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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003

Figures for 2003, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003 covers 203 countries. Japan is highest, at 0.8600; 131 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0000. Against 2002, 49 values changed (49 up, 0 down), 1 country joined.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2003

HighestJapan

0.8600

Lowest131 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 203 countries · select a heading to sort

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
JapanJPNEastern Asia0.8600
GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.4350
United StatesUSANorthern America0.3970
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.0666
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.0460
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.0394
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.0260
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.0230
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.0220
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.0220
MexicoMEXCentral America0.0160
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.0142
CanadaCANNorthern America0.0120
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.0090
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.0084
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.0079
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.0070
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.0060
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.0060
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.0040
PeruPERSouth America0.0035
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.0030
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia0.0022
HondurasHNDCentral America0.0021
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.0020

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Japan0.8600
  2. Germany0.4350
  3. United States0.3970
  4. China0.0666
  5. Netherlands0.0460

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. South Africashared0.0000
  4. Yemenshared0.0000
  5. Samoashared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 202 in both
  • 49 · 0rose · fell
  • 153unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • None.
+ Timor-Leste

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • 39 distinct values among 203

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 131 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 203 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. government work). No conditions at all. Crediting the publisher is still the courteous thing to do.

Cite this edition

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) (2003). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2003

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003?

Japan, at 0.8600, of the 203 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003 cover?

203.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2003 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024.

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