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Solar electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 20 countries was 2.26 million kilowatts. The highest value was in Brazil: 24.08 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Haiti: 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
Brazil 24.08 1 2000 - 2022
Mexico 9.03 2 2000 - 2022
Chile 6.25 3 2000 - 2022
Argentina 1.1 4 2000 - 2022
Domin. Rep. 0.74 5 2000 - 2022
El Salvador 0.66 6 2000 - 2022
Puerto Rico 0.64 7 2000 - 2022
Honduras 0.53 8 2000 - 2022
Panama 0.52 9 2000 - 2022
Colombia 0.46 10 2000 - 2022
Peru 0.33 11 2000 - 2022
Uruguay 0.27 12 2000 - 2022
Cuba 0.26 13 2000 - 2022
Bolivia 0.17 14 2000 - 2022
Guatemala 0.1 15 2000 - 2022
Ecuador 0.03 16 2000 - 2022
Nicaragua 0.02 17 2000 - 2022
Venezuela 0.01 18 2000 - 2022
Haiti 0 19 2000 - 2022
Paraguay 0 20 2000 - 2022



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

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