Wind electricity capacity - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Wind electricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 189 countries was 4.77 million kilowatts. The highest value was in China: 365.96 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1981 to 2023. 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 Wind electricity capacity, 2022 Global rank Available data
China 365.96 1 2000 - 2023
USA 141.4 2 1981 - 2023
Germany 66.16 3 2000 - 2023
India 41.93 4 2000 - 2023
Spain 30.11 5 2000 - 2023
UK 28.76 6 2000 - 2023
Brazil 24.16 7 2000 - 2023
France 20.81 8 2000 - 2023
Canada 15.08 9 2000 - 2023
Sweden 14.28 10 2000 - 2023
Australia 11.97 11 2000 - 2023
Italy 11.82 12 2000 - 2023
Turkey 11.4 13 2000 - 2023
Netherlands 8.76 14 2000 - 2023
Poland 8.15 15 2000 - 2023
Mexico 7.63 16 2000 - 2023
Denmark 7.09 17 2000 - 2023
Finland 5.68 18 2000 - 2023
Portugal 5.54 19 2000 - 2023
Belgium 5.3 20 2000 - 2023
Vietnam 5.07 21 2000 - 2023
Norway 5.06 22 2000 - 2023
Greece 4.7 23 2000 - 2023
Ireland 4.54 24 2000 - 2023
Japan 4.48 25 2000 - 2023
Chile 3.83 26 2000 - 2023
Austria 3.58 27 2000 - 2023
Argentina 3.31 28 2000 - 2023
South Africa 3.16 29 2000 - 2023
Romania 3.01 30 2000 - 2023
Russia 2.22 31 2000 - 2023
South Korea 1.95 32 2000 - 2023
Pakistan 1.85 33 2000 - 2023
Ukraine 1.76 34 2000 - 2023
Egypt 1.64 35 2000 - 2023
Taiwan 1.58 36 2000 - 2023
Morocco 1.56 37 2000 - 2023
Thailand 1.55 38 2000 - 2023
Uruguay 1.51 39 2000 - 2023
Kazakhstan 1.11 40 2000 - 2023
Croatia 0.99 41 2000 - 2023
New Zealand 0.99 42 2000 - 2023
Lithuania 0.95 43 2000 - 2023
Bulgaria 0.7 44 2000 - 2023
Jordan 0.61 45 2000 - 2023
Peru 0.54 46 2000 - 2023
Kenya 0.44 47 2000 - 2023
Philippines 0.44 48 2000 - 2023
Domin. Rep. 0.42 49 2000 - 2023
Ethiopia 0.4 50 2000 - 2023
Saudi Arabia 0.4 51 2000 - 2023
Serbia 0.4 52 2006 - 2023
Czechia 0.34 53 2000 - 2023
Iran 0.34 54 2000 - 2023
Panama 0.34 55 2000 - 2023
Estonia 0.32 56 2000 - 2023
Hungary 0.32 57 2000 - 2023
Sri Lanka 0.25 58 2000 - 2023
Tunisia 0.25 59 2000 - 2023
Honduras 0.24 60 2000 - 2023
Nicaragua 0.19 61 2000 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.17 62 2000 - 2023
Cyprus 0.16 63 2000 - 2023
Mongolia 0.16 64 2000 - 2023
Senegal 0.16 65 2000 - 2023
Indonesia 0.15 66 2000 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 0.14 67 2000 - 2023
Israel 0.14 68 2000 - 2023
Bolivia 0.13 69 2000 - 2023
Belarus 0.12 70 2000 - 2023
Moldova 0.12 71 2000 - 2023
Montenegro 0.12 72 2006 - 2023
Guatemala 0.11 73 2000 - 2023
Jamaica 0.1 74 2000 - 2023
Puerto Rico 0.1 75 2000 - 2023
Switzerland 0.09 76 2000 - 2023
Latvia 0.08 77 2000 - 2023
Azerbaijan 0.07 78 2000 - 2023
North Macedonia 0.07 79 2000 - 2023
N. Caledonia 0.06 80 2000 - 2023
El Salvador 0.05 81 2000 - 2023
Oman 0.05 82 2000 - 2023
Venezuela 0.05 83 2000 - 2023
Aruba 0.03 84 2000 - 2023
