Ranking · Energy and resources
Solar power by country
China generated 1,174.9 terawatt hours of solar electricity in 2025, 42.3% of the world total. The United States was second at 388.8 TWh and India third at 196.0 TWh. Japan and Germany followed. These five countries produced 70.2% of the world's solar power. Global solar generation reached 2,778.6 TWh.
Where the world's 2,778.6 TWh of solar power comes from
Share of world solar power generation, 2025
China 42%
14%
7%
Everyone else 30%
- China 1,174.9
- United States 388.8
- India 196.0
- Japan 101.1
- Germany 89.6
- Everyone else 828.2
- Under 1
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- Over 20%
- Not in this ranking
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| # | Country | TWh | Share | GW | 2020 | Share of world | Change since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
1,174.9 | 11.1% | 1,202.2 | 261.1 | 42.3% | +350% |
| 2 | United States |
388.8 | 8.6% | 211.6 | 130.7 | 14.0% | +197% |
| 3 |  India |
196.0 | 9.4% | 135.5 | 52.9 | 7.1% | +271% |
| 4 |  Japan |
101.1 | 9.8% | 92.2 | 75.9 | 3.6% | +33% |
| 5 |  Germany |
89.6 | 17.9% | 106.3 | 49.5 | 3.2% | +81% |
| 6 |  Brazil |
88.6 | 11.8% | 64.7 | 10.8 | 3.2% | +720% |
| 7 |  Spain |
62.9 | 21.9% | 47.2 | 20.7 | 2.3% | +204% |
| 8 |  Australia |
56.4 | 19.7% | 41.1 | 23.8 | 2.0% | +137% |
| 9 |  Italy |
44.6 | 16.9% | 41.2 | 24.9 | 1.6% | +79% |
| 10 |  South Korea |
37.8 | 6.0% | 30.4 | 19.3 | 1.4% | +96% |
| 11 |  Turkey |
37.2 | 10.5% | 25.5 | 11.2 | 1.3% | +232% |
| 12 |  Pakistan |
36.6 | 20.7% | · | 4.1 | 1.3% | +793% |
| 13 |  France |
32.0 | 5.6% | 31.2 | 13.1 | 1.2% | +144% |
| 14 |  Netherlands |
28.5 | 21.1% | 25.9 | 8.6 | 1.0% | +231% |
| 15 |  Mexico |
26.3 | 7.4% | 12.9 | 15.8 | 0.9% | +66% |
| 16 |  Vietnam |
23.1 | 7.4% | 19.2 | 10.8 | 0.8% | +114% |
| 17 |  Chile |
22.2 | 25.1% | 12.1 | 7.5 | 0.8% | +196% |
| 18 |  Poland |
19.6 | 11.3% | 25.4 | 2.0 | 0.7% | +880% |
| 19 |  South Africa |
19.5 | 8.0% | 11.3 | 7.0 | 0.7% | +179% |
| 20 |  United Kingdom |
19.3 | 6.6% | 21.7 | 12.6 | 0.7% | +53% |
| 21 |  Taiwan |
16.1 | 5.6% | 15.5 | 6.1 | 0.6% | +164% |
| 22 |  Israel |
13.3 | 16.2% | 7.4 | 4.1 | 0.5% | +224% |
| 23 |  Greece |
11.5 | 19.8% | 11.1 | 4.5 | 0.4% | +156% |
| 24 |  Hungary |
11.0 | 27.3% | 8.2 | 2.5 | 0.4% | +340% |
| 25 |  Belgium |
10.5 | 15.6% | 10.4 | 5.1 | 0.4% | +106% |
| 26 |  Austria |
10.3 | 14.1% | 10.3 | 2.0 | 0.4% | +415% |
| 27 |  Canada |
10.2 | 1.6% | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.4% | +149% |
| 28 |  Thailand |
10.0 | 5.3% | 6.8 | 5.0 | 0.4% | +100% |
| 29 |  Portugal |
8.9 | 17.3% | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.3% | +424% |
| 30 |  Switzerland |
7.9 | 12.1% | 9.1 | 2.6 | 0.3% | +204% |
| 31 |  Egypt |
7.6 | 3.1% | 3.3 | 4.5 | 0.3% | +69% |
| 32 |  Bulgaria |
6.9 | 18.2% | 5.9 | 1.5 | 0.2% | +360% |
| 33 |  Uzbekistan |
6.5 | 7.5% | 5.9 | · | 0.2% | |
| 34 |  Argentina |
5.1 | 3.4% | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2% | +292% |
| 35 |  Romania |
4.9 | 9.8% | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.2% | +188% |
| 36 |  Colombia |
4.6 | 5.1% | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2% | +2,200% |
| 37 |  Denmark |
4.6 | 13.3% | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.2% | +283% |
| 38 |  Malaysia |
4.5 | 2.2% | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.2% | +114% |
| 39 |  Czechia |
4.4 | 5.8% | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.2% | +91% |
