Share of primary energy from solar by country

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
7.0%
North Macedonia
Lowest
0.0%
Iceland
Median
1.2%
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,680

What the numbers show

Share of primary energy from solar is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 7.0% in North Macedonia; the lowest is 0.0% in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.2%, and the mean is 1.7%.

Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 1 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 537,095.0%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 13.8%).

Share of primary energy from solar: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 North Macedonia 7.0% 2025 up 7,988.0% volatile
2 Chile 4.9% 2025 up 1,236.3% volatile
3 Israel 4.7% 2025 up 947.8% volatile
4 Spain 4.5% 2025 up 365.5% volatile
5 Hungary 4.2% 2025 up 7,586.5% volatile
6 Pakistan 4.2% 2025 up 8,459.2% volatile
7 Cyprus 4.1% 2025 up 830.1% volatile
8 Portugal 4.0% 2025 up 1,182.0% volatile
9 Australia 3.8% 2025 up 849.0% volatile
10 Greece 3.7% 2025 up 169.5% volatile
11 Bulgaria 3.5% 2025 up 454.8% volatile
12 Austria 3.4% 2025 up 1,081.6% volatile
13 Switzerland 3.3% 2025 up 728.4% volatile
14 Germany 3.3% 2025 up 209.3% volatile
15 Denmark 3.1% 2025 up 805.9% volatile
16 Lithuania 3.1% 2025 up 2,543.8% volatile
17 Italy 3.0% 2025 up 126.9% volatile
18 Sri Lanka 3.0% 2025 up 4,827.9% volatile
19 Netherlands 2.9% 2025 up 2,552.5% volatile
20 Brazil 2.8% 2025 up 138,684.0% volatile
21 Latvia 2.8% 2025 up 537,095.0% volatile
22 China 2.6% 2025 up 2,069.5% volatile
23 Vietnam 2.6% 2025 up 266,690.0% volatile
24 Estonia 2.5% 2025 up 27,777.3% volatile
25 Japan 2.4% 2025 up 265.0% volatile
26 Slovenia 2.2% 2025 up 472.2% volatile
27 Poland 2.2% 2025 up 41,077.8% volatile
28 Turkey 2.2% 2025 up 16,460.7% volatile
29 Belgium 1.7% 2025 up 266.6% volatile
30 India 1.6% 2025 up 1,566.1% volatile
31 United States 1.5% 2025 up 871.7% volatile
32 Croatia 1.5% 2025 up 1,893.8% volatile
33 Romania 1.4% 2025 up 148.6% volatile
34 Taiwan 1.3% 2025 up 2,022.0% volatile
35 South Africa 1.3% 2025 up 581.3% volatile
36 France 1.3% 2025 up 412.6% volatile
37 Mexico 1.2% 2025 up 13,394.6% volatile
38 United Arab Emirates 1.2% 2025 up 4,997.1% volatile
39 Uzbekistan 1.2% 2025 volatile
40 United Kingdom 1.1% 2025 up 236.9% volatile
42 South Korea 1.1% 2025 up 739.5% volatile
43 Oman 1.0% 2025 up 93,568.1% volatile
44 Czechia 1.0% 2025 up 112.4% volatile
45 Sweden 1.0% 2025 up 4,754.3% volatile
46 Ukraine 0.9% 2025 up 1,870.9% volatile
47 Colombia 0.9% 2025 volatile
49 Egypt 0.8% 2025 up 19,025.4% volatile
50 Peru 0.8% 2025 up 742.7% volatile
51 Thailand 0.7% 2025 up 318.2% volatile
52 Morocco 0.7% 2025 up 25,815.6% volatile
53 Philippines 0.7% 2025 up 2,360.0% volatile
54 Argentina 0.6% 2025 up 36,838.6% volatile
55 Qatar 0.6% 2025 up 51,148.4% volatile
56 Saudi Arabia 0.5% 2025 up 36,157.4% volatile
57 Malaysia 0.5% 2025 up 1,870.3% volatile
58 Slovakia 0.5% 2025 up 63.2% volatile
59 New Zealand 0.4% 2025 up 2,597.5% volatile
60 Finland 0.3% 2025 up 8,871.4% volatile
61 Azerbaijan 0.3% 2025 up 11,031.8% volatile
62 Bangladesh 0.3% 2025 up 313.0% volatile
63 Canada 0.3% 2025 up 213.8% volatile
64 Norway 0.2% 2025 up 5,351.5% volatile
65 Kazakhstan 0.2% 2025 up 2,969.7% volatile
66 Singapore 0.2% 2025 up 2,959.9% volatile
67 Hong Kong 0.1% 2025 up 11,648.8% volatile
68 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2025 up 3,368.3% volatile
69 Iraq 0.1% 2025 up 585.8% volatile
70 Algeria 0.1% 2025 up 762.8% volatile
71 Indonesia 0.1% 2025 up 24,565.8% volatile
72 Iran 0.1% 2025 up 109,067.0% volatile
73 Belarus 0.1% 2025 up 1,585.2% volatile
74 Russia 0.0% 2025 up 660.3% volatile
75 Ecuador 0.0% 2025 down 13.8% volatile
76 Kuwait 0.0% 2025 up 898.9% volatile
77 Venezuela 0.0% 2025 up 846.0% volatile
78 Turkmenistan 0.0% 2025 up 3.4% volatile
79 Iceland 0.0% 2025 volatile

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 primary energy from solar
Unit
%
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,680 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.