Solar electricity capacity - Country rankings
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
Solar electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:
The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 0.31 million kilowatts. The highest value was in South Africa: 6.33 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in the Central African Republic: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 2000 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series
| Countries | Solar electricity capacity, 2022 | Global rank | Available data |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6.33 | 1 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Comoros | 4 | 2 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Egypt | 1.72 | 3 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Morocco | 0.86 | 4 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Algeria | 0.46 | 5 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Kenya | 0.31 | 6 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Angola | 0.3 | 7 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Senegal | 0.26 | 8 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Mali | 0.23 | 9 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tunisia | 0.2 | 10 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Sudan | 0.19 | 11 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Namibia | 0.18 | 12 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Malawi | 0.14 | 13 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Mauritius | 0.11 | 14 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Mozambique | 0.11 | 15 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ghana | 0.1 | 16 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Zambia | 0.1 | 17 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Mauritania | 0.09 | 18 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Uganda | 0.09 | 19 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.06 | 20 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Niger | 0.06 | 21 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Togo | 0.06 | 22 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Somalia | 0.05 | 23 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Nigeria | 0.04 | 24 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.04 | 25 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Benin | 0.03 | 26 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Madagascar | 0.03 | 27 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Rwanda | 0.03 | 28 | 2000 - 2022 |
| DR Congo | 0.02 | 29 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ethiopia | 0.02 | 30 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Seychelles | 0.02 | 31 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Tanzania | 0.02 | 32 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Botswana | 0.01 | 33 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Burundi | 0.01 | 34 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Cameroon | 0.01 | 35 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Cape Verde | 0.01 | 36 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Eritrea | 0.01 | 37 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Ivory Coast | 0.01 | 38 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Libya | 0.01 | 39 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.01 | 40 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Swaziland | 0.01 | 41 | 2000 - 2022 |
| C.A. Republic | 0 | 42 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Chad | 0 | 43 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Djibouti | 0 | 44 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Eq. Guinea | 0 | 45 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Gabon | 0 | 46 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Gambia | 0 | 47 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Guinea | 0 | 48 | 2000 - 2022 |
| G.-Bissau | 0 | 49 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Lesotho | 0 | 50 | 2000 - 2022 |
| Liberia | 0 | 51 | 2000 - 2022 |
| R. of Congo | 0 | 52 | 2000 - 2022 |
| S.T.&Principe | 0 | 53 | 2000 - 2022 |
Definition: Installed capacity to produce electricity from sunlight in million kilowatts.
Selected articles from our guide:
The unholy trinity of international finance
Most commonly used measures of corruption
All articles
6.33
4.00
1.72
0.86
0.46
0.31
0.30
0.26
0.23
0.20
0.19
0.18
0.14
0.11
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.09
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
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
0.00
0
1.6
3.2
4.7
6.33
Solar electricity capacity around the world Solar electricity capacity in Europe Solar electricity capacity in Asia Solar electricity capacity in North America Solar electricity capacity in South America Solar electricity capacity in Australia/Oceania Solar electricity capacity in the European union Solar electricity capacity in Sub Sahara Africa Solar electricity capacity in MENA Solar electricity capacity in South East Asia Solar electricity capacity in Latin America