| 40 |  Sweden |
4.4 | 2.6% | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.2% | +300% |
| 41 |  Philippines |
3.0 | 2.4% | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.1% | +114% |
| 42 |  Sri Lanka |
3.0 | 17.6% | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1% | +500% |
| 43 |  Russia |
2.8 | 0.2% | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.1% | +47% |
| 44 |  Morocco |
2.6 | 5.8% | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.1% | +73% |
| 45 |  Oman |
2.3 | 4.3% | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +2,200% |
| 46 |  Dominican Republic |
2.2 | 9.9% | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1% | +267% |
| 47 |  North Macedonia |
2.2 | 31.1% | 1.1 | · | 0.1% | |
| 48 |  Qatar |
2.1 | 3.8% | 1.7 | · | 0.1% | |
| 49 |  Kazakhstan |
2.0 | 1.6% | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1% | +67% |
| 50 |  Cambodia |
1.9 | 10.6% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +533% |
| 51 |  Peru |
1.8 | 3.0% | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1% | +125% |
| 52 |  Lithuania |
1.7 | 18.8% | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,600% |
| 53 |  Bangladesh |
1.6 | 1.5% | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1% | +220% |
| 54 |  Singapore |
1.6 | 2.7% | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +433% |
| 55 |  Ireland |
1.5 | 4.8% | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,400% |
| 56 |  Slovenia |
1.5 | 10.3% | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1% | +275% |
| 57 |  Cyprus |
1.4 | 23.2% | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +367% |
| 58 |  Croatia |
1.3 | 8.8% | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +1,200% |
| 59 |  El Salvador |
1.3 | 20.6% | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0% | +30% |
| 60 |  Estonia |
1.2 | 19.7% | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 61 |  Finland |
1.0 | 1.2% | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 62 |  Iran |
0.9 | 0.2% | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 63 |  Latvia |
0.8 | 12.9% | 0.9 | · | 0.0% | |
| 64 |  Armenia |
0.7 | 8.5% | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 65 |  Kenya |
0.7 | 4.6% | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 66 |  Slovakia |
0.7 | 2.4% | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 67 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.6 | 4.1% | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 68 |  Tunisia |
0.6 | 2.5% | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 69 |  Uruguay |
0.6 | 5.1% | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0% | +20% |
| 70 |  Luxembourg |
0.5 | 30.5% | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +150% |
| 71 |  Norway |
0.5 | 0.3% | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 72 |  Bolivia |
0.4 | 2.9% | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0% | +33% |
| 73 |  New Zealand |
0.4 | 0.8% | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 74 |  Malta |
0.3 | 15.5% | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 75 |  Kuwait |
0.2 | 0.2% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 76 |  Moldova |
0.2 | 7.9% | 0.7 | · | 0.0% | |
| 77 |  Mongolia |
0.2 | 2.2% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 78 |  Serbia |
0.2 | 0.4% | 0.4 | · | 0.0% | |
| 79 |  Costa Rica |
0.1 | 0.7% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 80 |  Montenegro |
