Chart TimelapseSolar power by country, 2010–2025
In 2010 Germany led with 12 TWh. China took the top spot in 2015 and generated 1,175 TWh in 2025, about three times the United States (389 TWh). India passed Japan for third in 2022.
▶ From the Short: Germany led solar power in 2010. Now China makes 3× the US
Solar electricity generated, TWh. Tap the chart to read values for a year. Add up to 8 countries.
Ranking in 2024
| # | Country | Solar electricity generated, TWh |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 839 TWh |
| 2 | United States | 304 TWh |
| 3 | India | 143 TWh |
| 4 | Japan | 96.7 TWh |
| 5 | Germany | 74.1 TWh |
| 6 | Brazil | 71.3 TWh |
| 7 | Spain | 58.3 TWh |
| 8 | Australia | 50.2 TWh |
| 9 | Italy | 36.0 TWh |
| 10 | South Korea | 32.7 TWh |
| 11 | Vietnam | 25.9 TWh |
| 12 | Mexico | 25.7 TWh |
| 13 | Türkiye | 25.7 TWh |
| 14 | France | 25.1 TWh |
| 15 | Netherlands | 21.8 TWh |
| 16 | Chile | 20.2 TWh |
| 17 | Pakistan | 19.8 TWh |
| 18 | South Africa | 18.3 TWh |
| 19 | Poland | 17.7 TWh |
| 20 | UAE | 15.2 TWh |
| 21 | Taiwan | 14.9 TWh |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 14.8 TWh |
| 23 | Greece | 11.3 TWh |
| 24 | Israel | 10.5 TWh |
| 25 | Canada | 9.4 TWh |
| 26 | Hungary | 9.2 TWh |
| 27 | Belgium | 8.6 TWh |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 8.2 TWh |
| 29 | Austria | 8.1 TWh |
| 30 | Portugal | 7.1 TWh |
| 31 | Egypt | 6.1 TWh |
| 32 | Switzerland | 5.7 TWh |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 5.5 TWh |
| 34 | Thailand | 5.4 TWh |
| 35 | Sweden | 4.2 TWh |
| 36 | Malaysia | 4.1 TWh |
| 37 | Argentina | 4.0 TWh |
| 38 | Jordan | 3.9 TWh |
| 39 | Denmark | 3.8 TWh |
| 40 | Czechia | 3.6 TWh |
| 41 | Colombia | 3.4 TWh |
| 42 | Romania | 3.4 TWh |
| 43 | Russia | 2.9 TWh |
| 44 | Uzbekistan | 2.9 TWh |
| 45 | DR Congo | 2.5 TWh |
| 46 | Morocco | 2.4 TWh |
| 47 | Oman | 2.3 TWh |
| 48 | Qatar | 2.1 TWh |
| 49 | Philippines | 2.1 TWh |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 1.9 TWh |
| 51 | Lebanon | 1.6 TWh |
| 52 | Dominican Republic | 1.6 TWh |
| 53 | Lithuania | 1.4 TWh |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 1.4 TWh |
| 55 | Indonesia | 1.4 TWh |
| 56 | Singapore | 1.3 TWh |
| 57 | Slovenia | 1.3 TWh |
| 58 | El Salvador | 1.3 TWh |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 1.2 TWh |
| 60 | Honduras | 1.2 TWh |
| 61 | Cyprus | 1.1 TWh |
| 62 | Ireland | 1.1 TWh |
| 63 | Cambodia | 1.1 TWh |
| 64 | Estonia | 1.1 TWh |
| 65 | Algeria | 1.0 TWh |
| 66 | Panama | 1.0 TWh |
| 67 | Puerto Rico | 1.0 TWh |
| 68 | Peru | 0.9 TWh |
| 69 | Finland | 0.9 TWh |
| 70 | Iran | 0.9 TWh |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 0.9 TWh |
| 72 | Armenia | 0.9 TWh |
| 73 | Croatia | 0.8 TWh |
| 74 | Slovakia | 0.7 TWh |
| 75 | Senegal | 0.7 TWh |
| 76 | Kenya | 0.7 TWh |
| 77 | Yemen | 0.6 TWh |
| 78 | Namibia | 0.6 TWh |
| 79 | Tunisia | 0.6 TWh |
| 80 | Uruguay | 0.6 TWh |
| 81 | Latvia | 0.5 TWh |
| 82 | Norway | 0.5 TWh |
| 83 | Angola | 0.4 TWh |
| 84 | Iraq | 0.4 TWh |
| 85 | Bolivia | 0.4 TWh |
| 86 | Bosnia Herzegovina | 0.4 TWh |
| 87 | Palestine | 0.4 TWh |
| 88 | New Zealand | 0.4 TWh |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 0.4 TWh |
| 90 | Malta | 0.3 TWh |
| 91 | Guatemala | 0.3 TWh |
| 92 | Belarus | 0.3 TWh |
| 93 | New Caledonia | 0.3 TWh |
| 94 | Cuba | 0.2 TWh |
| 95 | Hong Kong | 0.2 TWh |
| 96 | Kuwait | 0.2 TWh |
| 97 | Mongolia | 0.2 TWh |
| 98 | Ghana | 0.2 TWh |
| 99 | North Korea | 0.2 TWh |
| 100 | Mali | 0.2 TWh |
