Solar electricity generation - Country rankings
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Solar electricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2020 - Country rankings:
The average for 2020 based on 190 countries was 4.43 billion kilowatthours.The highest value was in China: 269.72 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in the Bahamas: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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269.72
132.63
78.64
61.34
50.60
24.94
21.03
20.54
18.25
13.58
13.53
12.80
11.27
10.75
7.99
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4.97
4.93
4.90
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3.78
3.60
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134.9
202.3
269.72
Definition: Billion kilowatthours of electricity generated from sunlight.
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