0.1 | 5.7% | 0.1 | · | 0.0% | |
| 81 |  Nigeria |
0.1 | 0.3% | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| # | Country | Share | TWh | GW | 2020 | Share of world | Change since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Macedonia |
31.1% | 2.2 | 1.1 | · | 0.1% | |
| 2 | Luxembourg |
30.5% | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +150% |
| 3 | Hungary |
27.3% | 11.0 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 0.4% | +340% |
| 4 | Chile |
25.1% | 22.2 | 12.1 | 7.5 | 0.8% | +196% |
| 5 | Cyprus |
23.2% | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +367% |
| 6 | Spain |
21.9% | 62.9 | 47.2 | 20.7 | 2.3% | +204% |
| 7 | Netherlands |
21.1% | 28.5 | 25.9 | 8.6 | 1.0% | +231% |
| 8 | Pakistan |
20.7% | 36.6 | · | 4.1 | 1.3% | +793% |
| 9 | El Salvador |
20.6% | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.0% | +30% |
| 10 | Greece |
19.8% | 11.5 | 11.1 | 4.5 | 0.4% | +156% |
| 11 | Australia |
19.7% | 56.4 | 41.1 | 23.8 | 2.0% | +137% |
| 12 | Estonia |
19.7% | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 13 | Lithuania |
18.8% | 1.7 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,600% |
| 14 | Bulgaria |
18.2% | 6.9 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 0.2% | +360% |
| 15 | Germany |
17.9% | 89.6 | 106.3 | 49.5 | 3.2% | +81% |
| 16 | Sri Lanka |
17.6% | 3.0 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1% | +500% |
| 17 | Portugal |
17.3% | 8.9 | 7.0 | 1.7 | 0.3% | +424% |
| 18 | Italy |
16.9% | 44.6 | 41.2 | 24.9 | 1.6% | +79% |
| 19 | Israel |
16.2% | 13.3 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 0.5% | +224% |
| 20 | Belgium |
15.6% | 10.5 | 10.4 | 5.1 | 0.4% | +106% |
| 21 | Malta |
15.5% | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 22 | Austria |
14.1% | 10.3 | 10.3 | 2.0 | 0.4% | +415% |
| 23 | Denmark |
13.3% | 4.6 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 0.2% | +283% |
| 24 | Latvia |
12.9% | 0.8 | 0.9 | · | 0.0% | |
| 25 | Switzerland |
12.1% | 7.9 | 9.1 | 2.6 | 0.3% | +204% |
| 26 | Brazil |
11.8% | 88.6 | 64.7 | 10.8 | 3.2% | +720% |
| 27 | Poland |
11.3% | 19.6 | 25.4 | 2.0 | 0.7% | +880% |
| 28 | China |
11.1% | 1,174.9 | 1,202.2 | 261.1 | 42.3% | +350% |
| 29 | Cambodia |
10.6% | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +533% |
| 30 | Turkey |
10.5% | 37.2 | 25.5 | 11.2 | 1.3% | +232% |
| 31 | Slovenia |
10.3% | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.1% | +275% |
| 32 | Dominican Republic |
9.9% | 2.2 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.1% | +267% |
| 33 | Japan |
9.8% | 101.1 | 92.2 | 75.9 | 3.6% | +33% |
| 34 | Romania |
9.8% | 4.9 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 0.2% | +188% |
| 35 | India |
9.4% | 196.0 | 135.5 | 52.9 | 7.1% | +271% |
| 36 | Croatia |
8.8% | 1.3 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +1,200% |
| 37 | United States |
8.6% | 388.8 | 211.6 | 130.7 | 14.0% | +197% |
| 38 | Armenia |
8.5% | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 39 | South Africa |
8.0% | 19.5 | 11.3 | 7.0 | 0.7% | +179% |
| 40 | Moldova |
7.9% | 0.2 | 0.7 | · | 0.0% | |
| 41 | Uzbekistan |
7.5% | 6.5 | 5.9 | · | 0.2% | |
| 42 | Mexico |
7.4% | 26.3 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 0.9% | +66% |
| 43 | Vietnam |
7.4% | 23.1 | 19.2 | 10.8 | 0.8% | +114% |
| 44 | United Kingdom |
6.6% | 19.3 | 21.7 | 12.6 | 0.7% | +53% |
| 45 | South Korea |
6.0% | 37.8 | 30.4 | 19.3 | 1.4% | +96% |
| 46 | Czechia |
