Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell Electricity Generation by Country

Solar, tide, wave and fuel cell electricity generation by country measures the amount of electricity generated from solar, tide, wave and fuel cell sources 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, tide, wave and fuel cell electricity generation measures the electricity produced from solar, tide, wave and fuel cell sources, as reported in the EIA dataset.

Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell 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	0.12
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, tide, wave and fuel cell electricity generation was about 2.6 times that of the United States, the second-largest generator.

Countries With the Largest Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell Electricity Generation in 2024

China generated the most solar, tide, wave and fuel cell 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 (0.12).

Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell Electricity Generation Around the World

In Asia, China (2.86) leads by a wide margin, ahead of India (0.46), Japan (0.33) and South Korea (0.12). 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) leads, followed by Chile (0.069) and Colombia (0.017). In Africa, South Africa (0.055) has the largest reported value, while Australia (0.18) leads in Oceania. In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (0.031) and Israel (0.027) are among the largest generators in this dataset.

Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell Generation in the EIA Dataset

This EIA series combines electricity generation from solar, tide, wave and fuel cell sources. Separate EIA series are available for solar and for tide and wave generation, so the values on this page should be interpreted specifically as the combined INTL.36-12 indicator rather than solar generation alone.

Global Structure in This Dataset

Solar, tide, wave and fuel cell 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 distribution became more concentrated over the period, with China remaining the largest generator in every year shown and substantially increasing its generation after 2019.

Largest Changes in Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell 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). The 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).

The trend between 2019 and 2024 shows variations across countries, with some recording steady growth and others experiencing fluctuations.

Total and Ratio Analysis for 2019-2024

The World total for solar, tide, wave and fuel cell 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, 4.56 in 2022, 5.63 in 2023, and then 7.2 in 2024.

Solar, Tide, Wave and Fuel Cell 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	0.05	0.06	0.08	0.1	0.11	0.12
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	0.06	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 the combined solar, tide, wave and fuel cell electricity generation indicator, in quadrillion British thermal units (quad Btu) per year as reported in the source, and 2024 figures are from the INTL.36-12 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 reported World total because of differences in coverage, estimates and rounding. This page covers the combined solar, tide, wave and fuel cell generation series only; solar and tide-and-wave generation are also reported separately in other EIA series.