* GW = gigawatt.

Data

Worldwide

Year 2023 - Energy Capacity (Total and Renewables) - GW

COUNTRY

TOTAL GW

RENEWABLES GW

% RENEWABLES

China 2,920.67 1,504.64 51.5%
USA 1,222.04 404.29 33.1%
India 504.61 180.71 35.8%
Japan 360.69 149.14 41.3%
Russia 273.41 58.06 21.2%
Germany 263.83 172.36 65.3%
Brazil 226.45 194.08 85.7%
Canada 156.98 108.94 69.4%
South Korea 156.08 39.15 25.1%
France 151.55 71.04 46.9%
Spain 128.82 83.47 64.8%
Italy 126.68 69.20 54.6%
United Kingdom 107.62 58.16 54.0%
Australia 107.06 55.14 51.5%
Turkey 106.29 58.46 55.0%
Mexico 103.94 33.52 32.2%
Iran 93.45 13.69 14.7%
Saudi Arabia 91.38 2.69 2.9%
Indonesia 88.02 13.11 14.9%
Vietnam 82.80 46.01 55.6%
Taiwan 64.01 20.20 31.6%
South Africa 62.33 13.35 21.4%
Poland 61.87 28.75 46.5%
Netherlands 60.24 35.63 59.1%
Egypt 60.07 6.71 11.2%
Ukraine 58.95 16.45 27.9%
Thailand 58.72 13.11 22.3%
Sweden 51.64 40.65 78.7%
Pakistan 46.28 14.16 30.6%
Argentina 45.06 16.86 37.4%
United Arab Emirates 43.18 6.05 14.0%
Norway 40.90 40.16 98.2%
Malaysia 39.69 9.05 22.8%
Venezuela 35.70 17.03 47.7%
Chile 33.20 21.06 63.4%
Iraq 31.76 1.84 5.8%
Austria 31.44 26.71 85.0%
Philippines 29.18 8.51 29.2%
Bangladesh 28.46 1.01 3.5%
Algeria 27.81 0.59 2.1%
Belgium 27.58 16.35 59.3%
Greece 26.06 15.80 60.6%
Kazakhstan 25.88 5.66 21.9%
Switzerland 25.69 22.00 85.6%
Israel 23.78 5.17 21.7%
Portugal 23.74 18.41 77.6%
Finland 23.70 14.09 59.5%
Czech Republic 21.24 5.99 28.2%
Colombia 20.52 14.26 69.5%
Kuwait 20.29 0.11 0.6%
Romania 18.90 11.85 62.7%
Denmark 18.45 13.02 70.6%
Uzbekistan 17.90 2.67 14.9%
Peru 15.63 6.74 43.1%
Hungary 14.33 6.76 47.2%
Nigeria 14.29 2.98 20.9%
Bulgaria 13.06 7.08 54.2%
Singapore 12.90 1.02 7.9%
Ireland 12.07 6.18 51.2%
Oman 11.59 0.72 6.2%
Laos 11.58 9.92 85.7%
Belarus 11.52 0.63 5.5%
Qatar 11.41 0.82 7.2%
Morocco 11.24 4.57 40.6%
Libya 11.24 0.01 0.1%
Hong Kong 10.83 0.25 2.3%
New Zealand 10.29 8.31 80.7%
Syria 10.18 1.56 15.3%
Bahrain 9.94 0.06 0.6%
Ecuador 8.90 5.45 61.2%
Paraguay 8.88 8.85 99.7%
Serbia 8.64 3.80 43.9%
North Korea 8.42 5.02 59.6%
Azerbaijan 8.32 1.69 20.3%
Slovakia 7.55 3.43 45.5%
Cuba 7.19 1.38 19.3%
Myanmar 7.15 3.51 49.1%
Jordan 7.07 2.62 37.1%
Turkmenistan 7.00 0.00 0.0%
Tunisia 6.89 0.82 11.9%
Puerto Rico 6.75 1.16 17.1%
Dominican Republic 6.48 2.20 33.9%
Tajikistan 6.48 5.76 88.9%
Angola 6.45 4.09 63.4%
Ghana 5.67 1.76 31.0%
Ethiopia 5.64 5.55 98.2%
Croatia 5.49 3.98 72.5%
Lithuania 5.30 3.55 66.8%
Uruguay 5.27 4.09 77.6%
Sri Lanka 4.96 3.12 62.9%
Slovenia 4.81 2.48 51.5%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.76 2.54 53.3%
Georgia 4.71 3.52 74.8%
Panama 4.15 2.82 67.9%
Kyrgyzstan 4.13 3.21 77.6%
Lebanon 4.08 1.30 31.8%
Cambodia 4.03 2.33 57.8%
Armenia 4.00 1.76 44.1%
Bolivia 3.97 1.29 32.6%
Zambia 3.86 3.33 86.4%
Guatemala 3.83 2.71 70.7%
Sudan 3.81 1.87 49.2%
Costa Rica 3.58 3.20 89.4%
Kenya 3.42 2.74 80.0%
Congo (Kinshasa) 3.28 3.20 97.7%
Moldova 3.25 0.31 9.5%
Latvia 3.24 2.19 67.7%
Zimbabwe 3.07 1.22 39.7%
Honduras 3.05 1.95 63.7%
Iceland 3.01 2.88 95.8%
Mozambique 2.99 2.35 78.6%
El Salvador 2.89 1.75 60.3%
Nepal 2.85 2.80 98.1%
Albania 2.75 2.66 96.5%
Estonia 2.71 1.40 51.7%
Macedonia 2.67 1.35 50.8%
Ivory Coast 2.50 0.93 37.0%
Bhutan 2.34 2.34 99.6%
