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

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

• Page 1: Top Solar Countries Per Capita
• Page 2: Top Solar Countries Relative to Electricity Production
• Page 3: Top Solar Countries Per GDP (this page)
• Page 4: Top Solar Countries in Absolute Installation Numbers
• Page 5: Commentary & Country Highlights

 

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