Cape Verde 0.03 85 2000 - 2023
Mauritania 0.03 86 2000 - 2023
Colombia 0.02 87 2000 - 2023
Cuba 0.02 88 2000 - 2023
Djibouti 0.02 89 2000 - 2023
Ecuador 0.02 90 2000 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.02 91 2000 - 2023
Georgia 0.02 92 2000 - 2023
Algeria 0.01 93 2000 - 2023
Fiji 0.01 94 2000 - 2023
Kuwait 0.01 95 2000 - 2023
Mauritius 0.01 96 2000 - 2023
Namibia 0.01 97 2000 - 2023
Seychelles 0.01 98 2000 - 2023
Afghanistan 0 99 2000 - 2023
Albania 0 100 2000 - 2023
Angola 0 101 2000 - 2023
Ant.& Barb. 0 102 2000 - 2023
Armenia 0 103 2000 - 2023
Bahamas 0 104 2000 - 2023
Bahrain 0 105 2000 - 2023
Bangladesh 0 106 2000 - 2023
Barbados 0 107 2000 - 2023
Belize 0 108 2000 - 2023
Benin 0 109 2000 - 2023
Bermuda 0 110 2000 - 2023
Bhutan 0 111 2000 - 2023
Botswana 0 112 2000 - 2023
Brunei 0 113 2000 - 2023
Burkina Faso 0 114 2000 - 2023
Burma 0 115 2000 - 2023
Burundi 0 116 2000 - 2023
Cambodia 0 117 2000 - 2023
Cameroon 0 118 2000 - 2023
C.A. Republic 0 119 2000 - 2023
Chad 0 120 2000 - 2023
Comoros 0 121 2000 - 2023
DR Congo 0 122 2000 - 2023
Dominica 0 123 2000 - 2023
Eq. Guinea 0 124 2000 - 2023
Eritrea 0 125 2000 - 2023
Gabon 0 126 2000 - 2023
Gambia 0 127 2000 - 2023
Ghana 0 128 2000 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 129 2000 - 2023
Grenada 0 130 2000 - 2023
Guinea 0 131 2000 - 2023
G.-Bissau 0 132 2000 - 2023
Guyana 0 133 2000 - 2023
Haiti 0 134 2000 - 2023
Hong Kong 0 135 2000 - 2023
Iceland 0 136 2000 - 2023
Iraq 0 137 2000 - 2023
Ivory Coast 0 138 2000 - 2023
Kiribati 0 139 2000 - 2023
Kyrgyzstan 0 140 2000 - 2023
Laos 0 141 2000 - 2023
Lesotho 0 142 2000 - 2023
Liberia 0 143 2000 - 2023
Libya 0 144 2000 - 2023
Macao 0 145 2000 - 2023
Madagascar 0 146 2000 - 2023
Malawi 0 147 2000 - 2023
Malaysia 0 148 2000 - 2023
Maldives 0 149 2000 - 2023
Mali 0 150 2000 - 2023
Malta 0 151 2000 - 2023
Montserrat 0 152 2000 - 2023
Mozambique 0 153 2000 - 2023
Nepal 0 154 2000 - 2023
Niger 0 155 2000 - 2023
Nigeria 0 156 2000 - 2023
North Korea 0 157 2000 - 2023
Papua N.G. 0 158 2000 - 2023
Paraguay 0 159 2000 - 2023
Qatar 0 160 2000 - 2023
R. of Congo 0 161 2000 - 2023
Rwanda 0 162 2000 - 2023
Saint Lucia 0 163 2000 - 2023
St. Vincent & ... 0 164 2000 - 2023
Samoa 0 165 2000 - 2023
S.T.&Principe 0 166 2000 - 2023
Sierra Leone 0 167 2000 - 2023
Singapore 0 168 2000 - 2023
Slovakia 0 169 2000 - 2023
Slovenia 0 170 2000 - 2023
Solomon Isl. 0 171 2000 - 2023
Somalia 0 172 2000 - 2023
Sudan 0 173 2000 - 2023
Suriname 0 174 2000 - 2023
Swaziland 0 175 2000 - 2023
Syria 0 176 2000 - 2023
Tajikistan 0 177 2000 - 2023
Tanzania 0 178 2000 - 2023
Togo 0 179 2000 - 2023
Tonga 0 180 2000 - 2023
Tr.&Tobago 0 181 2000 - 2023
Turkmenistan 0 182 2000 - 2023
Uganda 0 183 2000 - 2023
UA Emirates 0 184 2000 - 2023
Uzbekistan 0 185 2000 - 2023
Vanuatu 0 186 2000 - 2023
Yemen 0 187 2000 - 2023
Zambia 0 188 2000 - 2023
