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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024

Figures for 2024, as EIA published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024 covers 209 countries. China is highest, at 886.660000; 6 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000000. The middle country reads 0.144000. Against 2023, 125 values changed (122 up, 3 down), 2 countries joined.

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Solar Electricity Installed Capacity · Data for 2024

HighestChina

886.660000

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, 2024, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 209 countries · select a heading to sort

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024: every country, as published by U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
ChinaCHNEastern Asia886.660000
United StatesUSANorthern America176.681900
IndiaINDSouthern Asia97.384000
JapanJPNEastern Asia91.610000
GermanyDEUWestern Europe89.943000
BrazilBRASouth America53.113000
SpainESPSouthern Europe38.587000
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand38.472000
ItalyITASouthern Europe36.013000
South KoreaKOREastern Asia26.645000
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe24.048000
FranceFRAWestern Europe21.528000
PolandPOLEastern Europe20.199000
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia19.883000
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia18.667000
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe17.603000
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia14.281145
MexicoMEXCentral America11.992000
ChileCHLSouth America11.054000
BelgiumBELWestern Europe9.752000
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe9.269000
AustriaAUTWestern Europe8.481000
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe7.794000
HungaryHUNEastern Europe7.699000
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa6.671000

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. China886.660000
  2. United States176.681900
  3. India97.384000
  4. Japan91.610000
  5. Germany89.943000

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 0.144000. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +2 / −0countries joined / left
  • 125values changed, of 207 in both
  • 122 · 3rose · fell
  • 82unchanged

Rose most

  • China609.921000 → 886.660000+276.739000
  • United States139.772500 → 176.681900+36.909400
  • India72.859000 → 97.384000+24.525000
  • Brazil37.940000 → 53.113000+15.173000
  • Germany74.882000 → 89.943000+15.061000

Fell most

  • Ukraine8.062000 → 5.500000−2.562000
  • Kazakhstan1.306000 → 1.196000−0.110000
  • Belarus0.273000 → 0.265000−0.008000
+ Micronesia+ Tuvalu

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

  • 166 distinct values among 209

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 9 decimals. 8 countries share 0.005000. 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 209 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) (2024). Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/solar-capacity/2024

0625 held

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07Questions

Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest solar power capacity in Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024?

China, at 886.660000, of the 209 countries in the file.

What year does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024 cover?

209.

Where can I download Solar Electricity Installed Capacity, 2024?

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, 2024 the newest?

Yes, as of 2026-10-03, when it was read from the publisher.

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