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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004

Figures for 2004, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004 covers 203 countries. Japan is highest, at 1.1320; 129 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0000. Against 2003, 49 values changed (46 up, 3 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2004

HighestJapan

1.1320

Lowest129 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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
JapanJPNEastern Asia1.1320
GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.1050
United StatesUSANorthern America0.3980
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.0766
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.0500
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.0464
SpainESPSouthern Europe0.0330
ItalyITASouthern Europe0.0310
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.0270
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.0240
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.0236
MexicoMEXCentral America0.0160
CanadaCANNorthern America0.0140
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.0110
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.0091
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.0090
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.0080
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.0078
NorwayNORNorthern Europe0.0070
PeruPERSouth America0.0043
FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.0040
SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.0040
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia0.0029
HondurasHNDCentral America0.0024
UgandaUGAEastern Africa0.0023

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Japan1.1320
  2. Germany1.1050
  3. United States0.3980
  4. China0.0766
  5. Netherlands0.0500

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.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 49values changed, of 203 in both
  • 46 · 3rose · fell
  • 154unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • India0.0079 → 0.0078−0.0001
  • Fiji0.0001 → 0.0000−0.0001
  • Kenya0.0001 → 0.0000−0.0001

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

  • 42 distinct values among 203

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 129 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) (2004). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2004

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004?

Japan, at 1.1320, of the 203 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004 cover?

203.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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