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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009

Figures for 2009, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009 covers 206 countries. Germany is highest, at 10.5660; 92 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0001. Against 2008, 84 values changed (83 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2009

HighestGermany

10.5660

Lowest92 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, 2009, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 206 countries · select a heading to sort

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
GermanyDEUWestern Europe10.5660
SpainESPSouthern Europe3.7050
JapanJPNEastern Asia2.6270
ItalyITASouthern Europe1.2640
United StatesUSANorthern America0.6185
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.5240
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.4646
ChinaCHNEastern Asia0.4148
BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.3860
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand0.3320
FranceFRAWestern Europe0.2770
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.1150
CanadaCANNorthern America0.1070
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.0790
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.0690
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.0489
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.0460
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.0394
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.0370
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.0306
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.0270
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.0264
MexicoMEXCentral America0.0252
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia0.0183
UgandaUGAEastern Africa0.0142

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Germany10.5660
  2. Spain3.7050
  3. Japan2.6270
  4. Italy1.2640
  5. United States0.6185

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. South Africashared0.0000
  4. Kosovoshared0.0000
  5. Samoashared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0001. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 84values changed, of 206 in both
  • 83 · 1rose · fell
  • 122unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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

  • 64 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 92 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 206 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) (2009). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2009

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009?

Germany, at 10.5660, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009 cover?

206.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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