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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023

Figures for 2023, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023 covers 207 countries. China is highest, at 609.921000; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.129000. Against 2022, 174 values changed (159 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2023

HighestChina

609.921000

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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia609.921000
United StatesUSANorthern America139.772500
JapanJPNEastern Asia89.077000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe74.882000
IndiaINDSouthern Asia72.859000
BrazilBRASouth America37.940000
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand33.282000
SpainESPSouthern Europe31.920000
ItalyITASouthern Europe29.356000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia23.493000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe21.275000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia18.588000
FranceFRAWestern Europe17.399000
PolandPOLEastern Europe16.428000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe16.275000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia12.417685
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia11.293000
MexicoMEXCentral America10.910000
ChileCHLSouth America8.885000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe8.352000
UkraineUKREastern Europe8.062000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe6.689000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe6.331000
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.165000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe6.094000

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China609.921000
  2. United States139.772500
  3. Japan89.077000
  4. Germany74.882000
  5. India72.859000

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 0.129000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 174values changed, of 207 in both
  • 159 · 15rose · fell
  • 33unchanged

Rose most

  • China393.032000 → 609.921000+216.889000
  • United States112.689500 → 139.772500+27.083000
  • Brazil25.520000 → 37.940000+12.420000
  • India63.146083 → 72.859000+9.712917
  • Germany66.554000 → 74.882000+8.328000

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

  • 165 distinct values among 207

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 6 countries share 0.004000. 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) (2023). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2023

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023?

China, at 609.921000, of the 207 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023 cover?

207.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2023?

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, 2023 the newest?

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

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