Renewable power capacity - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Renewable power capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 17.69 million kilowatts. The highest value was in China: 1156.13 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Bermuda: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. 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, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 1156.13 1 1980 - 2023
USA 359.34 2 1980 - 2023
Brazil 176.72 3 1980 - 2023
India 162.6 4 1980 - 2023
Germany 147.08 5 1991 - 2023
Japan 117.61 6 1980 - 2023
Canada 106.36 7 1980 - 2023
Spain 70.74 8 1980 - 2023
France 59.39 9 1980 - 2023
Russia 56.88 10 1992 - 2023
Italy 56.1 11 1980 - 2023
Turkey 55.95 12 1980 - 2023
UK 52.79 13 1980 - 2023
Australia 47.64 14 1980 - 2023
Vietnam 44.01 15 1980 - 2023
Norway 38.33 16 1980 - 2023
Sweden 37.47 17 1980 - 2023
Mexico 31.71 18 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 29.33 19 1980 - 2023
South Korea 27.27 20 1980 - 2023
Poland 22.15 21 1980 - 2023
Chile 18.35 22 1980 - 2023
Austria 17.69 23 1980 - 2023
Venezuela 16.94 24 1980 - 2023
Argentina 15.18 25 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 14.92 26 1992 - 2023
Pakistan 14.16 27 1980 - 2023
Taiwan 14.13 28 1980 - 2023
Portugal 13.46 29 1980 - 2023
Colombia 13.41 30 1980 - 2023
Belgium 13.05 31 1980 - 2023
Greece 12.98 32 1980 - 2023
Finland 12.72 33 1980 - 2023
Indonesia 12.52 34 1980 - 2023
Thailand 12.44 35 1980 - 2023
Denmark 12.17 36 1980 - 2023
Iran 12.05 37 1980 - 2023
Romania 11.58 38 1980 - 2023
South Africa 10.51 39 1980 - 2023
Laos 9.66 40 1980 - 2023
Malaysia 9.05 41 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 8.96 42 1980 - 2023
Paraguay 8.88 43 1980 - 2023
New Zealand 8.13 44 1980 - 2023
Philippines 7.67 45 1980 - 2023
Peru 6.58 46 1980 - 2023
Egypt 6.33 47 1980 - 2023
Ethiopia 5.59 48 1980 - 2023
Ecuador 5.39 49 1980 - 2023
Tajikistan 5.27 50 1992 - 2023
Ireland 5.17 51 1980 - 2023
Hungary 5.16 52 1980 - 2023
Kazakhstan 5.07 53 1992 - 2023
North Korea 4.98 54 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 4.85 55 1980 - 2023
Czechia 4.73 56 1993 - 2023
Israel 4.58 57 1980 - 2023
Angola 4.07 58 1980 - 2023
Uruguay 3.75 59 1980 - 2023
Morocco 3.73 60 1980 - 2023
UA Emirates 3.61 61 1980 - 2023
Burma 3.54 62 1980 - 2023
Croatia 3.3 63 1992 - 2023
Zambia 3.3 64 1980 - 2023
Georgia 3.12 65 1992 - 2023
Panama 2.97 66 1980 - 2023
DR Congo 2.96 67 1980 - 2023
Sri Lanka 2.94 68 1980 - 2023
Serbia 2.93 69 2006 - 2023
Iceland 2.88 70 1980 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 2.78 71 1992 - 2023
Guatemala 2.71 72 1980 - 2023
Kenya 2.66 73 1980 - 2023
Albania 2.61 74 1980 - 2023
Jordan 2.6 75 1980 - 2023
Uzbekistan 2.48 76 1992 - 2023
Slovakia 2.43 77 1993 - 2023
Mozambique 2.36 78 1980 - 2023
Bhutan 2.34 79 1980 - 2023
Nepal 2.34 80 1980 - 2023
Nigeria 2.23 81 1980 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 2.04 82 1992 - 2023
Latvia 1.95 83 1992 - 2023
Cambodia 1.88 84 1980 - 2023
Honduras 1.88 85 1980 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 1.87 86 1980 - 2023
Slovenia 1.87 87 1992 - 2023
Sudan 1.87 88 1980 - 2023
Ghana 1.76 89 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 1.75 90 1992 - 2023
El Salvador 1.7 91 1980 - 2023
Iraq 1.6 92 1980 - 2023
Armenia 1.57 93 1992 - 2023
Syria 1.56 94 1980 - 2023
Azerbaijan 1.34 95 1992 - 2023
Bolivia 1.23 96 1980 - 2023
Zimbabwe 1.23 97 1980 - 2023
Uganda 1.22 98 1980 - 2023
Lebanon 1.17 99 1980 - 2023
