Solar Electricity Generation by Country

Solar electricity generation by country measures the amount of electricity generated from solar power in each country, measured in quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu) per year. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 110 countries with a reported 2024 value, from 2019 to 2024. The World total stood at 7.2 quad Btu in 2024, up from 5.63 in 2023.

Solar electricity generation measures the electricity produced from solar power, as reported in the EIA dataset.

Solar Electricity Generation by Country

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#	Country	2024 (quad Btu)
1	China CN	2.86
2	United States US	1.1
3	India IN	0.46
4	Japan JP	0.33
5	Germany DE	0.25
6	Brazil BR	0.23
7	Spain ES	0.19
8	Australia AU	0.18
9	Italy IT	0.12
10	South Korea KR	0.11
11	Vietnam VN	0.11
12	Türkiye TR	0.1
13	Mexico MX	0.08
14	France FR	0.08
15	Netherlands NL	0.07
16	Chile CL	0.07
17	South Africa ZA	0.06
18	Taiwan TW	0.05
19	Poland PL	0.05
20	United Kingdom GB	0.05
21	Greece GR	0.03
22	Hungary HU	0.03
23	United Arab Emirates AE	0.03
24	Belgium BE	0.03
25	Israel IL	0.03
26	Canada CA	0.03
27	Portugal PT	0.02
28	Thailand TH	0.02
29	Switzerland CH	0.02
30	Bulgaria BG	0.02
31	Egypt EG	0.02
32	Colombia CO	0.02
33	Czech Republic CZ	0.02
34	Ukraine UA	0.02
35	Romania RO	0.02
36	Jordan JO	0.01
37	Argentina AR	0.01
38	Denmark DK	0.01
39	Austria AT	0.01
40	Russia RU	0.01
41	Sweden SE	0.01
42	Kazakhstan KZ	0.01
43	Malaysia MY	0.01
44	DR Congo CD	0.01
45	Morocco MA	0.01
46	Qatar QA	0.01
47	Philippines PH	0.01
48	Oman OM	0.01
49	Slovenia SI	0.01
50	Lebanon LB	0.01
51	Dominican Republic DO	0.01
52	Pakistan PK	0
53	Saudi Arabia SA	0
54	El Salvador SV	0
55	Indonesia ID	0
56	Singapore SG	0
57	Finland FI	0
58	Bangladesh BD	0
59	Honduras HN	0
60	Sri Lanka LK	0
61	Ireland IE	0
62	Cyprus CY	0
63	Panama PA	0
64	Algeria DZ	0
65	Puerto Rico PR	0
66	Peru PE	0
67	Cambodia KH	0
68	Armenia AM	0
69	Iran IR	0
70	Croatia HR	0
71	Lithuania LT	0
72	North Macedonia MK	0
73	Estonia EE	0
74	Slovakia SK	0
75	Senegal SN	0
76	Kenya KE	0
77	Yemen YE	0
78	Namibia NA	0
79	Tunisia TN	0
80	Uruguay UY	0
81	Uzbekistan UZ	0
82	Luxembourg LU	0
83	Angola AO	0
84	Iraq IQ	0
85	Norway NO	0
86	Bolivia BO	0
87	Palestine PS	0
88	New Zealand NZ	0
89	Albania AL	0
90	Malta MT	0
91	Guatemala GT	0
92	Belarus BY	0
93	New Caledonia NC	0
94	Cuba CU	0
95	Latvia LV	0
96	Hong Kong HK	0
97	Mongolia MN	0
98	Kuwait KW	0
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	0
100	Mali ML	0
101	Ghana GH	0
102	Mauritius MU	0
103	North Korea KP	0
104	Uganda UG	0
105	Zambia ZM	0
106	Guam GU	0
107	Mauritania MR	0
108	Sudan SD	0
109	Jamaica JM	0
110	Myanmar MM	0

China alone accounted for about 40 percent of the World total in 2024, and China and the United States together for about 55 percent; the top three countries accounted for about 61 percent, the top five for about 70 percent, and the top ten for about 81 percent. China's solar electricity generation was about 2.6 times that of the United States, the second-largest generator.

Countries With the Largest Solar Electricity Generation in 2024

China generated the most solar electricity in 2024 with 2.86 quad Btu. The United States ranked second with 1.10 quad Btu, followed by India (0.46), Japan (0.33), Germany (0.25), Brazil (0.23), Spain (0.19), Australia (0.18), Italy (0.12), and South Korea (0.11).

Solar Electricity Generation Around the World

In Asia, China (2.86) leads by a wide margin, ahead of India (0.46), Japan (0.33), South Korea (0.11), and Vietnam (0.11). In Europe, Germany (0.25) leads, followed by Spain (0.19), Italy (0.12), Türkiye (0.10) and France (0.08).

In North America, the United States (1.10) leads, ahead of Mexico (0.08) and Canada (0.027). In South America, Brazil (0.23) is the largest generator, followed by Chile (0.069) and Colombia (0.017). In Africa, South Africa (0.055) leads, while in Oceania, Australia (0.18) is by far the largest generator. In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (0.031) and Israel (0.027) report the largest values in this dataset.

Solar Electricity Generation in the EIA Dataset

Solar electricity generation is reported as a separate electricity generation indicator in the EIA International Energy Statistics. The values on this page refer specifically to electricity generated from solar power and should not be interpreted as total electricity generation from all sources.

