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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018

Figures for 2018, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 175.2619; 10 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 0.0280. Against 2017, 167 values changed (160 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2018

HighestChina

175.2619

Lowest10 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia175.2619
JapanJPNEastern Asia56.1620
United StatesUSANorthern America51.4255
GermanyDEUWestern Europe45.1580
IndiaINDSouthern Asia27.4531
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.1137
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.0591
FranceFRAWestern Europe9.6723
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand8.6260
South KoreaKOREastern Asia8.0990
SpainESPSouthern Europe7.0677
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5.0640
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4.8051
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe4.6080
BelgiumBELWestern Europe4.0000
CanadaCANNorthern America3.0950
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.9674
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia2.7381
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.6516
MexicoMEXCentral America2.5820
BrazilBRASouth America2.4350
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.1730
ChileCHLSouth America2.1370
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.0811
UkraineUKREastern Europe2.0027

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China175.2619
  2. Japan56.1620
  3. United States51.4255
  4. Germany45.1580
  5. India27.4531

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 0.0280. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 167values changed, of 207 in both
  • 160 · 7rose · fell
  • 40unchanged

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

  • 167 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 10 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) (2018). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2018

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018?

China, at 175.2619, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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