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

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Top Solar Power Countries (Absolute Numbers)

Total/Cumulative Solar Power (end of 2011):

Country — MW of Solar (Total):

  1. Germany — 24678
  2. Italy — 12754
  3. Japan — 4914
  4. Spain — 4400
  5. USA — 4383
  6. China — 3093
  7. France — 2659
  8. Belgium — 2018
  9. Czech Rep. — 1959
  10. Australia — 1298
  11. UK — 875
  12. South Korea — 754
  13. Greece — 631
  14. Canada — 563
  15. Slovakia — 468
  16. India — 461
  17. Switzerland — 216
  18. Israel — 196
  19. Ukraine — 190
  20. Portugal — 184
  21. Austria — 176
  22. Bulgaria — 135
  23. Netherlands — 103
  24. Taiwan — 102
  25. Slovenia — 81
  26. Mexico — 40
  27. Brazil — 32
  28. Luxembourg — 30
  29. Denmark — 16
  30. Sweden — 15
  31. Malta — 12
  32. Cyprus — 9
  33. Turkey — 6
  34. Hungary — 4
  35. Romania — 3
  36. Ireland — 3
  37. Poland — 3

New Solar Power (2011):

Country — MW of Solar (New):

  1. Italy — 9284
  2. Germany — 7485
  3. China — 2200
  4. USA — 1855
  5. France — 1671
  6. Japan — 1296
  7. Belgium — 974
  8. UK — 784
  9. Australia — 774
  10. Greece — 426
  11. Spain — 372
  12. Canada — 364
  13. Slovakia — 321
  14. India — 300
  15. Ukraine — 188
  16. Israel — 130
  17. Switzerland — 105
  18. Bulgaria — 100
  19. South Korea — 92
  20. Austria — 80
  21. Taiwan — 70
  22. Slovenia — 46
  23. Portugal — 33
  24. Netherlands — 20
  25. Malta — 10
  26. Denmark — 10
  27. Mexico — 10
  28. Czech Rep. — 6
  29. Luxembourg — 5
  30. Turkey — 5
  31. Brazil — 5
  32. Cyprus — 3
  33. Hungary — 3
  34. Sweden — 3
  35. Ireland — 3
  36. Romania — 2
  37. Poland — 1

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