Global Structure in This Dataset

Solar electricity generation figures are concentrated among the largest generators: the top five generators account for about 70 percent of World generation in 2024, while the top ten account for about 81 percent. The structure was stable between 2019 and 2024, with China remaining the largest generator in every year shown.

Largest Changes in Solar Electricity Generation, 2023-2024

China recorded the largest increase among the listed countries, rising from 1.99 quad Btu in 2023 to 2.86 in 2024 (up 0.87, about 43.6 percent). United States rose by 0.22, and Brazil by 0.06.

Canada recorded the largest decline, falling from 0.0284 to 0.0268 quad Btu (down 0.0016, about 5.6 percent). Switzerland fell from 0.0206 to 0.0191 quad Btu (down 0.0015, about 7.3 percent), while Japan declined from 0.3326 to 0.3314 quad Btu (down 0.0012, about 0.4 percent). The World total rose from 5.63 to 7.2 quad Btu (up 1.57, about 27.9 percent).

Between 2019 and 2024, China's solar electricity generation rose from 0.76 to 2.86 quad Btu, while the United States increased from 0.43 to 1.10. India rose from 0.16 to 0.46, and Brazil recorded particularly rapid growth from 0.02 to 0.23 quad Btu over the same period.

Total and Ratio Analysis for 2019-2024

The World total for solar electricity generation moved between 2.46 and 7.2 quad Btu in this period. It was 2.46 in 2019, 2.99 in 2020, 3.62 in 2021, 4.55 in 2022, 5.63 in 2023, and then 7.2 in 2024.

Solar Electricity Generation by Country

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	0.76	0.92	1.11	1.46	1.99	2.86
2	United States	0.43	0.51	0.63	0.76	0.88	1.1
3	India	0.16	0.2	0.23	0.31	0.41	0.46
4	Japan	0.23	0.27	0.29	0.32	0.33	0.33
5	Germany	0.15	0.17	0.17	0.2	0.2	0.25
6	Brazil	0.02	0.04	0.06	0.1	0.17	0.23
7	Spain	0.05	0.07	0.09	0.12	0.16	0.19
8	Australia	0.06	0.08	0.11	0.13	0.15	0.18
9	Italy	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.1	0.12
10	South Korea	0.04	0.06	0.08	0.1	0.11	0.11
11	Vietnam	0.02	0.03	0.09	0.1	0.1	0.11
12	Türkiye	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07	0.1
13	Mexico	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.08
14	France	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.07	0.08	0.08
15	Netherlands	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.06	0.07	0.07
16	Chile	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.07
17	South Africa	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.05	0.06
18	Taiwan	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05
19	Poland	0	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.04	0.05
20	United Kingdom	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	0.05
21	Greece	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
22	Hungary	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03
23	United Arab Emirates	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03
24	Belgium	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03
25	Israel	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03
26	Canada	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03
27	Portugal	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
28	Thailand	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
29	Switzerland	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
30	Bulgaria	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
31	Egypt	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
32	Colombia	0	0	0	0	0	0.02
33	Czech Republic	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
34	Ukraine	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02
35	Romania	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02
36	Jordan	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
37	Argentina	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
38	Denmark	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
39	Austria	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
40	Russia	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
41	Sweden	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
42	Kazakhstan	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
43	Malaysia	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
44	DR Congo	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
45	Morocco	0.01	0.01	0.01	0	0.01	0.01
46	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0.01	0.01
47	Philippines	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
48	Oman	0	0	0	0.01	0.01	0.01
49	Slovenia	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
50	Lebanon	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
51	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0.01
52	Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	Saudi Arabia	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	El Salvador	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	Indonesia	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	Singapore	0	0	0	0	0	0
57	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0
58	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Honduras	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0
61	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	Cyprus	0	0	0	0	0	0
63	Panama	0	0	0	0	0	0
64	Algeria	0	0	0	0	0	0
65	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	0	0
66	Peru	0	0	0	0	0	0
67	Cambodia	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	Armenia	0	0	0	0	0	0
69	Iran	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0
71	Lithuania	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	Estonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	Senegal	0	0	0	0	0	0
76	Kenya	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	Yemen	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	Namibia	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0
80	Uruguay	0	0	0	0	0	0
81	Uzbekistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
82	Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0
83	Angola	0	0	0	0	0	0
84	Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0
85	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	Bolivia	0	0	0	0	0	0
87	Palestine	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0
89	Albania	0	0	0	0	0	0
90	Malta	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	Guatemala	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	New Caledonia	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	Cuba	0	0	0	0	0	0
95	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	Mongolia	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	Kuwait	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0
100	Mali	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	Ghana	0	0	0	0	0	0
102	Mauritius	0	0	0	0	0	0
103	North Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0
104	Uganda	0	0	0	0	0	0
105	Zambia	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	Guam	0	0	0	0	0	0
107	Mauritania	0	0	0	0	0	0
108	Sudan	0	0	0	0	0	0
109	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	Myanmar	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values refer to solar electricity generation, in quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu) per year as in the source, and 2024 figures are from the INTL.116-12 series where listed. Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of individually listed countries may differ slightly from the World total shown in the source because of rounding and differences in the source's aggregation. This page covers solar electricity generation only and does not include other indicators, which are reported separately in the source.