Top Solar Power Countries (Per Capita, Per GDP, Per TWh of Electricity Produced, & in Total)

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Top Solar Power Countries Per GDP

Total/Cumulative Solar Power per GDP (end of 2011):

Country — Total Cumulative MW per $1 Billion of GDP:

  1. Czech Rep. — 9.100
  2. Germany — 6.899
  3. Italy — 5.801
  4. Slovakia — 4.870
  5. Belgium — 3.931
  6. Spain — 2.946
  7. Bulgaria — 2.523
  8. Greece — 2.082
  9. Slovenia — 1.633
  10. Malta — 1.349
  11. Ukraine — 1.152
  12. France — 0.958
  13. Australia — 0.872
  14. Japan — 0.837
  15. Israel — 0.807
  16. Portugal — 0.770
  17. South Korea — 0.675
  18. Luxembourg — 0.514
  19. China — 0.424
  20. Austria — 0.420
  21. UK — 0.362
  22. Cyprus — 0.361
  23. Switzerland — 0.340
  24. Canada — 0.324
  25. USA — 0.290
  26. India — 0.275
  27. Taiwan — 0.218
  28. Netherlands — 0.123
  29. Denmark — 0.048
  30. Mexico — 0.035
  31. Hungary — 0.029
  32. Sweden — 0.028
  33. Romania — 0.016
  34. Ireland — 0.014
  35. Brazil — 0.013
  36. Turkey — 0.008
  37. Poland — 0.006

New Solar Power per GDP (2011):

Country — New MW of Solar Power per $1 Billion GDP:

  1. Italy — 4.222
  2. Slovakia — 3.341
  3. Germany — 2.093
  4. Belgium — 1.897
  5. Bulgaria — 1.869
  6. Greece — 1.406
  7. Ukraine — 1.140
  8. Malta — 1.124
  9. Slovenia — 0.928
  10. France — 0.602
  11. Israel — 0.535
  12. Australia — 0.520
  13. UK — 0.324
  14. China — 0.301
  15. Spain — 0.249
  16. Japan — 0.221
  17. Canada — 0.210
  18. Austria — 0.191
  19. India — 0.179
  20. Switzerland — 0.165
  21. Taiwan — 0.150
  22. Portugal — 0.138
  23. USA — 0.123
  24. Cyprus — 0.120
  25. Luxembourg — 0.086
  26. South Korea — 0.082
  27. Denmark — 0.030
  28. Czech Rep. — 0.028
  29. Netherlands — 0.024
  30. Hungary — 0.021
  31. Ireland — 0.014
  32. Romania — 0.011
  33. Mexico — 0.009
  34. Turkey — 0.006
  35. Sweden — 0.006
  36. Brazil — 0.002
  37. Poland — 0.002

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Zachary Shahan

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