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Solar Power Around the World: Generation by Country

Solar generated 2,807 TWh worldwide in 2025, 8.8% of all electricity. The largest producers are China, the United States and India. Figures are Ember annual statistics.

Key Facts

  • Solar generated 2,807 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 8.8% of the total.
  • China was the largest solar power producer, with 1,173 TWh in 2025.
  • The United States was the second largest solar power producer, with 389 TWh in 2025.
  • India was the third largest solar power producer, with 195 TWh in 2025.
  • Solar was the largest source of electricity in 3 countries in their latest Ember year.
  • Solar's share of world electricity peaked at 8.8% in 2025.
  • Lebanon got the highest share of its electricity from solar among countries producing at least 1 TWh, 30.0% in 2024.

Where Solar Is Used

Each country's own latest Ember year
Share of electricity from solar by country, each country's own latest Ember year.
CountryYearShare
Cook Islands202450.0%
Palestine202439.4%
Namibia202435.4%
Luxembourg202530.9%
Lebanon202430.0%
North Macedonia202528.2%
Hungary202527.1%
Chile202525.1%
Kiribati202425.0%
El Salvador202522.3%
Spain202521.9%
Pakistan202521.4%
Netherlands202521.1%
Cyprus202520.6%
Australia202520.4%
Nauru202420.0%
Greece202519.6%
Estonia202518.9%
Samoa202418.8%
Lithuania202518.7%
Somalia202418.6%
Togo202418.3%
Bulgaria202518.2%
Germany202518.1%
Portugal202517.3%
Italy202516.8%
Jordan202416.6%
Israel202516.2%
Malta202515.9%
Democratic Republic of the Congo202415.8%
Cabo Verde202415.4%
Belgium202514.5%
Seychelles202414.3%
Tonga202414.3%
Austria202514.1%
Sri Lanka202513.2%
Latvia202513.2%
Denmark202512.8%
Vanuatu202312.5%
Switzerland202512.1%
Brazil202511.5%
Poland202511.3%
Yemen202411.2%
China202511.2%
Afghanistan202411.1%
Eritrea202411.1%
Japan202510.8%
Cambodia202510.6%
Turkey202510.5%
Vietnam202510.3%
Slovenia202510.1%
Dominican Republic202510.0%
Romania202510.0%
United Arab Emirates20259.9%
Sierra Leone20249.5%
Honduras20249.5%
Reunion20239.5%
India20259.4%
Solomon Islands20249.1%
Barbados20249.0%
Croatia20258.9%
Senegal20248.9%
Armenia20258.8%
Guam20248.6%
United States20258.6%
French Polynesia20248.3%
New Caledonia20248.3%
Antigua and Barbuda20248.1%
South Africa20258.1%
Moldova20257.8%
Mauritania20247.7%
Uzbekistan20257.5%
Panama20247.4%
Martinique20237.3%
Maldives20247.1%
Mexico20257.0%
United Kingdom20256.6%
Guadeloupe20236.6%
Burkina Faso20246.5%
French Guiana20236.1%
South Korea20256.0%
Czechia20255.8%
Morocco20255.8%
Albania20255.7%
France20255.6%
American Samoa20245.6%
Taiwan20255.5%
Uruguay20255.2%
Colombia20255.1%
Oman20255.0%
Mauritius20245.0%
Thailand20255.0%
Eswatini20244.9%
Kenya20254.8%
Puerto Rico20254.7%
Ireland20254.6%
Ukraine20224.6%
Saint Kitts and Nevis20244.4%
Cayman Islands20244.2%
Madagascar20244.1%
Bosnia and Herzegovina20254.0%
Benin20244.0%
Saudi Arabia20253.9%
Egypt20253.9%
Qatar20253.8%
Turks and Caicos Islands20243.7%
Rwanda20243.5%
Argentina20253.4%
Malaysia20253.2%
Niger20243.2%
Montenegro20253.1%
Peru20253.1%
Jamaica20243.1%
Aruba20243.0%
Bolivia20253.0%
US Virgin Islands20232.9%
Uganda20242.9%
Mali20242.9%
Angola20242.8%
Singapore20252.7%
Sweden20252.6%
Saint Lucia20242.5%
Tunisia20252.5%
Slovakia20252.5%
Philippines20252.4%
Mongolia20252.4%
Belize20242.1%
South Sudan20241.8%
Guatemala20241.8%
Liberia20241.8%
Kazakhstan20251.7%
Bangladesh20251.5%
Guyana20241.5%
Canada20251.4%
Cuba20241.2%
Finland20251.2%
New Zealand20251.1%
Nepal20241.1%
Sudan20241.1%
Algeria20241.0%
Serbia20251.0%
Bahamas20240.9%
Fiji20240.9%
Zambia20240.9%
Costa Rica20250.8%
Guinea20240.7%
Ghana20240.7%
Nicaragua20240.7%
North Korea20240.6%
Hong Kong20240.6%
Suriname20240.6%
Cameroon20240.6%
Iran20250.6%
Malawi20240.6%
Myanmar20240.6%
Tanzania20240.5%
Mozambique20240.4%
Syria20240.4%
Zimbabwe20240.4%
Belarus20250.3%
Nigeria20250.3%
Norway20250.3%
Indonesia20250.3%
Botswana20240.3%
Iraq20240.3%
Bahrain20240.3%
Kuwait20250.3%
Russia20250.2%
Papua New Guinea20240.2%
Brunei20240.2%
Cote d'Ivoire20240.2%
Republic of the Congo20240.2%
Kosovo20250.2%
Laos20240.2%
Azerbaijan20250.1%
Ethiopia20250.1%
Ecuador20250.1%
Trinidad and Tobago20240.1%
Iceland20250.1%
Georgia20250.0%
Libya20240.0%
Venezuela20240.0%
Bermuda20240.0%
Bhutan20240.0%
British Virgin Islands20230.0%
Burundi20240.0%
Central African Republic20230.0%
Chad20240.0%
Comoros20230.0%
Djibouti20240.0%
Dominica20230.0%
Equatorial Guinea20240.0%
Falkland Islands20230.0%
Faroe Islands20230.0%
Gabon20240.0%
Gambia20240.0%
Gibraltar20240.0%
Greenland20240.0%
Grenada20240.0%
Guinea-Bissau20240.0%
Haiti20240.0%
Kyrgyzstan20250.0%
Macao20240.0%
Montserrat20240.0%
Paraguay20250.0%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha20230.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon20230.0%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20240.0%
Sao Tome and Principe20230.0%
Tajikistan20250.0%
Timor-Leste20240.0%
Turkmenistan20240.0%
Western Sahara20090.0%

