Data for 2026

Operating Wind Power Capacity, 2026

Figures for 2026, as Global Energy Monitor published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Operating Wind Power Capacity, 2026 covers 157 countries on 9 measures. China is highest, at 542,758.4; 53 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0. The middle country reads 100.0.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Operating Wind Power Capacity · Data for 2026

HighestChina

542,758.4

Lowest53 countries share it

0.0

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.

157countries
9measures per country
2026the year it describes
98distinct values1 decimal, as published
Oct 3, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Operating Wind Power Capacity, 2026, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 157 countries · select a heading to sort

Operating Wind Power Capacity, 2026: every country, as published by Global Energy Monitor.

ChinaCHNEastern Asia	542,758.4	212,786	366,529.1	164,272.4	743,587.7	9,750	33,897	1,155	410
United StatesUSANorthern America	157,593.9	17,041	54,347.8	18,051.8	89,440.5	41,391	13,124	14,164	50
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	50,536.2	2,063	9,219.8	6,836.4	18,119.2	4,653	726	1,234	0
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	38,937.0	26,359	8,787.0	15,917.1	51,063.2	3,781	3,255	0	0
BrazilBRASouth America	35,717.8	1,492	21,468.1	254,906.4	277,866.3	9,104	1,687	0	0
SpainESPSouthern Europe	31,007.1	1,405	46,965.9	8,100.0	56,470.9	7,954	13,677	176	0
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	28,965.2	8,441	72,899.2	7,096.0	88,436.4	46,575	13,186	24	0
FranceFRAWestern Europe	25,609.7	1,510	9,716.3	10,911.9	22,138.4	2,774	2,423	55	0
CanadaCANNorthern America	17,709.0	1,008	14,495.0	2,349.0	17,852.4	17,457	185	168	151
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	16,573.8	1,117	68,061.8	16,419.0	85,597.4	43,997	19,317	42	0
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	14,252.0	1,629	92,056.6	156,627.0	250,312.6	65,639	29,008	0	1,008
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	13,784.3	20	2,032.3	10.0	2,062.3	1,591	529	0	0
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	12,022.1	175	18,240.0	700.0	19,115.0	5,411	0	413	0
ItalyITASouthern Europe	10,440.3	13	36,956.4	15,048.2	52,017.8	460	120	20	0
PolandPOLEastern Europe	8,962.5	1,513	10,533.0	8,702.8	20,748.8	5,697	1,351	0	0
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	8,551.4	689	26,977.7	4,795.0	32,461.7	6,450	423	27	0
MexicoMEXCentral America	8,424.6	535	547.2	905.0	1,987.2	5,036	1,401	0	349
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	7,081.1	1,267	3,876.5	35,752.3	40,895.8	41,992	41,164	0	0
ChileCHLSouth America	6,300.4	1,221	14,207.0	13,476.0	28,903.5	1,492	999	0	0
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	5,803.4	300	9,833.0	15,625.0	25,758.0	28,193	2,212	94	130
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	5,484.0	700	2,043.0	528.0	3,271.2	758	2,543	27	0
JapanJPNEastern Asia	5,382.7	1,427	9,026.0	31,500.4	41,952.9	9,854	8,925	169	0
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	5,071.1	325	5,759.0	990.0	7,074.0	173	55	349	0
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	5,003.3	0	23,071.3	3,261.2	26,332.5	20,333	5,645	133	0
ArgentinaARGSouth America	4,970.0	355	1,884.9	6,345.0	8,584.4	3,097	301	0	0
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	4,705.6	1,062	20,422.8	6,249.6	27,734.1	13,377	4,489	0	0
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	4,396.2	1,727	10,538.8	10,200.0	22,465.3	35,041	3,400	0	0
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	4,381.1	257	42,451.3	6,113.0	48,821.3	9,117	16,734	60	26
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	4,263.0	2,003	3,361.0	1,230.0	6,593.5	0	570	0	0
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	3,966.0	35	3,867.0	278.5	4,180.5	455	1,497	12	0
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3,090.0	156	250.0	152.0	557.6	42	45	151	0
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	3,045.0	13,420	34,163.0	317.0	47,900.0	0	6,260	0	0
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	2,605.2	100	273.9	1,888.7	2,262.6	884	425	0	0
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	2,137.0	0	0.0	286.0	286.0	220	435	0	0
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	1,941.0	0	500.0	200.0	700.0	1,446	314	0	0
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1,649.2	1,799	36,694.0	10,999.0	49,492.1	4,560	33,393	0	0
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1,627.0	458	20,953.0	1,000.0	22,411.0	3,500	5,000	54	0
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	1,600.0	20	1,500.0	11,852.0	13,372.0	3,100	0	0	0
UruguayURYSouth America	1,526.4	0	1,335.0	0.0	1,335.0	0	0	0	0
PeruPERSouth America	1,447.9	0	751.2	9,980.1	10,731.3	441	112	0	0
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	1,417.9	77	590.0	31,010.0	31,677.0	1,012	48	0	0
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	1,308.0	185	1,574.0	1,167.0	2,926.0	100	33	0	0
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	1,233.0	230	1,671.0	11,811.0	13,712.0	4,964	80	0	0
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1,095.0	45	624.0	425.1	1,094.1	1,425	0	0	0
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	850.0	350	2,420.0	3,750.0	6,520.0	0	1,000	0	0
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	688.0	0	7,970.1	4,269.0	12,239.1	10,350	0	0	0
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	664.0	0	0.0	736.0	736.0	442	300	0	0
KenyaKENEastern Africa	632.5	0	290.0	1,440.0	1,730.0	1,011	390	0	0
JordanJORWestern Asia	621.0	0	0.0	1,000.0	1,000.0	35	0	0	0
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	608.0	0	56.0	722.0	778.0	2,683	592	0	0
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	604.1	66	2,633.0	4,154.0	6,853.0	2,084	1,385	0	0
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	603.2	50	50.0	349.5	449.5	150	100	0	0
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	592.0	304	75,156.4	31,742.1	107,202.9	5,853	4,293	0	0
UkraineUKREastern Europe	560.4	0	1,181.0	517.1	1,698.1	4,101	1,932	0	1,289
IranIRNSouthern Asia	502.0	50	0.0	0.0	50.0	260	113	0	0
Costa RicaCRICentral America	426.6	0	80.0	28.8	108.8	0	0	0	0
Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	400.0	1,670	8,500.0	0.0	10,170.0	500	0	0	0
PanamaPANCentral America	336.5	44	174.1	368.4	586.5	766	0	0	0
IsraelISRWestern Asia	331.0	0	42.0	0.0	42.0	655	119	0	0
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	319.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	123	0	0	0
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	253.0	0	96.5	525.0	621.5	90	120	0	0
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	244.0	191	2,386.0	325.0	2,902.0	559	368	0	0
HondurasHNDCentral America	235.0	0	118.0	0.0	118.0	212	40	0	0
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	225.0	0	210.0	450.0	660.0	484	300	0	0
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	210.0	0	200.0	0.0	200.0	293	4,562	0	0
SenegalSENWestern Africa	208.0	0	100.0	0.0	100.0	50	0	0	0
NicaraguaNICCentral America	189.0	0	55.2	0.0	55.2	40	0	0	0
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	157.0	597	716.0	587.5	1,900.5	140	1,699	0	0
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	156.0	16	0.0	0.0	16.0	124	0	0	0
