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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021

Figures for 2021, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 306.972800; 7 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.073741. Against 2020, 193 values changed (164 up, 29 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2021

HighestChina

306.972800

Lowest7 countries share it

0.000000

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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia306.972800
United StatesUSANorthern America94.631100
JapanJPNEastern Asia78.413000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe59.373000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia49.684008
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand24.396000
ItalyITASouthern Europe22.600327
South KoreaKOREastern Asia17.905000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia16.660490
SpainESPSouthern Europe16.019209
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe14.823000
FranceFRAWestern Europe14.612172
BrazilBRASouth America14.499000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe13.915000
MexicoMEXCentral America8.927000
UkraineUKREastern Europe8.062000
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia7.817000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia7.700213
PolandPOLEastern Europe7.415518
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.315909
BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.012400
CanadaCANNorthern America5.261000
ChileCHLSouth America4.624000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe4.277420
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.655000

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China306.972800
  2. United States94.631100
  3. Japan78.413000
  4. Germany59.373000
  5. India49.684008

Lowest

  1. Turkmenistanshared0.000000
  2. Macaushared0.000000
  3. Kyrgyzstanshared0.000000
  4. Equatorial Guineashared0.000000
  5. Gibraltarshared0.000000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 0.073741. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 193values changed, of 207 in both
  • 164 · 29rose · fell
  • 14unchanged

Rose most

  • China253.963800 → 306.972800+53.009000
  • United States75.638900 → 94.631100+18.992200
  • India39.385200 → 49.684008+10.298808
  • Japan71.868000 → 78.413000+6.545000
  • Brazil8.451895 → 14.499000+6.047105

Fell most

  • Peru0.334800 → 0.332286−0.002514
  • Venezuela0.005300 → 0.004000−0.001300
  • Comoros0.001000 → 0.000000−0.001000
  • Eritrea0.025906 → 0.025000−0.000906
  • Kuwait0.084259 → 0.084000−0.000259

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

  • 190 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 7 countries share 0.000000. 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) (2021). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2021

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021?

China, at 306.972800, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2021?

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, 2021 the newest?

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

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