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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017

Figures for 2017, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 130.8323; 11 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0167. Against 2016, 155 values changed (150 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2017

HighestChina

130.8323

Lowest11 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia130.8323
JapanJPNEastern Asia49.5000
United StatesUSANorthern America43.1147
GermanyDEUWestern Europe42.2930
ItalyITASouthern Europe19.6884
IndiaINDSouthern Asia18.2518
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe12.7600
FranceFRAWestern Europe8.6104
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand7.3540
SpainESPSouthern Europe7.0271
South KoreaKOREastern Asia5.8352
BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.6206
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa3.4510
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia3.4220
CanadaCANNorthern America2.9320
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.9109
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.7023
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.6055
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0754
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe1.9060
ChileCHLSouth America1.8090
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.7677
RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.3742
AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.2690
BrazilBRASouth America1.2068

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China130.8323
  2. Japan49.5000
  3. United States43.1147
  4. Germany42.2930
  5. Italy19.6884

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistanshared0.0000
  2. Tajikistanshared0.0000
  3. Montserratshared0.0000
  4. Macaushared0.0000
  5. Lesothoshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.0167. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 207 in both
  • 150 · 5rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

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

  • 163 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 4 decimals. 11 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) (2017). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2017

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017?

China, at 130.8323, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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