Electricity generation from solar per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.

Countries reporting
209
Highest
2,079 kilowatt-hours
Australia
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
45.35 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
7,018

What the numbers show

Electricity generation from solar per person is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 2,079 kilowatt-hours in Australia; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

The median across all reporting countries is 45.35 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 230.2 kilowatt-hours.

Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Vietnam (up 210,400.0%), and the largest decrease in Malawi (down 61.6%).

Electricity generation from solar per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 2,079 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 703.2% volatile
2 Netherlands 1,553 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,294.1% volatile
3 Cook Islands 1,455 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
4 Israel 1,395 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 903.3% volatile
5 United Arab Emirates 1,379 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 3,564.9% volatile
6 Spain 1,313 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 342.4% volatile
7 Greece 1,300 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 260.7% volatile
8 Hungary 1,140 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 7,911.3% volatile
9 Austria 1,131 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 940.3% volatile
10 United States 1,120 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 835.5% volatile
11 Chile 1,117 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,525.5% volatile
12 Germany 1,066 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 129.8% volatile
13 Bulgaria 1,026 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 433.7% volatile
14 Cyprus 999.45 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 837.6% volatile
15 Guam 953.57 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
16 North Macedonia 893.16 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8,743.9% volatile
17 Belgium 888.71 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 227.5% volatile
18 New Caledonia 888.42 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
19 Switzerland 879.85 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 550.8% volatile
20 Portugal 850.96 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,003.1% volatile
21 Estonia 840.63 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
22 Nauru 835.56 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
23 China 829.72 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,834.1% volatile
24 Japan 820.93 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 202.5% volatile
25 Italy 754.57 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 99.3% volatile
26 Denmark 741.36 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 602.3% volatile
27 South Korea 731.61 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 781.8% volatile
28 Slovenia 727.42 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 455.0% volatile
30 Qatar 690.01 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 16,648.9% volatile
31 Seychelles 689.99 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
32 Taiwan 678.41 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,778.0% volatile
34 Lithuania 590.08 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,349.5% volatile
35 Poland 512.57 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 32,590.5% volatile
36 France 477.41 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 299.9% volatile
37 Latvia 442.39 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
38 Turkey 424.81 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 17,790.1% volatile
39 Oman 418.58 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
40 Brazil 416.52 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 139,902.0% volatile
41 Sweden 415.7 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3,973.7% volatile
42 Czechia 413.79 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 92.7% volatile
43 Cayman Islands 402.81 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
44 Armenia 362.42 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
45 Barbados 354.01 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 885.4% volatile
46 Jordan 340.18 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
47 Croatia 335.23 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,237.5% volatile
48 Reunion 331.47 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 27.7% volatile
49 Antigua and Barbuda 319.89 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
51 Puerto Rico 309.09 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,109.5% volatile
52 South Africa 300.86 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 611.1% volatile
54 Singapore 279.35 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
55 United Kingdom 277.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 141.2% volatile
56 Aruba 277.58 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 187.0% volatile
58 Lebanon 275.58 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 17,391.0% volatile
59 Romania 258.08 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 159.0% volatile
60 Canada 253.45 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 215.4% volatile
61 Saudi Arabia 242.32 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 13,953.9% volatile
62 United States Virgin Islands 233.34 kilowatt-hours 2023 volatile
63 Vietnam 226.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 210,400.0% volatile
64 Montenegro 221.26 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
65 Panama 219.24 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 8,433.1% volatile
66 Turks and Caicos Islands 214.76 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
67 American Samoa 213.71 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
68 Saint Kitts and Nevis 213.37 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
69 French Polynesia 212.91 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 96.2% volatile
70 El Salvador 205.8 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 12,625.8% volatile
71 Mexico 199.63 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 11,984.6% volatile
72 French Guiana 197.75 kilowatt-hours 2023 up 25.2% volatile
73 Dominican Republic 195.3 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 6,693.2% volatile
74 Namibia 191.41 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,375.2% volatile
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 187.89 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 6,511.1% volatile
76 Uruguay 180.22 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,114.0% volatile
77 Uzbekistan 175.42 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
78 Finland 174.27 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 9,449.7% volatile
79 Cape Verde 152.42 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 680.9% volatile
80 Pakistan 143.44 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 8,102.4% volatile
81 Thailand 139.35 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 313.0% volatile
82 Samoa 137.59 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
83 India 133.88 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 2,407.8% volatile
84 Mauritius 133.74 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 476.0% volatile
85 Slovakia 127.86 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 35.9% volatile
86 Malaysia 125.36 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,350.1% volatile
87 Ukraine 123.75 kilowatt-hours 2022 up 1,633.0% volatile
88 Sri Lanka 122.26 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 6,541.7% volatile
89 Albania 121.79 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
90 Maldives 113.68 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 370.2% volatile
91 Argentina 112.1 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 48,638.3% volatile
92 Honduras 109 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 9,778.8% volatile
93 Cambodia 105.89 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
94 Kazakhstan 97.87 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3,439.8% volatile
95 Tonga 95.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
96 Norway 94.25 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
97 Colombia 86.1 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 40,341.6% volatile
