Solar Share of Electricity by Country 2020

About This Dataset

Share of each country's total electricity generation that came from solar power in 2020, measured by Ember from reported national grid data. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.

✨ AI Insight

In 2020 no country in the world took more than 12.2% of its electricity from solar, and that leader was Jordan. Honduras at 10.9% was second - the only year in this series where a Central American country ranks that high. The whole top fifteen fits between 12.2% and 4.4%, a spread of under eight points, compared with a 2024 leader above 24%. Vietnam sits last here at 4.4%, one year into a boom that would take it above 10% within twelve months. Chile, Italy and Australia are separated by two hundredths of a point at 9.0%, with Greece just above them.

Source: Ember - Yearly Electricity Data

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Jordan leads with 12 in 2020.

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Average value in 2020: 8 · median: 8.

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Gap in 2020: Jordan is 2.8× larger than Vietnam.