| 101 | Mauritius | 0.2 TWh |
| 102 | Uganda | 0.2 TWh |
| 103 | Zambia | 0.2 TWh |
| 104 | Guam | 0.2 TWh |
| 105 | Mauritania | 0.2 TWh |
| 106 | Serbia | 0.2 TWh |
| 107 | Sudan | 0.2 TWh |
| 108 | Jamaica | 0.1 TWh |
| 109 | Nigeria | 0.1 TWh |
| 110 | Togo | 0.1 TWh |
| 111 | Myanmar | 0.1 TWh |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.1 TWh |
| 113 | Afghanistan | 0.1 TWh |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 0.1 TWh |
| 115 | Bahrain | 0.1 TWh |
| 116 | Barbados | 0.1 TWh |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0.1 TWh |
| 118 | Moldova | 0.1 TWh |
| 119 | Syria | 0.1 TWh |
| 120 | Costa Rica | 0.1 TWh |
| 121 | Laos | 0.1 TWh |
| 122 | Seychelles | 0.1 TWh |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 0.1 TWh |
| 124 | Cabo Verde | 0.1 TWh |
| 125 | Mozambique | 0.1 TWh |
| 126 | Somalia | 0.1 TWh |
| 127 | French Polynesia | 0.1 TWh |
| 128 | Maldives | 0.1 TWh |
| 129 | Montenegro | 0.1 TWh |
| 130 | Eritrea | 0.1 TWh |
| 131 | Benin | 0.0 TWh |
| 132 | Cameroon | 0.0 TWh |
| 133 | Ecuador | 0.0 TWh |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 0.0 TWh |
| 135 | Rwanda | 0.0 TWh |
| 136 | Tanzania | 0.0 TWh |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 0.0 TWh |
| 138 | Antigua & Barbuda | 0.0 TWh |
| 139 | Aruba | 0.0 TWh |
| 140 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 TWh |
| 141 | Eswatini | 0.0 TWh |
| 142 | Georgia | 0.0 TWh |
| 143 | Guinea | 0.0 TWh |
| 144 | Nicaragua | 0.0 TWh |
| 145 | Niger | 0.0 TWh |
| 146 | Samoa | 0.0 TWh |
| 147 | Bahamas | 0.0 TWh |
| 148 | Cook Islands | 0.0 TWh |
| 149 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0 TWh |
| 150 | Guyana | 0.0 TWh |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.0 TWh |
| 152 | American Samoa | 0.0 TWh |
| 153 | Belize | 0.0 TWh |
| 154 | Botswana | 0.0 TWh |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0 TWh |
| 156 | Congo | 0.0 TWh |
| 157 | Fiji | 0.0 TWh |
| 158 | Iceland | 0.0 TWh |
| 159 | Kiribati | 0.0 TWh |
| 160 | Kosovo | 0.0 TWh |
| 161 | Liberia | 0.0 TWh |
| 162 | Libya | 0.0 TWh |
| 163 | Malawi | 0.0 TWh |
| 164 | Nauru | 0.0 TWh |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0 TWh |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 TWh |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 TWh |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 TWh |
| 169 | South Sudan | 0.0 TWh |
| 170 | Suriname | 0.0 TWh |
| 171 | Tonga | 0.0 TWh |
| 172 | Trinidad & Tobago | 0.0 TWh |
| 173 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 TWh |
| 174 | Venezuela | 0.0 TWh |
| 175 | Bermuda | 0.0 TWh |
| 176 | Bhutan | 0.0 TWh |
| 177 | Burundi | 0.0 TWh |
| 178 | Chad | 0.0 TWh |
| 179 | Djibouti | 0.0 TWh |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 TWh |
| 181 | Gabon | 0.0 TWh |
| 182 | Gambia | 0.0 TWh |
| 183 | Gibraltar | 0.0 TWh |
| 184 | Greenland | 0.0 TWh |
| 185 | Grenada | 0.0 TWh |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 TWh |
| 187 | Haiti | 0.0 TWh |
| 188 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0 TWh |
| 189 | Lesotho | 0.0 TWh |
| 190 | Macao | 0.0 TWh |
| 191 | Montserrat | 0.0 TWh |
| 192 | Paraguay | 0.0 TWh |
| 193 | St Vincent | 0.0 TWh |
| 194 | Tajikistan | 0.0 TWh |
| 195 | Timor-Leste | 0.0 TWh |
| 196 | Turkmenistan | 0.0 TWh |
Source: Ember, Yearly Electricity Data (accessed 2026-11-01). CC BY 4.0. Values are as published; gaps mean the source has no figure for that year.
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