* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Renewable power capacity, million kilowatts, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 192 countries was 23 million kilowatts. The highest value was in China: 1818.26 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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Countries Renewable power capacity, 2024 Global rank Available data
China 1818.26 1 1980 - 2024
USA 451.22 2 1980 - 2024
Brazil 213.84 3 1980 - 2024
India 204.11 4 1980 - 2024
Germany 177.92 5 1991 - 2024
Japan 126.31 6 1980 - 2024
Canada 111.33 7 1980 - 2024
Spain 88.5 8 1980 - 2024
France 70.08 9 1980 - 2024
Turkey 69.37 10 1980 - 2024
Italy 67.98 11 1980 - 2024
Australia 60.83 12 1980 - 2024
UK 57.95 13 1980 - 2024
Russia 54.43 14 1992 - 2024
Vietnam 49.02 15 1980 - 2024
Sweden 42.16 16 1980 - 2024
Norway 38.55 17 1980 - 2024
Netherlands 36.64 18 1980 - 2024
Mexico 34.04 19 1980 - 2024
South Korea 33.8 20 1980 - 2024
Poland 32.35 21 1980 - 2024
Chile 23.97 22 1980 - 2024
Austria 22.22 23 1980 - 2024
Taiwan 21.07 24 1980 - 2024
Greece 17.52 25 1980 - 2024
Venezuela 17.05 26 1980 - 2024
Portugal 16.61 27 1980 - 2024
Argentina 16.6 28 1980 - 2024
Belgium 16.28 29 1980 - 2024
Finland 15.9 30 1980 - 2024
Colombia 15.04 31 1980 - 2024
Romania 14.62 32 1980 - 2024
Pakistan 14.31 33 1980 - 2024
Indonesia 13.59 34 1980 - 2024
Denmark 13.54 35 1980 - 2024
Iran 12.96 36 1980 - 2024
Thailand 12.6 37 1980 - 2024
Switzerland 12.44 38 1980 - 2024
Ukraine 11.82 39 1992 - 2024
South Africa 11.13 40 1980 - 2024
Laos 9.94 41 1980 - 2024
Malaysia 9.47 42 1980 - 2024
Philippines 9.3 43 1980 - 2024
Paraguay 8.87 44 1980 - 2024
New Zealand 8.67 45 1980 - 2024
Hungary 8.62 46 1980 - 2024
Egypt 7.75 47 1980 - 2024
Peru 7.41 48 1980 - 2024
Ireland 6.61 49 1980 - 2024
Bulgaria 6.5 50 1980 - 2024
Czechia 6.45 51 1993 - 2024
Ethiopia 6.35 52 1980 - 2024
UA Emirates 6.14 53 1980 - 2024
Israel 5.98 54 1980 - 2024
Tajikistan 5.74 55 1992 - 2024
Ecuador 5.48 56 1980 - 2024
Kazakhstan 5.43 57 1992 - 2024
North Korea 5.06 58 1980 - 2024
Morocco 4.84 59 1980 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 4.74 60 1980 - 2024
Uzbekistan 4.67 61 1992 - 2024
Lithuania 4.66 62 1992 - 2024
Angola 4.14 63 1980 - 2024
Uruguay 4.13 64 1980 - 2024
Croatia 4.09 65 1992 - 2024
Georgia 3.67 66 1992 - 2024
Sri Lanka 3.61 67 1980 - 2024
Burma 3.54 68 1980 - 2024
Nepal 3.48 69 1980 - 2024
Serbia 3.41 70 2006 - 2024
Zambia 3.4 71 1980 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 3.26 72 1992 - 2024
DR Congo 3.22 73 1980 - 2024
Panama 3.18 74 1980 - 2024
Nigeria 3.03 75 1980 - 2024
Iceland 2.95 76 1980 - 2024
Kenya 2.79 77 1980 - 2024
Jordan 2.73 78 1980 - 2024
Guatemala 2.7 79 1980 - 2024
Slovakia 2.69 80 1993 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 2.56 81 1980 - 2024
Slovenia 2.56 82 1992 - 2024
Albania 2.51 83 1980 - 2024
Bhutan 2.46 84 1980 - 2024
Mozambique 2.4 85 1980 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 2.31 86 1992 - 2024
Cambodia 2.29 87 1980 - 2024
Latvia 2.28 88 1992 - 2024
Estonia 2.2 89 1992 - 2024
Honduras 1.91 90 1980 - 2024
Sudan 1.87 91 1980 - 2024
El Salvador 1.86 92 1980 - 2024
