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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.