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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010

Figures for 2010, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010 covers 206 countries. Germany is highest, at 18.0060; 75 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0003. Against 2009, 104 values changed (103 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2010

HighestGermany

18.0060

Lowest75 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
GermanyDEUWestern Europe18.0060
SpainESPSouthern Europe4.6050
JapanJPNEastern Asia3.6180
ItalyITASouthern Europe3.5967
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.7270
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.0910
FranceFRAWestern Europe1.0440
ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.0218
BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.0066
United StatesUSANorthern America0.8664
South KoreaKOREastern Asia0.6500
CanadaCANNorthern America0.2490
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe0.2020
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.1340
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.1250
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe0.0950
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.0900
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.0888
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.0760
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.0654
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.0486
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.0346
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.0335
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia0.0323
MexicoMEXCentral America0.0298

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Germany18.0060
  2. Spain4.6050
  3. Japan3.6180
  4. Italy3.5967
  5. Czechia1.7270

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. Kosovoshared0.0000
  4. Samoashared0.0000
  5. Vanuatushared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0003. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 104values changed, of 206 in both
  • 103 · 1rose · fell
  • 102unchanged

Rose most

  • Germany10.5660 → 18.0060+7.4400
  • Italy1.2640 → 3.5967+2.3327
  • Czechia0.4646 → 1.7270+1.2624
  • Japan2.6270 → 3.6180+0.9910
  • Spain3.7050 → 4.6050+0.9000

Fell most

  • Malta0.0009 → 0.0008−0.0001

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

  • 76 distinct values among 206

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 75 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) (2010). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2010

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010?

Germany, at 18.0060, of the 206 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010 cover?

206.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2010?

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, 2010 the newest?

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

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