* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Solar electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 11 countries was 8.15 million kilowatts. The highest value was in India: 63.15 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Brunei: 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
India 63.15 1 2000 - 2022
Vietnam 18.47 2 2000 - 2022
Thailand 3.07 3 2000 - 2022
Malaysia 1.93 4 2000 - 2022
Philippines 1.62 5 2000 - 2022
Singapore 0.57 6 2000 - 2022
Cambodia 0.46 7 2000 - 2022
Indonesia 0.29 8 2000 - 2022
Burma 0.1 9 2000 - 2022
Laos 0.03 10 2000 - 2022
Brunei 0 11 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

This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK