 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Comoros 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Dominica 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Faroe Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Gabon 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Gibraltar 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Gambia 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Grenada 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Greenland 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Haiti 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2025 flat
181 Lesotho 0.0% 2022 flat
181 Macao 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Paraguay 0.0% 2025 flat
181 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Chad 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Tajikistan 0.0% 2025 flat
181 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2024 flat
181 East Timor 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 flat
181 British Virgin Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Western Sahara 0.0% 2009 flat
181 Montserrat 0.0% 2024 flat
181 Falkland Islands 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Saint Helena 0.0% 2023 flat
181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.0% 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Share of electricity generation from solar
Unit
%
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
215 places, 6,480 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.