Solar Electricity Generation by Country 2024
Key Findings
About This Dataset
Solar Electricity Generation by Country 2024China generated 839 TWh of solar electricity in 2024 - more than the next five countries combined and 2.8 times second-placed United States at 304 TWh. India is third at 143 TWh. This ranking rewards grid size rather than solar intensity, which is why it looks nothing like the solar-share table: Japan produces 97 TWh from a system where solar is a modest fraction, while Spain reaches 58 TWh from a grid barely a third the size of Japan's. Brazil at 71 TWh is the only South American country in the top fifteen.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2024 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Solar Electricity Generation (TWh)
- Last updated
- 15 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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