5.8% | 4.4 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 0.2% | +91% |
| 47 | Morocco |
5.8% | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.1% | +73% |
| 48 | Montenegro |
5.7% | 0.1 | 0.1 | · | 0.0% | |
| 49 | France |
5.6% | 32.0 | 31.2 | 13.1 | 1.2% | +144% |
| 50 | Taiwan |
5.6% | 16.1 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 0.6% | +164% |
| 51 | Thailand |
5.3% | 10.0 | 6.8 | 5.0 | 0.4% | +100% |
| 52 | Colombia |
5.1% | 4.6 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 0.2% | +2,200% |
| 53 | Uruguay |
5.1% | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.0% | +20% |
| 54 | Ireland |
4.8% | 1.5 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,400% |
| 55 | Kenya |
4.6% | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 56 | Oman |
4.3% | 2.3 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.1% | +2,200% |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
4.1% | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 58 | Qatar |
3.8% | 2.1 | 1.7 | · | 0.1% | |
| 59 | Argentina |
3.4% | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.2% | +292% |
| 60 | Egypt |
3.1% | 7.6 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 0.3% | +69% |
| 61 | Peru |
3.0% | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.1% | +125% |
| 62 | Bolivia |
2.9% | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0% | +33% |
| 63 | Singapore |
2.7% | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.1% | +433% |
| 64 | Sweden |
2.6% | 4.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.2% | +300% |
| 65 | Tunisia |
2.5% | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 66 | Philippines |
2.4% | 3.0 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 0.1% | +114% |
| 67 | Slovakia |
2.4% | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 68 | Malaysia |
2.2% | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.1 | 0.2% | +114% |
| 69 | Mongolia |
2.2% | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 70 | Canada |
1.6% | 10.2 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 0.4% | +149% |
| 71 | Kazakhstan |
1.6% | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 0.1% | +67% |
| 72 | Bangladesh |
1.5% | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1% | +220% |
| 73 | Finland |
1.2% | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 74 | New Zealand |
0.8% | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 75 | Costa Rica |
0.7% | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 76 | Serbia |
0.4% | 0.2 | 0.4 | · | 0.0% | |
| 77 | Norway |
0.3% | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 78 | Nigeria |
0.3% | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 79 | Russia |
0.2% | 2.8 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 0.1% | +47% |
| 80 | Iran |
0.2% | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 81 | Kuwait |
0.2% | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 82 |  Georgia |
0.2% | · | 0.3 | · | NaN% | |
| 83 |  Kosovo |
0.2% | · | · | · | NaN% | |
| 84 |  Ecuador |
0.1% | · | 0.1 | · | NaN% | |
| 85 |  Ethiopia |
0.1% | · | · | · | NaN% |
| # | Country | GW | TWh | Share | 2020 | Share of world | Change since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
1,202.2 | 1,174.9 | 11.1% | 261.1 | 42.3% | +350% |
| 2 | United States |
211.6 | 388.8 | 8.6% | 130.7 | 14.0% | +197% |
| 3 | India |
135.5 | 196.0 | 9.4% | 52.9 | 7.1% | +271% |
| 4 | Germany |
106.3 | 89.6 | 17.9% | 49.5 | 3.2% | +81% |
