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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.