Zimbabwe 0 189 2000 - 2023



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

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1. China
2. USA
3. Germany
4. India
5. Spain
6. UK
7. Brazil
8. France
9. Canada
10. Sweden
11. Australia
12. Italy
13. Turkey
14. Netherlands
15. Poland
16. Mexico
17. Denmark
18. Finland
19. Portugal
20. Belgium
21. Vietnam
22. Norway
23. Greece
24. Ireland
25. Japan
26. Chile
27. Austria
28. Argentina
29. South Africa
30. Romania
31. Russia
32. South Korea
33. Pakistan
34. Ukraine
35. Egypt
36. Taiwan
37. Morocco
38. Thailand
39. Uruguay
40. Kazakhstan
41. Croatia
42. New Zealand
43. Lithuania
44. Bulgaria
45. Jordan
46. Peru
47. Kenya
48. Philippines
49. Domin. Rep.
50. Ethiopia
51. Saudi Arabia
52. Serbia
53. Czechia
54. Iran
55. Panama
56. Estonia
57. Hungary
58. Sri Lanka
59. Tunisia
60. Honduras
61. Nicaragua
62. Luxembourg
63. Cyprus
64. Mongolia
65. Senegal
66. Indonesia
67. Bosnia & Herz.
68. Israel
69. Bolivia
70. Belarus
71. Moldova
72. Montenegro
73. Guatemala
74. Jamaica
75. Puerto Rico
76. Switzerland
77. Latvia
78. Azerbaijan
79. North Macedonia
80. N. Caledonia
81. El Salvador
82. Oman
83. Venezuela
84. Aruba
85. Cape Verde
86. Mauritania
87. Colombia
88. Cuba
89. Djibouti
90. Ecuador
91. Faroe Isl.
92. Georgia
93. Algeria
94. Fiji
95. Kuwait
96. Mauritius
97. Namibia
98. Seychelles
99. Afghanistan
100. Albania
101. Angola
102. Ant.& Barb.
103. Armenia
104. Bahamas
105. Bahrain
106. Bangladesh
107. Barbados
108. Belize
109. Benin
110. Bermuda
111. Bhutan
112. Botswana
113. Brunei
114. Burkina Faso
115. Burma
116. Burundi
117. Cambodia
118. Cameroon
119. C.A. Republic
120. Chad
121. Comoros
122. DR Congo
123. Dominica
124. Eq. Guinea
125. Eritrea
126. Gabon
127. Gambia
128. Ghana
129. Gibraltar
130. Grenada
131. Guinea
132. G.-Bissau
133. Guyana
134. Haiti
135. Hong Kong
136. Iceland
137. Iraq
138. Ivory Coast
139. Kiribati
140. Kyrgyzstan
141. Laos
142. Lesotho
143. Liberia
144. Libya
145. Macao
146. Madagascar
147. Malawi
148. Malaysia
149. Maldives
150. Mali
151. Malta
152. Montserrat
153. Mozambique
154. Nepal
155. Niger
156. Nigeria
157. North Korea
158. Papua N.G.
159. Paraguay
160. Qatar
161. R. of Congo
162. Rwanda
163. Saint Lucia
164. St. Vincent & ...
165. Samoa
166. S.T.&Principe
167. Sierra Leone
168. Singapore
169. Slovakia
170. Slovenia
171. Solomon Isl.
172. Somalia
173. Sudan
174. Suriname
175. Swaziland
176. Syria
177. Tajikistan
178. Tanzania
179. Togo
180. Tonga
181. Tr.&Tobago
182. Turkmenistan
183. Uganda
184. UA Emirates
185. Uzbekistan
186. Vanuatu
187. Yemen
188. Zambia
189. Zimbabwe
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41.93
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28.76
24.16
20.81
15.08
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11.97
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