| 5 | Japan |
92.2 | 101.1 | 9.8% | 75.9 | 3.6% | +33% |
| 6 | Brazil |
64.7 | 88.6 | 11.8% | 10.8 | 3.2% | +720% |
| 7 | Spain |
47.2 | 62.9 | 21.9% | 20.7 | 2.3% | +204% |
| 8 | Italy |
41.2 | 44.6 | 16.9% | 24.9 | 1.6% | +79% |
| 9 | Australia |
41.1 | 56.4 | 19.7% | 23.8 | 2.0% | +137% |
| 10 | France |
31.2 | 32.0 | 5.6% | 13.1 | 1.2% | +144% |
| 11 | South Korea |
30.4 | 37.8 | 6.0% | 19.3 | 1.4% | +96% |
| 12 | Netherlands |
25.9 | 28.5 | 21.1% | 8.6 | 1.0% | +231% |
| 13 | Turkey |
25.5 | 37.2 | 10.5% | 11.2 | 1.3% | +232% |
| 14 | Poland |
25.4 | 19.6 | 11.3% | 2.0 | 0.7% | +880% |
| 15 | United Kingdom |
21.7 | 19.3 | 6.6% | 12.6 | 0.7% | +53% |
| 16 | Vietnam |
19.2 | 23.1 | 7.4% | 10.8 | 0.8% | +114% |
| 17 | Taiwan |
15.5 | 16.1 | 5.6% | 6.1 | 0.6% | +164% |
| 18 | Mexico |
12.9 | 26.3 | 7.4% | 15.8 | 0.9% | +66% |
| 19 | Chile |
12.1 | 22.2 | 25.1% | 7.5 | 0.8% | +196% |
| 20 | South Africa |
11.3 | 19.5 | 8.0% | 7.0 | 0.7% | +179% |
| 21 | Greece |
11.1 | 11.5 | 19.8% | 4.5 | 0.4% | +156% |
| 22 | Belgium |
10.4 | 10.5 | 15.6% | 5.1 | 0.4% | +106% |
| 23 | Austria |
10.3 | 10.3 | 14.1% | 2.0 | 0.4% | +415% |
| 24 | Switzerland |
9.1 | 7.9 | 12.1% | 2.6 | 0.3% | +204% |
| 25 | Hungary |
8.2 | 11.0 | 27.3% | 2.5 | 0.4% | +340% |
| 26 | Israel |
7.4 | 13.3 | 16.2% | 4.1 | 0.5% | +224% |
| 27 | Portugal |
7.0 | 8.9 | 17.3% | 1.7 | 0.3% | +424% |
| 28 | Thailand |
6.8 | 10.0 | 5.3% | 5.0 | 0.4% | +100% |
| 29 | Romania |
6.2 | 4.9 | 9.8% | 1.7 | 0.2% | +188% |
| 30 | Canada |
5.9 | 10.2 | 1.6% | 4.1 | 0.4% | +149% |
| 31 | Bulgaria |
5.9 | 6.9 | 18.2% | 1.5 | 0.2% | +360% |
| 32 | Uzbekistan |
5.9 | 6.5 | 7.5% | · | 0.2% | |
| 33 | Sweden |
5.5 | 4.4 | 2.6% | 1.1 | 0.2% | +300% |
| 34 | Denmark |
5.0 | 4.6 | 13.3% | 1.2 | 0.2% | +283% |
| 35 | Czechia |
4.5 | 4.4 | 5.8% | 2.3 | 0.2% | +91% |
| 36 | Philippines |
3.9 | 3.0 | 2.4% | 1.4 | 0.1% | +114% |
| 37 | Egypt |
3.3 | 7.6 | 3.1% | 4.5 | 0.3% | +69% |
| 38 | Lithuania |
3.3 | 1.7 | 18.8% | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,600% |
| 39 | Malaysia |
3.1 | 4.5 | 2.2% | 2.1 | 0.2% | +114% |
| 40 | Argentina |
2.6 | 5.1 | 3.4% | 1.3 | 0.2% | +292% |
| 41 | Sri Lanka |
2.5 | 3.0 | 17.6% | 0.5 | 0.1% | +500% |
| 42 | Ireland |
2.5 | 1.5 | 4.8% | 0.1 | 0.1% | +1,400% |
| 43 | Russia |
2.4 | 2.8 | 0.2% | 1.9 | 0.1% | +47% |
| 44 | Dominican Republic |
2.1 | 2.2 | 9.9% | 0.6 | 0.1% | +267% |
| 45 | Iran |
1.8 | 0.9 | 0.2% | 0.6 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 46 | Colombia |
1.7 | 4.6 | 5.1% | 0.2 | 0.2% | +2,200% |
| 47 | Oman |
1.7 | 2.3 | 4.3% | 0.1 | 0.1% | +2,200% |
| 48 | Qatar |
1.7 | 2.1 | 3.8% | · | 0.1% | |
| 49 | Slovenia |
1.6 | 1.5 | 10.3% | 0.4 | 0.1% | +275% |
| 50 | Finland |
1.6 | 1.0 | 1.2% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 51 | Cambodia |
1.5 | 1.9 | 10.6% | 0.3 | 0.1% | +533% |
| 52 | Singapore |
1.5 | 1.6 | 2.7% | 0.3 | 0.1% | +433% |
| 53 | Kazakhstan |
1.3 | 2.0 | 1.6% | 1.2 | 0.1% | +67% |
| 54 | Croatia |
1.3 | 1.3 | 8.8% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +1,200% |
| 55 | Morocco |
1.1 | 2.6 | 5.8% | 1.5 | 0.1% | +73% |
| 56 | North Macedonia |
1.1 | 2.2 | 31.1% | · | 0.1% | |
| 57 | Bangladesh |
1.1 | 1.6 | 1.5% | 0.5 | 0.1% | +220% |
| 58 | Peru |
1.0 | 1.8 | 3.0% | 0.8 | 0.1% | +125% |
| 59 | Estonia |
1.0 | 1.2 | 19.7% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 60 | Slovakia |
1.0 | 0.7 | 2.4% | 0.7 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 61 | Cyprus |