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	155.0	0	50.4	2,400.0	2,450.4	0	652	0	0
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	151.0	0	12.0	0.0	12.0	514	0	0	0
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	135.0	0	146.0	132.0	278.0	201	204	0	0
BoliviaBOLSouth America	132.0	45	264.0	362.0	671.0	24	0	0	0
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	131.6	0	70.5	17.0	87.5	0	0	0	0
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	130.0	0	19,436.0	40,090.0	59,526.0	0	0	0	0
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	127.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	44	0	0	0
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	118.0	55	218.0	21.0	294.0	0	0	0	0
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	106.0	65	0.0	0.0	65.0	0	0	0	0
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	100.0	0	0.0	1,040.0	1,040.0	0	0	0	0
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	100.0	0	1,411.6	2,347.4	3,759.0	1,222	1,000	0	0
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	99.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	99.0	0	140.0	0.0	140.0	0	28	0	0
ColombiaCOLSouth America	92.0	0	5,714.1	6,038.3	11,752.4	5,125	1,116	20	0
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	73.0	473	14.0	0.0	487.0	100	588	0	0
CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	69.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
EcuadorECUSouth America	66.0	0	154.8	280.0	434.8	0	557	0	0
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	60.0	0	375.0	642.0	1,017.0	400	180	0	0
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	59.0	0	0.0	45.0	45.0	0	0	0	0
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	55.0	0	255.0	0.0	255.0	0	59	0	0
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	54.0	0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0	0	0	0
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	50.0	0	270.0	248.0	518.0	40	154	0	0
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	50.0	0	480.5	2,240.0	2,720.5	379	250	0	0
OmanOMNWestern Asia	50.0	850	22,472.0	10,200.0	33,522.0	0	0	0	0
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	37.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	120	0	0
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	31.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
ArubaABWCaribbean	30.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24	0	0	0
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	30.0	0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0	22	0	0
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	20.7	0	256.0	317.8	573.8	367	54	0	0
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	16.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	240	0	0
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	13.0	0	0.0	10.0	10.0	0	0	0	0
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	10.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70	0	0	0
FijiFJIMelanesia	10.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0	0
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	10.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	100	0	0	0
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	10.0	0	175.0	45.0	220.0	30	0	0	0
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.0	43	0.0	157.0	200.0	0	50	0	0
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.0	150	220.0	1,210.5	1,580.5	548	100	0	0
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.0	0	0.0	42.0	42.0	0	0	0	0
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	494	0	0	0
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	2,000.0	2,000.0	0	0	0	0
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.0	50	0.0	0.0	50.0	0	0	0	0
BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	25	0	0	0
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	27.0	27.0	0	0	0	0
BermudaBMUNorthern America	0.0	0	60.0	60.0	120.0	0	0	0	0
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23	0	0	0
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.0	0	100.0	50.0	150.0	0	0	0	0
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	250.0	250.0	180	0	0	0
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	100	0	0
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.0	133	0.0	607.5	740.5	160	153	0	0
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.0	0	550.0	0.0	550.0	0	0	0	0
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.0	0	905.0	0.0	905.0	313	370	0	0
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	0.0	0	1,500.0	0.0	1,500.0	0	0	0	0
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.0	0	15.0	0.0	15.0	0	0	0	0
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	10	0	0	0
GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	120	0	0
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.0	0	25.2	0.0	25.2	0	25	0	0
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	400.0	400.0	400	0	0	0
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.0	0	208.2	350.0	558.2	0	0	0	0
IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.0	15	500.0	0.0	515.0	0	0	0	0
Isle of ManIMNNorthern Europe	0.0	0	1,440.0	0.0	1,440.0	0	0	0	0
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.0	0	100.0	100.0	200.0	0	280	0	0
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.0	0	220.0	0.0	220.0	0	0	0	0
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.0	0	72.0	48.0	120.0	0	0	0	0
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	240.0	240.0	26	600	0	0
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.0	0	50.0	50.0	100.0	0	150	0	0
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	100.0	100.0	0	0	0	0
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	125	0	0	0
MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.0	0	151.2	0.0	151.2	0	0	0	0
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.0	0	300.0	0.0	300.0	159	0	0	0
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	255	0	0	0
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.0	120	30.0	0.0	150.0	0	60	0	0
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.0	3,544	3,714.0	318.0	7,576.0	90	96	0	0
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	250.0	250.0	0	0	0	0
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12	0	0	0
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	267.0	267.0	0	0	0	0
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	50	0	0
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.0	0	28.0	83.0	111.0	124	118	0	0
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.0	0	354.0	110.0	464.0	345	0	0	0
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.0	0	200.0	0.0	200.0	20	100	0	0
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	200.0	200.0	200	110	0	0
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.0	0	620.0	1,450.0	2,070.0	50	200	0	0
Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	50.0	50.0	0	0	0	0
TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	24	0	0	0
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.0	0	0.0	130.0	130.0	40	0	0	0
VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	79	0	0	88
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	137	0	0	0
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.0	0	200.0	828.0	1,028.0	100	300	0	0
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.0	0	100.0	200.0	300.0	0	0	0	0