Estonia 1.14 100 1992 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.97 101 1992 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0.89 102 1980 - 2023
Singapore 0.87 103 1980 - 2023
Cameroon 0.84 104 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 0.84 105 2006 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0.84 106 1980 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.84 107 1980 - 2023
Guinea 0.83 108 1980 - 2023
Qatar 0.82 109 1980 - 2023
Bangladesh 0.8 110 1980 - 2023
Cuba 0.79 111 1980 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.75 112 1980 - 2023
Algeria 0.73 113 1980 - 2023
Oman 0.71 114 1980 - 2023
Tanzania 0.69 115 1980 - 2023
Belarus 0.62 116 1992 - 2023
Cyprus 0.6 117 1980 - 2023
Mali 0.59 118 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.57 119 1980 - 2023
Namibia 0.53 120 1990 - 2023
Senegal 0.53 121 1980 - 2023
Malawi 0.52 122 1980 - 2023
Tunisia 0.51 123 1980 - 2023
Afghanistan 0.49 124 1980 - 2023
Gabon 0.33 125 1980 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0.33 126 1980 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0.32 127 1980 - 2023
Mongolia 0.28 128 1980 - 2023
Jamaica 0.27 129 1980 - 2023
Mauritius 0.27 130 1980 - 2023
Yemen 0.26 131 1980 - 2023
Moldova 0.25 132 1992 - 2023
Hong Kong 0.24 133 1980 - 2023
Malta 0.23 134 1980 - 2023
R. of Congo 0.23 135 1980 - 2023
Fiji 0.22 136 1980 - 2023
Madagascar 0.22 137 1980 - 2023
Suriname 0.19 138 1980 - 2023
Swaziland 0.18 139 1980 - 2023
Mauritania 0.17 140 1980 - 2023
Rwanda 0.15 141 1980 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0.13 142 1980 - 2023
Togo 0.13 143 1980 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0.12 144 1980 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0.11 145 1980 - 2023
Belize 0.1 146 1980 - 2023
Liberia 0.09 147 1980 - 2023
Burundi 0.08 148 1980 - 2023
Haiti 0.08 149 1980 - 2023
Lesotho 0.08 150 1980 - 2023
Barbados 0.07 151 1980 - 2023
Benin 0.07 152 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.06 153 1980 - 2023
Aruba 0.05 154 1986 - 2023
Bahrain 0.05 155 1980 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.05 156 1980 - 2023
Guyana 0.05 157 1980 - 2023
Niger 0.05 158 1980 - 2023
Somalia 0.05 159 1980 - 2023
Maldives 0.04 160 1980 - 2023
Eritrea 0.03 161 1994 - 2023
Macao 0.03 162 1980 - 2023
Samoa 0.03 163 1980 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0.02 164 1980 - 2023
Bahamas 0.02 165 1980 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0.02 166 1980 - 2023
Djibouti 0.02 167 1980 - 2023
Seychelles 0.02 168 1980 - 2023
Tonga 0.02 169 1980 - 2023
Botswana 0.01 170 1980 - 2023
Chad 0.01 171 1980 - 2023
Comoros 0.01 172 1980 - 2023
Dominica 0.01 173 1980 - 2023
Libya 0.01 174 1980 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0.01 175 1980 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0.01 176 1980 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0.01 177 1980 - 2023
Vanuatu 0.01 178 1980 - 2023
Bermuda 0 179 1980 - 2023
Brunei 0 180 1980 - 2023
Gambia 0 181 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 182 1980 - 2023
Grenada 0 183 1980 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 184 1980 - 2023
Kiribati 0 185 1980 - 2023
Montserrat 0 186 1980 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0 187 1980 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 188 1980 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 189 1992 - 2023



Definition: Total capacity to produce electricity from renewable resources in million kilowatts.