0.9 | 1.4 | 23.2% | 0.3 | 0.1% | +367% |
| 62 | Latvia |
0.9 | 0.8 | 12.9% | · | 0.0% | |
| 63 | Tunisia |
0.9 | 0.6 | 2.5% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 64 | Norway |
0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 65 | Luxembourg |
0.8 | 0.5 | 30.5% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +150% |
| 66 | New Zealand |
0.8 | 0.4 | 0.8% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 67 | El Salvador |
0.7 | 1.3 | 20.6% | 1.0 | 0.0% | +30% |
| 68 | Armenia |
0.7 | 0.7 | 8.5% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.7 | 0.6 | 4.1% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 70 | Moldova |
0.7 | 0.2 | 7.9% | · | 0.0% | |
| 71 | Kenya |
0.6 | 0.7 | 4.6% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 72 | Serbia |
0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4% | · | 0.0% | |
| 73 | Uruguay |
0.3 | 0.6 | 5.1% | 0.5 | 0.0% | +20% |
| 74 | Nigeria |
0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3% | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 75 |  Azerbaijan |
0.3 | · | · | · | NaN% | |
| 76 |  Belarus |
0.3 | · | · | · | NaN% | |
| 77 | Georgia |
0.3 | · | 0.2% | · | NaN% | |
| 78 | Bolivia |
0.2 | 0.4 | 2.9% | 0.3 | 0.0% | +33% |
| 79 | Malta |
0.2 | 0.3 | 15.5% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 80 | Kuwait |
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 81 | Mongolia |
0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 82 | Costa Rica |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7% | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 83 | Montenegro |
0.1 | 0.1 | 5.7% | · | 0.0% | |
| 84 | Ecuador |
0.1 | · | 0.1% | · | NaN% | |
| 85 |  Kyrgyzstan |
0.1 | · | · | · | NaN% |
| # | Country | 2020 | TWh | Share | GW | Share of world | Change since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China |
261.1 | 1,174.9 | 11.1% | 1,202.2 | 42.3% | +350% |
| 2 | United States |
130.7 | 388.8 | 8.6% | 211.6 | 14.0% | +197% |
| 3 | Japan |
75.9 | 101.1 | 9.8% | 92.2 | 3.6% | +33% |
| 4 | India |
52.9 | 196.0 | 9.4% | 135.5 | 7.1% | +271% |
| 5 | Germany |
49.5 | 89.6 | 17.9% | 106.3 | 3.2% | +81% |
| 6 | Italy |
24.9 | 44.6 | 16.9% | 41.2 | 1.6% | +79% |
| 7 | Australia |
23.8 | 56.4 | 19.7% | 41.1 | 2.0% | +137% |
| 8 | Spain |
20.7 | 62.9 | 21.9% | 47.2 | 2.3% | +204% |
| 9 | South Korea |
19.3 | 37.8 | 6.0% | 30.4 | 1.4% | +96% |
| 10 | Mexico |
15.8 | 26.3 | 7.4% | 12.9 | 0.9% | +66% |
| 11 | France |
13.1 | 32.0 | 5.6% | 31.2 | 1.2% | +144% |
| 12 | United Kingdom |
12.6 | 19.3 | 6.6% | 21.7 | 0.7% | +53% |
| 13 | Turkey |
11.2 | 37.2 | 10.5% | 25.5 | 1.3% | +232% |
| 14 | Brazil |
10.8 | 88.6 | 11.8% | 64.7 | 3.2% | +720% |
| 15 | Vietnam |
10.8 | 23.1 | 7.4% | 19.2 | 0.8% | +114% |
| 16 | Netherlands |
8.6 | 28.5 | 21.1% | 25.9 | 1.0% | +231% |
| 17 | Chile |
7.5 | 22.2 | 25.1% | 12.1 | 0.8% | +196% |
| 18 | South Africa |
7.0 | 19.5 | 8.0% | 11.3 | 0.7% | +179% |
| 19 | Taiwan |
6.1 | 16.1 | 5.6% | 15.5 | 0.6% | +164% |
| 20 | Belgium |
5.1 | 10.5 | 15.6% | 10.4 | 0.4% | +106% |
| 21 | Thailand |
5.0 | 10.0 | 5.3% | 6.8 | 0.4% | +100% |
| 22 | Greece |
4.5 | 11.5 | 19.8% | 11.1 | 0.4% | +156% |
| 23 | Egypt |
4.5 | 7.6 | 3.1% | 3.3 | 0.3% | +69% |
| 24 | Pakistan |
4.1 | 36.6 | 20.7% | · | 1.3% | +793% |
| 25 | Israel |
4.1 | 13.3 | 16.2% | 7.4 | 0.5% | +224% |
| 26 | Canada |
4.1 | 10.2 | 1.6% | 5.9 | 0.4% | +149% |
| 27 | Switzerland |
2.6 | 7.9 | 12.1% | 9.1 | 0.3% | +204% |