Sources: Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Map outlines: Natural Earth. (Public domain) Data as of 2025. Each country uses its own latest available year.

World Solar Generation

2000 to 2025, TWh
World solar electricity generation, 2000 to 2025 Solar generated 2,807 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 8.8% of the total. 0 750 1,500 2,250 3,000 200020052010201520202025
Solar generated 2,807 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 8.8% of the total.
Annual statistics through 2025, TWh
World solar electricity generation, 2000 to 2025
YearSolar
20001.02 TWh
20011.36 TWh
20021.72 TWh
20032.12 TWh
20042.78 TWh
20053.96 TWh
20065.42 TWh
20077.30 TWh
200811.9 TWh
200919.8 TWh
201032.2 TWh
201163.6 TWh
201296.9 TWh
2013132 TWh
2014198 TWh
2015256 TWh
2016327 TWh
2017445 TWh
2018575 TWh
2019698 TWh
2020853 TWh
20211,054 TWh
20221,335 TWh
20231,670 TWh
20242,155 TWh
20252,807 TWh
YearWorld generationShare of world electricity
20252,807 TWh8.8%
20242,155 TWh7.0%
20231,670 TWh5.6%
20221,335 TWh4.6%
20211,054 TWh3.7%
2020853 TWh3.2%
2019698 TWh2.6%
2018575 TWh2.2%
2017445 TWh1.8%
2016327 TWh1.3%

Largest Solar Power Producers

Each country's latest Ember year
CountryYearGenerationShare of the country's electricity
China20251,173 TWh11.2%
United States2025389 TWh8.6%
India2025195 TWh9.4%
Japan2025111 TWh10.8%
Germany202589.7 TWh18.1%
Brazil202588.0 TWh11.5%
Spain202563.0 TWh21.9%
Australia202558.4 TWh20.4%
Italy202544.6 TWh16.8%
South Korea202537.9 TWh6.0%
Turkey202537.3 TWh10.5%
Pakistan202536.6 TWh21.4%
Vietnam202533.9 TWh10.3%
France202532.0 TWh5.6%
Netherlands202528.5 TWh21.1%
Mexico202527.1 TWh7.0%
Chile202522.2 TWh25.1%
Poland202519.5 TWh11.3%
South Africa202519.5 TWh8.1%
United Kingdom202519.4 TWh6.6%
United Arab Emirates202518.2 TWh9.9%
Saudi Arabia202518.2 TWh3.9%
Taiwan202516.0 TWh5.5%
Israel202513.3 TWh16.2%
Greece202511.4 TWh19.6%
Hungary202510.9 TWh27.1%
Belgium202510.4 TWh14.5%
Austria202510.3 TWh14.1%
Thailand20259.99 TWh5.0%
Egypt20259.33 TWh3.9%

Highest Share of Solar

Countries generating at least 1 TWh from solar
CountryYearShareGeneration
Lebanon202430.0%1.60 TWh
North Macedonia202528.2%2.01 TWh
Hungary202527.1%10.9 TWh
Chile202525.1%22.2 TWh
El Salvador202522.3%1.47 TWh
Spain202521.9%63.0 TWh
Pakistan202521.4%36.6 TWh
Netherlands202521.1%28.5 TWh
Cyprus202520.6%1.19 TWh
Australia202520.4%58.4 TWh
Greece202519.6%11.4 TWh
Estonia202518.9%1.16 TWh
Lithuania202518.7%1.65 TWh
Bulgaria202518.2%6.93 TWh
Germany202518.1%89.7 TWh
Portugal202517.3%8.85 TWh
Italy202516.8%44.6 TWh
Jordan202416.6%3.93 TWh
Israel202516.2%13.3 TWh
Democratic Republic of the Congo202415.8%2.51 TWh

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025. Country rows use each country's latest available year, which can differ between countries.

Download the Data

The figures on this page come from Ember's annual dataset, which covers every fuel including solar, for 215 countries, 1985 to 2025. Free CSV and JSON downloads:

The long CSV has one row per country, year, metric and fuel: filter its fuel column to solar for solar alone. Full dataset page.

Cite this page
APA 7

World Power Monitor. (2025). Solar Power Around the World: Generation by Country. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/solar/

Plain text

World Power Monitor. Solar Power Around the World: Generation by Country. Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/solar/

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@misc{wpm_fuels_solar_2025,
  title = {{Solar Power Around the World: Generation by Country}},
  author = {{World Power Monitor}},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth.},
  url = {https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/solar/}
}

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