Armenia 1.84 93 1992 - 2024
Uganda 1.82 94 1980 - 2024
Ghana 1.78 95 1980 - 2024
Azerbaijan 1.72 96 1992 - 2024
Qatar 1.7 97 1980 - 2024
North Macedonia 1.63 98 1992 - 2024
Iraq 1.6 99 1980 - 2024
Syria 1.56 100 1980 - 2024
Tanzania 1.48 101 1980 - 2024
Singapore 1.37 102 1980 - 2024
Bolivia 1.3 103 1980 - 2024
Lebanon 1.3 104 1980 - 2024
Zimbabwe 1.25 105 1980 - 2024
Puerto Rico 1.19 106 1980 - 2024
Bangladesh 1.12 107 1980 - 2024
Tunisia 1.08 108 1980 - 2024
Ivory Coast 0.92 109 1980 - 2024
Cyprus 0.9 110 1980 - 2024
Cameroon 0.88 111 1980 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.86 112 1980 - 2024
Montenegro 0.84 113 2006 - 2024
Guinea 0.83 114 1980 - 2024
Cuba 0.82 115 1980 - 2024
Nicaragua 0.77 116 1980 - 2024
Algeria 0.74 117 1980 - 2024
Oman 0.72 118 1980 - 2024
Mali 0.64 119 1980 - 2024
Belarus 0.62 120 1992 - 2024
Senegal 0.56 121 1980 - 2024
Moldova 0.54 122 1992 - 2024
Afghanistan 0.52 123 1980 - 2024
Malawi 0.52 124 1980 - 2024
Namibia 0.52 125 1990 - 2024
Yemen 0.41 126 1980 - 2024
Papua N.G. 0.4 127 1980 - 2024
Hong Kong 0.39 128 1980 - 2024
N. Caledonia 0.36 129 1980 - 2024
Gabon 0.34 130 1980 - 2024
Mauritania 0.34 131 1980 - 2024
Mongolia 0.33 132 1980 - 2024
Mauritius 0.3 133 1980 - 2024
Jamaica 0.28 134 1980 - 2024
Madagascar 0.25 135 1980 - 2024
Burkina Faso 0.24 136 1980 - 2024
Malta 0.24 137 1980 - 2024
Fiji 0.23 138 1980 - 2024
R. of Congo 0.23 139 1980 - 2024
Suriname 0.19 140 1980 - 2024
Swaziland 0.18 141 1980 - 2024
Rwanda 0.17 142 1980 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 0.13 143 1980 - 2024
Togo 0.13 144 1980 - 2024
Faroe Isl. 0.11 145 1980 - 2024
Kuwait 0.11 146 1980 - 2024
Sierra Leone 0.11 147 1980 - 2024
Belize 0.1 148 1980 - 2024
Lesotho 0.1 149 1980 - 2024
Liberia 0.1 150 1980 - 2024
Burundi 0.08 151 1980 - 2024
Djibouti 0.08 152 1980 - 2024
Haiti 0.08 153 1980 - 2024
Niger 0.08 154 1980 - 2024
Bahrain 0.07 155 1980 - 2024
Barbados 0.07 156 1980 - 2024
Benin 0.07 157 1980 - 2024
Guyana 0.07 158 1980 - 2024
Maldives 0.07 159 1980 - 2024
Cape Verde 0.06 160 1980 - 2024
C.A. Republic 0.06 161 1980 - 2024
Aruba 0.05 162 1986 - 2024
Somalia 0.05 163 1980 - 2024
Eritrea 0.03 164 1994 - 2024
Gambia 0.03 165 1980 - 2024
Macao 0.03 166 1980 - 2024
Samoa 0.03 167 1980 - 2024
Ant.& Barb. 0.02 168 1980 - 2024
Bahamas 0.02 169 1980 - 2024
Seychelles 0.02 170 1980 - 2024
Tonga 0.02 171 1980 - 2024
Botswana 0.01 172 1980 - 2024
Brunei 0.01 173 1980 - 2024
Chad 0.01 174 1980 - 2024
Dominica 0.01 175 1980 - 2024
Libya 0.01 176 1980 - 2024
Micronesia 0.01 177 2024 - 2024
Saint Lucia 0.01 178 1980 - 2024
St. Vincent & ... 0.01 179 1980 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 0.01 180 1980 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 0.01 181 1980 - 2024
Tuvalu 0.01 182 2024 - 2024
Vanuatu 0.01 183 1980 - 2024
Bermuda 0 184 1980 - 2024
Comoros 0 185 1980 - 2024
Gibraltar 0 186 1980 - 2024
Grenada 0 187 1980 - 2024
G.-Bissau 0 188 1980 - 2024
Kiribati 0 189 1980 - 2024
Montserrat 0 190 1980 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0 191 1980 - 2024
Turkmenistan 0 192 1992 - 2024


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