| 28 | Hungary |
2.5 | 11.0 | 27.3% | 8.2 | 0.4% | +340% |
| 29 | Czechia |
2.3 | 4.4 | 5.8% | 4.5 | 0.2% | +91% |
| 30 | Malaysia |
2.1 | 4.5 | 2.2% | 3.1 | 0.2% | +114% |
| 31 | Poland |
2.0 | 19.6 | 11.3% | 25.4 | 0.7% | +880% |
| 32 | Austria |
2.0 | 10.3 | 14.1% | 10.3 | 0.4% | +415% |
| 33 | Russia |
1.9 | 2.8 | 0.2% | 2.4 | 0.1% | +47% |
| 34 | Portugal |
1.7 | 8.9 | 17.3% | 7.0 | 0.3% | +424% |
| 35 | Romania |
1.7 | 4.9 | 9.8% | 6.2 | 0.2% | +188% |
| 36 | Bulgaria |
1.5 | 6.9 | 18.2% | 5.9 | 0.2% | +360% |
| 37 | Morocco |
1.5 | 2.6 | 5.8% | 1.1 | 0.1% | +73% |
| 38 | Philippines |
1.4 | 3.0 | 2.4% | 3.9 | 0.1% | +114% |
| 39 | Argentina |
1.3 | 5.1 | 3.4% | 2.6 | 0.2% | +292% |
| 40 | Denmark |
1.2 | 4.6 | 13.3% | 5.0 | 0.2% | +283% |
| 41 | Kazakhstan |
1.2 | 2.0 | 1.6% | 1.3 | 0.1% | +67% |
| 42 | Sweden |
1.1 | 4.4 | 2.6% | 5.5 | 0.2% | +300% |
| 43 | El Salvador |
1.0 | 1.3 | 20.6% | 0.7 | 0.0% | +30% |
| 44 | Peru |
0.8 | 1.8 | 3.0% | 1.0 | 0.1% | +125% |
| 45 | Slovakia |
0.7 | 0.7 | 2.4% | 1.0 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 46 | Dominican Republic |
0.6 | 2.2 | 9.9% | 2.1 | 0.1% | +267% |
| 47 | Iran |
0.6 | 0.9 | 0.2% | 1.8 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 48 | Sri Lanka |
0.5 | 3.0 | 17.6% | 2.5 | 0.1% | +500% |
| 49 | Bangladesh |
0.5 | 1.6 | 1.5% | 1.1 | 0.1% | +220% |
| 50 | Uruguay |
0.5 | 0.6 | 5.1% | 0.3 | 0.0% | +20% |
| 51 | Slovenia |
0.4 | 1.5 | 10.3% | 1.6 | 0.1% | +275% |
| 52 | Cambodia |
0.3 | 1.9 | 10.6% | 1.5 | 0.1% | +533% |
| 53 | Singapore |
0.3 | 1.6 | 2.7% | 1.5 | 0.1% | +433% |
| 54 | Cyprus |
0.3 | 1.4 | 23.2% | 0.9 | 0.1% | +367% |
| 55 | Bolivia |
0.3 | 0.4 | 2.9% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +33% |
| 56 | Colombia |
0.2 | 4.6 | 5.1% | 1.7 | 0.2% | +2,200% |
| 57 | Estonia |
0.2 | 1.2 | 19.7% | 1.0 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 58 | Finland |
0.2 | 1.0 | 1.2% | 1.6 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 59 | Luxembourg |
0.2 | 0.5 | 30.5% | 0.8 | 0.0% | +150% |
| 60 | New Zealand |
0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8% | 0.8 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 61 | Malta |
0.2 | 0.3 | 15.5% | 0.2 | 0.0% | +50% |
| 62 | Oman |
0.1 | 2.3 | 4.3% | 1.7 | 0.1% | +2,200% |
| 63 | Lithuania |
0.1 | 1.7 | 18.8% | 3.3 | 0.1% | +1,600% |
| 64 | Ireland |
0.1 | 1.5 | 4.8% | 2.5 | 0.1% | +1,400% |
| 65 | Croatia |
0.1 | 1.3 | 8.8% | 1.3 | 0.0% | +1,200% |
| 66 | Armenia |
0.1 | 0.7 | 8.5% | 0.7 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 67 | Kenya |
0.1 | 0.7 | 4.6% | 0.6 | 0.0% | +600% |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.1 | 0.6 | 4.1% | 0.7 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 69 | Tunisia |
0.1 | 0.6 | 2.5% | 0.9 | 0.0% | +500% |
| 70 | Norway |
0.1 | 0.5 | 0.3% | 0.9 | 0.0% | +400% |
| 71 | Kuwait |
0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 72 | Mongolia |
0.1 | 0.2 | 2.2% | 0.1 | 0.0% | +100% |
| 73 | Costa Rica |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.7% | 0.1 | 0.0% | 0% |
| 74 | Nigeria |
0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3% | 0.3 | 0.0% | 0% |
Why they rank where they do
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China
China added a record 315 GW of solar in 2025, more than the United States has in total. Builders rushed to finish before new solar farms lost their fixed prices on June 1, 2025, and China installed 92.92 GW in May 2025 alone.
