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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015

Figures for 2015, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 43.5488; 17 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0080. Against 2014, 146 values changed (143 up, 3 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2015

HighestChina

43.5488

Lowest17 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, 2015, 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, 2015: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia43.5488
GermanyDEUWestern Europe39.2240
JapanJPNEastern Asia34.1500
United StatesUSANorthern America23.4418
ItalyITASouthern Europe18.9071
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe9.6012
FranceFRAWestern Europe7.1375
SpainESPSouthern Europe7.0081
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand5.9460
IndiaINDSouthern Asia5.6935
South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.6152
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.1316
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.6040
CanadaCANNorthern America2.5190
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0749
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.5263
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia1.4246
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.3940
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa1.3529
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.3260
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.0279
AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.9371
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia0.8843
UkraineUKREastern Europe0.8412
IsraelISRWestern Asia0.7961

02In 2015

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China43.5488
  2. Germany39.2240
  3. Japan34.1500
  4. United States23.4418
  5. Italy18.9071

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistanshared0.0000
  2. Tajikistanshared0.0000
  3. Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.0000
  4. Syriashared0.0000
  5. Montserratshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0080. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032014 → 2015

Since 2014

What changed between 2014 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 146values changed, of 207 in both
  • 143 · 3rose · fell
  • 61unchanged

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

  • 146 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 17 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) (2015). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015 [data set], describing 2015. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2015

0625 held

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015?

China, at 43.5488, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015 describe?

2015.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2015?

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, 2015 the newest?

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

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