Country data
All 2,000 entries in the Wiki-Solar Database have a country and exact or approximate location
Deployment of utility-scale solar power by country
Each project in the Wiki-Solar Database is listed in a specified country and we can therefore map projects and analyse and benchmark the characteristics on a country by country basis. The table below ranks countries based on their deployment of solar power plants of 4-MWAC and over. Click here to see figures by continent.
We prepare overviews showing the key data in markets of your choice, as described here.
Latest capacity table
Capacity growth continues rapidly having broken through 100 GW early in 2017 and 500 GW in 2023.
The latest list of leading countries is as follows:
Country maps
Most top-ranking countries have their own map - use the pull-down menu under country maps or click any hyperlinks on this page.
Some historical highlights
... newest to oldest
Mid 2023 | Cumulative global capacity tops ½ TWac | |
End 2018 | Cumulative global capacity reaches 180GWac | |
End 2017 | World capacity exceeds 140 GWac | |
Q1 2017 | Capacity passes 100 GWac | |
End 2015 | World capacity tops 60 GWac | |
End 2014 | Cumulative capacity reaches 36 GWac | |
End 2013 | Cumulative capacity exceeds 21 GWac | |
Q4 2013 | USA becomes top market - breaks 5 GWac | |
Q3 2013 | USA reaches 3GWac of capacity | |
H1 2013 | China becomes first country to reach 3GWac of capacity | |
Q4 2012 | US becomes #2 market behind Germany | |
2011 - 12 | Germany leading market for total and utility-scale PV deployment | |
2007 - 08 | Spanish boom under generous feed-in tariffs | |
2003 - 04 | First utility-scale projects under feed-in tariffs in Germany | |
1983 | First 5MW+ project in Carissa Plain, USA, also by Arco | |
1982 | First MW+ project by Arco in Lugo, California, USA |
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