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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016

Figures for 2016, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 77.8188; 13 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0130. Against 2015, 159 values changed (154 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2016

HighestChina

77.8188

Lowest13 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, 2016, 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, 2016: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia77.8188
JapanJPNEastern Asia42.0400
GermanyDEUWestern Europe40.6790
United StatesUSANorthern America34.7159
ItalyITASouthern Europe19.2891
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe11.9140
IndiaINDSouthern Asia9.9790
FranceFRAWestern Europe7.7021
SpainESPSouthern Europe7.0171
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand6.6890
South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.5022
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.3288
CanadaCANNorthern America2.6650
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.6040
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.4511
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa2.1755
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1350
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0679
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.6640
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.3720
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.2451
ChileCHLSouth America1.1250
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.0960
BulgariaBGREastern Europe1.0299
UkraineUKREastern Europe0.9547

02In 2016

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China77.8188
  2. Japan42.0400
  3. Germany40.6790
  4. United States34.7159
  5. Italy19.2891

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 0.0130. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032015 → 2016

Since 2015

What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 207 in both
  • 154 · 5rose · fell
  • 48unchanged

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

  • 154 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 13 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) (2016). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2016

0625 held

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016?

China, at 77.8188, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016 describe?

2016.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2016?

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, 2016 the newest?

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

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