98 Kiribati 74.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
99 Palestine 70.97 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
100 New Zealand 70.45 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 712.7% volatile
101 Morocco 66.87 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
102 Egypt 64.29 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 15,908.3% volatile
103 Bahrain 62.23 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 716.9% volatile
104 Mongolia 59.71 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,677.2% volatile
105 Saint Lucia 55.63 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
106 Moldova 53.4 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
107 Peru 52.93 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 600.9% volatile
108 Jamaica 52.83 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,376.0% volatile
109 Bahamas 49.84 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
110 Tunisia 45.35 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 761.8% volatile
111 Kuwait 41.78 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
112 Belarus 41.12 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 3,801.4% volatile
113 Senegal 36.75 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
114 Bolivia 31.79 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
115 Vanuatu 31.21 kilowatt-hours 2023 volatile
116 Hong Kong 31.02 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
117 Mauritania 30.95 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 297.1% volatile
118 Philippines 25.69 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,832.3% volatile
119 Iceland 25.42 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
120 Eswatini 24.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
121 Guyana 24.06 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
122 Belize 23.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
123 Serbia 23.92 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 1,616.8% volatile
124 Democratic Republic of Congo 22.97 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
125 Cuba 21.86 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 174.1% volatile
126 Brunei 21.61 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
127 Algeria 21.15 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
128 Russia 19.72 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 742.9% volatile
129 Costa Rica 17.47 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 180.5% volatile
130 Suriname 15.76 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
131 Togo 15.46 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
132 Guatemala 15.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 2,285.5% volatile
133 Yemen 14.54 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 4,294.3% volatile
134 Eritrea 14.14 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
135 Solomon Islands 12.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
136 Angola 11.61 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,477.2% volatile
137 Laos 11.58 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
138 Kenya 11.3 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 964.0% volatile
139 Fiji 10.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
140 Iran 9.74 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
141 Iraq 9.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 468.9% volatile
142 Bangladesh 8.88 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 607.6% volatile
143 Zambia 7.98 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
144 Georgia 7.88 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
145 Mali 6.94 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 317.2% volatile
146 Trinidad and Tobago 6.63 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
147 North Korea 6.42 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,532.8% volatile
148 Ghana 4.94 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
149 Indonesia 4.76 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 12,228.0% volatile
150 Burkina Faso 4.67 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 751.5% volatile
151 Nicaragua 4.34 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
152 Somalia 4.21 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
153 Syria 4.05 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
154 Nepal 4.05 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 460.0% volatile
155 Botswana 3.97 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
156 Uganda 3.4 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 312.4% volatile
157 Sudan 3.17 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,131.3% volatile
158 Madagascar 3.13 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 674.7% volatile
159 Rwanda 2.81 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
160 Benin 2.77 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
161 Afghanistan 2.58 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 181.9% volatile
162 Zimbabwe 2.4 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
163 Sierra Leone 2.31 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
164 Mozambique 2.31 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
165 Myanmar 2.2 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 1,015.9% volatile
166 Ecuador 2.19 kilowatt-hours 2025 down 11.1% volatile
167 Guinea 2.03 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
168 Liberia 1.78 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
169 Congo 1.58 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
170 Cameroon 1.37 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 203.0% volatile
171 Libya 1.35 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 12.9% volatile
172 Niger 1.11 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 113.3% volatile
173 Papua New Guinea 0.9455 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
174 South Sudan 0.8373 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
175 Cote d'Ivoire 0.6263 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
176 Tanzania 0.5834 kilowatt-hours 2024 up 46.9% volatile
177 Nigeria 0.5473 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 247.9% volatile
178 Malawi 0.4618 kilowatt-hours 2024 down 61.6% volatile
179 Venezuela 0.352 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
180 Ethiopia 0.2953 kilowatt-hours 2025 up 53.3% volatile
181 Azerbaijan 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 volatile
181 Burundi 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 volatile
181 Bermuda 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Bhutan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Central African Republic 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Comoros 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Djibouti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Dominica 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Faroe Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Gabon 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Gibraltar 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Gambia 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Guinea-Bissau 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Equatorial Guinea 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Grenada 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Greenland 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Haiti 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Kyrgyzstan 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
181 Lesotho 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Macao 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Paraguay 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
181 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Chad 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Tajikistan 0 kilowatt-hours 2025 flat
181 Turkmenistan 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 East Timor 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 British Virgin Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Western Sahara 0 kilowatt-hours 2009 flat
181 Montserrat 0 kilowatt-hours 2024 flat
181 Niue 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Falkland Islands 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Saint Helena 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat
181 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 kilowatt-hours 2023 flat

About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from solar per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
214 places, 7,018 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.