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United States
Solar was 54% of all new US generating capacity in 2025. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed on July 4, 2025, ended the tax credit for home solar systems at the end of 2025 and phases out the credits for solar farms.
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India
India added a record 37.9 GW of solar in 2025. By July 31, 2026, its solar capacity had reached 164.59 GW, as India works toward 500 GW of non-fossil capacity by 2030.
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Japan
Japan's solar boom began with a feed-in tariff, a guaranteed price for solar power, on July 1, 2012. Its solar output has grown more slowly since 2020 than that of the other top producers.
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Germany
Germany added 16.4 GW of solar in 2025, just under half of it on buildings. About 430,000 small plug-in solar systems for balconies were registered that year.
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Spain
Spain's grid operator, REE, puts solar at 18.4% of grid generation in 2025. Ember's figure is higher because it adds solar that homes and businesses use themselves.
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Pakistan
Pakistan's solar is mostly cheap Chinese panels on rooftops, because solar with a battery costs about half as much as power from the grid. Ember estimates 38 GW of small-scale solar by June 2025. Official capacity figures miss most of it, so Pakistan is left out of the capacity tab.
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Chile
Most of Chile's solar farms are in the Atacama Desert, which has some of the strongest sunlight in the world. Batteries shifted more than half of Chile's new solar output in 2025 to other hours of the day.
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Hungary
Hungary added a record 1.6 GW in 2023, after it doubled regulated household power prices in 2022 and while homeowners could still sell surplus power back at full price. That arrangement ended at the end of 2023.
Which countries get the most electricity from solar power?
North Macedonia got 31.1% of its electricity from solar in 2025, the highest share of any country with data. Luxembourg was second at 30.5% and Hungary third at 27.3%. Chile, Cyprus, Spain, the Netherlands, Pakistan and El Salvador also passed 20%. The world average was 8.7%. Many of the leaders are small countries. Luxembourg buys 72% of its electricity abroad, so its share is a share of a small amount of power made at home.
- North Macedonia31.1%
- Luxembourg30.5%
- Hungary27.3%
- Chile25.1%
- Cyprus23.2%
- Spain21.9%
- Netherlands21.1%
- Pakistan20.7%
- El Salvador20.6%
- Greece19.8%
How fast is solar power growing?
World solar generation more than tripled between 2020 and 2025, from 853.4 TWh to 2,778.6 TWh. China's output rose from 261.1 TWh to 1,174.9 TWh, almost half of the world's growth. Brazil's grew more than eightfold, from 10.8 TWh to 88.6 TWh. Pakistan's grew from 4.1 TWh to 36.6 TWh, too small in 2020 to appear in the chart. In 2025 solar added more electricity than any other source, and it passed wind power for the first time, according to Ember.
- Brazil+720%
- China+350%
- India+271%
- Turkey+232%
- Netherlands+231%
- Spain+204%
- United States+197%
- Chile+196%
Change in solar power generation, 2020 to 2025. Countries that generated at least 5 TWh in 2020.
Why does China install so much solar?
China makes most of the world's solar equipment. The IEA puts China's share of solar manufacturing at about 80%, including about 96% of polysilicon and 95% of wafers. Cheap panels made at home, and government targets, drove a building boom. China had 1,202.2 GW of solar capacity at the end of 2025, more than the next nine countries together. Building then slowed sharply after new solar farms lost their fixed prices in June 2025. China installed 72.07 GW in the first half of 2026, 66% less than a year earlier.
China1,202.2
The next nine countries together771.0
United States, India, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Spain, Italy, Australia and France
Has solar power overtaken nuclear power?
Not over a full year, by Ember's count. Ember counts 2,778.6 TWh of solar power worldwide in 2025 and 2,812 TWh of nuclear power. Solar did make more electricity than nuclear from April to September 2025, when the sun is strongest in the north. Ember expects solar and wind both to pass nuclear in 2026. The World Nuclear Industry Status Report says solar already passed nuclear in 2025, because it counts less nuclear output than Ember does.
