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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022

Figures for 2022, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 393.032000; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.104680. Against 2021, 155 values changed (153 up, 2 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2022

HighestChina

393.032000

Lowest6 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia393.032000
United StatesUSANorthern America112.689500
JapanJPNEastern Asia85.066000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe66.554000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia63.146083
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand28.887000
SpainESPSouthern Europe25.615000
BrazilBRASouth America25.520000
ItalyITASouthern Europe24.561000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia20.525000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe19.600000
FranceFRAWestern Europe17.419383
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia16.698000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe14.651000
PolandPOLEastern Europe12.170000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia9.723747
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia9.426000
MexicoMEXCentral America9.356000
UkraineUKREastern Europe8.062000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe6.756000
ChileCHLSouth America6.687000
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.325909
CanadaCANNorthern America5.439000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe5.430000
IsraelISRWestern Asia4.411000

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China393.032000
  2. United States112.689500
  3. Japan85.066000
  4. Germany66.554000
  5. India63.146083

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 0.104680. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 155values changed, of 207 in both
  • 153 · 2rose · fell
  • 52unchanged

Rose most

  • China306.972800 → 393.032000+86.059200
  • United States94.631100 → 112.689500+18.058400
  • India49.684008 → 63.146083+13.462075
  • Brazil14.499000 → 25.520000+11.021000
  • Spain16.019209 → 25.615000+9.595791

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

  • 184 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 6 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) (2022). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2022

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022?

China, at 393.032000, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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