Cyprus 2.27 0.78 34.3%
Luxembourg 2.17 2.08 95.8%
Trinidad and Tobago 2.04 0.00 0.2%
Yemen 2.03 0.29 14.3%
Tanzania 2.00 0.69 34.3%
Jamaica 1.66 0.27 16.4%
Nicaragua 1.63 0.75 45.9%
Cameroon 1.57 0.86 55.0%
Mongolia 1.56 0.28 18.0%
Kosovo 1.55 0.27 17.2%
Senegal 1.54 0.45 29.0%
New Caledonia 1.34 0.32 24.2%
Uganda 1.32 1.22 92.4%
Guinea 1.26 0.83 66.0%
Brunei 1.23 0.01 0.4%
Papua New Guinea 1.11 0.40 36.1%
Mali 1.10 0.59 53.8%
Montenegro 1.08 0.86 79.2%
Bahamas 0.95 0.01 1.2%
Réunion 0.93 0.47 51.1%
Botswana 0.92 0.01 0.7%
Mauritius 0.91 0.27 29.7%
Madagascar 0.87 0.25 28.8%
Congo (Brazzaville) 0.82 0.23 27.5%
Afghanistan 0.77 0.49 64.0%
Mauritania 0.76 0.26 34.0%
Malta 0.73 0.23 32.0%
Malawi 0.72 0.59 81.8%
Namibia 0.72 0.53 74.4%
Gabon 0.61 0.33 54.3%
Burkina Faso 0.61 0.21 35.2%
Suriname 0.59 0.19 32.7%
Guadeloupe 0.57 0.22 38.9%
Maldives 0.57 0.04 6.8%
Martinique 0.54 0.15 26.9%
Niger 0.54 0.09 17.0%
Guam 0.53 0.11 20.0%
Haiti 0.48 0.08 17.0%
Guyana 0.41 0.05 13.0%
Equatorial Guinea 0.40 0.13 31.7%
Fiji 0.40 0.23 56.8%
French Guiana 0.39 0.18 46.7%
Barbados 0.37 0.07 19.2%
Timor-Leste 0.35 0.00 0.2%
Togo 0.34 0.12 36.1%
Virgin Islands, U.S. 0.34 0.01 3.0%
Benin 0.33 0.03 8.6%
French Polynesia 0.32 0.10 32.1%
Rwanda 0.30 0.15 50.2%
Chad 0.29 0.00 1.6%
Curaçao 0.26 0.06 22.7%
Aruba 0.26 0.05 17.8%
Sierra Leone 0.24 0.10 42.9%
Eritrea 0.23 0.03 11.1%
South Sudan 0.22 0.03 12.7%
Palestine 0.21 0.19 90.6%
Cape Verde 0.21 0.05 25.1%
Djibouti 0.20 0.08 39.5%
Cayman Islands 0.20 0.01 7.5%
Liberia 0.19 0.10 49.4%
Belize 0.19 0.10 51.7%
Greenland 0.19 0.09 49.0%
Swaziland 0.19 0.18 94.8%
Faroe Islands 0.18 0.06 35.9%
Somalia 0.16 0.05 33.8%
Mayotte 0.13 0.03 24.0%
Burundi 0.13 0.08 60.1%
Seychelles 0.13 0.02 16.0%
Gambia 0.12 0.00 2.4%
Antigua and Barbuda 0.12 0.02 13.1%
Central African Republic 0.12 0.04 38.0%
Lesotho 0.10 0.10 99.9%
Sint Maarten 0.10 0.00 0.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands 0.09 0.00 3.7%
Saint Lucia 0.09 0.00 4.8%
Samoa 0.08 0.04 42.6%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.08 0.01 6.6%
Virgin Islands, British 0.07 0.00 4.6%
Grenada 0.06 0.00 6.4%
Saint Martin (French part) 0.06 0.00 3.6%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.06 0.01 18.3%
Solomon Islands 0.06 0.01 9.7%
Andorra 0.06 0.06 97.0%
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba 0.06 0.02 33.9%
American Samoa 0.05 0.00 9.3%
Palau 0.05 0.02 39.4%
Micronesia 0.04 0.00 10.3%
Saint Barthélemy 0.04 0.00 0.2%
Vanuatu 0.04 0.01 34.5%
Tonga 0.03 0.02 48.4%
Marshall Islands 0.03 0.00 6.0%
Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 0.00 6.4%
Guinea-Bissau 0.03 0.00 4.0%
Comoros 0.03 0.01 20.2%
Nauru 0.03 0.00 11.8%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.03 0.00 0.0%
Dominica 0.03 0.01 27.6%
Anguilla 0.03 0.00 6.1%
Cook Islands 0.02 0.01 23.3%
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.02 0.00 19.9%
Kiribati 0.01 0.00 32.9%
Montserrat 0.01 0.00 12.8%
Tuvalu 0.01 0.00 55.0%
Niue 0.00 0.00 31.1%
Tokelau 0.00 0.00 88.0%
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 0.00 0.00 58.9%

Source: IRENA via OnlyFacts | Updated: 10-07-24

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