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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019

Figures for 2019, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 204.97080; 8 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00000. The middle country reads 0.03970. Against 2018, 150 values changed (146 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2019

HighestChina

204.97080

Lowest8 countries share it

0.00000

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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia204.97080
JapanJPNEastern Asia63.19200
United StatesUSANorthern America60.68190
GermanyDEUWestern Europe48.91400
IndiaINDSouthern Asia35.20340
ItalyITASouthern Europe20.87130
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.22400
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand12.97000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.95200
SpainESPSouthern Europe11.11120
FranceFRAWestern Europe10.81690
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe7.22600
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia5.99600
UkraineUKREastern Europe5.93570
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia4.99350
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa4.90810
MexicoMEXCentral America4.74160
BelgiumBELWestern Europe4.63660
BrazilBRASouth America4.63490
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia4.14950
CanadaCANNorthern America3.32700
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia2.98760
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.83380
ChileCHLSouth America2.65370
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.49800

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China204.97080
  2. Japan63.19200
  3. United States60.68190
  4. Germany48.91400
  5. India35.20340

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistanshared0.00000
  2. Tajikistanshared0.00000
  3. Macaushared0.00000
  4. Lesothoshared0.00000
  5. Kyrgyzstanshared0.00000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.03970. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 150values changed, of 207 in both
  • 146 · 4rose · fell
  • 57unchanged

Rose most

  • China175.26190 → 204.97080+29.70890
  • United States51.42550 → 60.68190+9.25640
  • India27.45310 → 35.20340+7.75030
  • Japan56.16200 → 63.19200+7.03000
  • Vietnam0.10500 → 4.99350+4.88850

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

  • 177 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 6 decimals. 8 countries share 0.00000. 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) (2019). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2019

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019?

China, at 204.97080, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019 describe?

2019.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2019?

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, 2019 the newest?

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

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