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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012

Figures for 2012, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012 covers 207 countries. Germany is highest, at 34.0770; 43 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0014. Against 2011, 132 values changed (131 up, 1 down), 1 country joined.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2012

HighestGermany

34.0770

Lowest43 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, 2012, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 207 countries · select a heading to sort

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
GermanyDEUWestern Europe34.0770
ItalyITASouthern Europe16.7897
ChinaCHNEastern Asia6.7188
JapanJPNEastern Asia6.6320
SpainESPSouthern Europe6.5690
FranceFRAWestern Europe4.3588
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand3.7990
United StatesUSANorthern America3.1701
BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.6466
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0220
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.7540
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.5360
South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.0242
IndiaINDSouthern Asia0.9821
BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.9220
CanadaCANNorthern America0.7660
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe0.5130
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe0.4370
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.4020
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia0.3817
UkraineUKREastern Europe0.3716
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.3375
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.2870
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.2861
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.2380

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Germany34.0770
  2. Italy16.7897
  3. China6.7188
  4. Japan6.6320
  5. Spain6.5690

Lowest

  1. Zambiashared0.0000
  2. Kosovoshared0.0000
  3. Samoashared0.0000
  4. British Virgin Islandsshared0.0000
  5. Uzbekistanshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0014. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 132values changed, of 206 in both
  • 131 · 1rose · fell
  • 74unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ South Sudan

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

  • 98 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 43 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 207 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) (2012). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2012

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012?

Germany, at 34.0770, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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