02In 2026

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

China542,758.4
United States157,593.9
Germany50,536.2
India38,937.0
Brazil35,717.8

Lowest

Zimbabweshared0.0
Zambiashared0.0
Yemenshared0.0
Venezuelashared0.0
Ugandashared0.0

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 100.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Under construction (MW)
HighestChina212,786
Lowest96 share it
Middle country: 0
Pre-construction (MW)
HighestChina366,529.1
Lowest50 share it
Middle country: 200.0
Announced (MW)
HighestBrazil254,906.4
Lowest51 share it
Middle country: 240.0
Prospective: construction, pre-construction and announced (MW)
HighestChina743,587.7
Lowest24 share it
Middle country: 550.0
Cancelled (MW)
HighestAustralia65,639
Lowest53 share it
Middle country: 100
Shelved (MW)
HighestVietnam41,164
Lowest68 share it
Middle country: 55
Retired (MW)
HighestUnited States14,164
Lowest136 share it
Middle country: 0
Mothballed (MW)
HighestUkraine1,289
Lowest148 share it
Middle country: 0

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

98 distinct values among 157
Values are stored exactly as published, to 1 decimal. 53 countries share 0.0. 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 157 countries has every column.

04The 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

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
157 rows · 8.3 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download wind-power-capacity-2026-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
Global Energy Monitor’s own file, on its own site.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q89UKfHE21hFEySRKS7PuO2JTN7rGu0zfXvDJU2smHg/

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: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Energy Monitor (2026). Operating Wind Power Capacity, 2026 [data set], describing 2026. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/wind-power-capacity/2026

051 held

Other years

‹ The year before
This is the first year held here.
The year after ›
This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
All of them
Operating Wind Power Capacity: every year
1 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

06Questions