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Solar electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 43 countries was 5.56 million kilowatts. The highest value was in Germany: 66.55 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in the Faroe Islands: 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
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Countries Solar electricity capacity, 2022 Global rank Available data
Germany 66.55 1 2000 - 2022
Italy 25.08 2 2000 - 2022
Netherlands 22.59 3 2000 - 2022
Spain 20.52 4 2000 - 2022
France 17.42 5 2000 - 2022
UK 14.41 6 2000 - 2022
Poland 11.17 7 2000 - 2022
Turkey 9.43 8 2000 - 2022
Ukraine 8.06 9 2000 - 2022
Belgium 6.9 10 2000 - 2022
Greece 5.56 11 2001 - 2022
Switzerland 4.13 12 2000 - 2022
Austria 3.55 13 2000 - 2022
Hungary 2.99 14 2000 - 2022
Czechia 2.63 15 2000 - 2022
Sweden 2.61 16 2000 - 2022
Portugal 2.54 17 2000 - 2022
Denmark 2.49 18 2000 - 2022
Bulgaria 1.95 19 2000 - 2022
Russia 1.82 20 2000 - 2022
Romania 1.41 21 2000 - 2022
Slovenia 0.63 22 2000 - 2022
Finland 0.59 23 2000 - 2022
Lithuania 0.57 24 2000 - 2022
Slovakia 0.54 25 2000 - 2022
Estonia 0.53 26 2000 - 2022
Cyprus 0.46 27 2000 - 2022
Luxembourg 0.32 28 2000 - 2022
Norway 0.32 29 2000 - 2022
Belarus 0.27 30 2000 - 2022
Malta 0.21 31 2000 - 2022
Croatia 0.18 32 2000 - 2022
Ireland 0.14 33 2000 - 2022
Serbia 0.14 34 2006 - 2022
Bosnia & Herz. 0.11 35 2000 - 2022
North Macedonia 0.09 36 2000 - 2022
Latvia 0.06 37 2000 - 2022
Albania 0.03 38 2000 - 2022
Montenegro 0.03 39 2006 - 2022
Moldova 0.02 40 2000 - 2022
Iceland 0.01 41 2000 - 2022
Faroe Isl. 0 42 2000 - 2022
Gibraltar 0 43 2000 - 2022



Definition: Installed capacity to produce electricity from sunlight in million kilowatts.

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