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1. China
2. USA
3. Brazil
4. India
5. Germany
6. Japan
7. Canada
8. Spain
9. France
10. Russia
11. Italy
12. Turkey
13. UK
14. Australia
15. Vietnam
16. Norway
17. Sweden
18. Mexico
19. Netherlands
20. South Korea
21. Poland
22. Chile
23. Austria
24. Venezuela
25. Argentina
26. Ukraine
27. Pakistan
28. Taiwan
29. Portugal
30. Colombia
31. Belgium
32. Greece
33. Finland
34. Indonesia
35. Thailand
36. Denmark
37. Iran
38. Romania
39. South Africa
40. Laos
41. Malaysia
42. Switzerland
43. Paraguay
44. New Zealand
45. Philippines
46. Peru
47. Egypt
48. Ethiopia
49. Ecuador
50. Tajikistan
51. Ireland
52. Hungary
53. Kazakhstan
54. North Korea
55. Bulgaria
56. Czechia
57. Israel
58. Angola
59. Uruguay
60. Morocco
61. UA Emirates
62. Burma
63. Croatia
64. Zambia
65. Georgia
66. Panama
67. DR Congo
68. Sri Lanka
69. Serbia
70. Iceland
71. Kyrgyzstan
72. Guatemala
73. Kenya
74. Albania
75. Jordan
76. Uzbekistan
77. Slovakia
78. Mozambique
79. Bhutan
80. Nepal
81. Nigeria
82. Bosnia & Herz.
83. Latvia
84. Cambodia
85. Honduras
86. Domin. Rep.
87. Slovenia
88. Sudan
89. Ghana
90. Lithuania
91. El Salvador
92. Iraq
93. Armenia
94. Syria
95. Azerbaijan
96. Bolivia
97. Zimbabwe
98. Uganda
99. Lebanon
100. Estonia
101. North Macedonia
102. Ivory Coast
103. Singapore
104. Cameroon
105. Montenegro
106. Puerto Rico
107. Saudi Arabia
108. Guinea
109. Qatar
110. Bangladesh
111. Cuba
112. Nicaragua
113. Algeria
114. Oman
115. Tanzania
116. Belarus
117. Cyprus
118. Mali
119. Luxembourg
120. Namibia
121. Senegal
122. Malawi
123. Tunisia
124. Afghanistan
125. Gabon
126. Papua N.G.
127. N. Caledonia
128. Mongolia
129. Jamaica
130. Mauritius
131. Yemen
132. Moldova
133. Hong Kong
134. Malta
135. R. of Congo
136. Fiji
137. Madagascar
138. Suriname
139. Swaziland
140. Mauritania
141. Rwanda
142. Eq. Guinea
143. Togo
144. Burkina Faso
145. Sierra Leone
146. Belize
147. Liberia
148. Burundi
149. Haiti
150. Lesotho
151. Barbados
152. Benin
153. Faroe Isl.
154. Aruba
155. Bahrain
156. Cape Verde
157. Guyana
158. Niger
159. Somalia
160. Maldives
161. Eritrea
162. Macao
163. Samoa
164. Ant.& Barb.
165. Bahamas
166. C.A. Republic
167. Djibouti
168. Seychelles
169. Tonga
170. Botswana
171. Chad
172. Comoros
173. Dominica
174. Libya
175. St. Vincent & ...
176. Solomon Isl.
177. Tr.&Tobago
178. Vanuatu
179. Bermuda
180. Brunei
181. Gambia
182. Gibraltar
183. Grenada
184. G.-Bissau
185. Kiribati
186. Montserrat
187. Saint Lucia
188. S.T.&Principe
189. Turkmenistan
1156.13
359.34
176.72
162.60
147.08
117.61
106.36
70.74
59.39
56.88
56.10
55.95
52.79
47.64
44.01
38.33
37.47
31.71
29.33
27.27
22.15
18.35
17.69
16.94
15.18
14.92
14.16
14.13
13.46
13.41
13.05
12.98
12.72
12.52
12.44
12.17
12.05
11.58
10.51
9.66
9.05
8.96
8.88
8.13
7.67
6.58
6.33
5.59
5.39
5.27
5.17
5.16
5.07
4.98
4.85
4.73
4.58
4.07
3.75
3.73
3.61
3.54
3.30
3.30
3.12
2.97
2.96
2.94
2.93
2.88
2.78
2.71
2.66
2.61
2.60
2.48
2.43
2.36
2.34
2.34
2.23
2.04
1.95
1.88
1.88
1.87
1.87
1.87
1.76
1.75
1.70
1.60
1.57
1.56
1.34
1.23
1.23
1.22
1.17
1.14
0.97
0.89
0.87
0.84
0.84
0.84
0.84
0.83
0.82
0.80
0.79
0.75
0.73
0.71
0.69
0.62
0.60
0.59
0.57
0.53
0.53
0.52
0.51
0.49
0.33
0.33
0.32
0.28
0.27
0.27
0.26
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.23
0.22
0.22
0.19
0.18
0.17
0.15
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
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867.1
1156.13


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