Installed solar PV capacity

The cumulative installed capacity of solar photovoltaic power generation.

Unit billion watts Industry Electricity and Gas Utilities

Records
1
Regions
1
Period
2019
Sources
1
Verification 1 verified data points Updated 17 Sep 2026 Last verified 17 Sep 2026 Next update Update cycle: irregular

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Installed solar PV capacity

Africa, as of 1 Jan 2019

1 observation
5 billion watts Africa · as of 1 Jan 2019 · IEA · full record
Source: IEA · CC BY 4.0 · statorigin.org

Every record

All records

1 record · 1 region · 2019

Installed solar PV capacity: every record, grouped by region, newest first.
Period Value Source Type
Africa 1 record
as of 1 Jan 2019 5 billion watts IEA · 1 Jan 2019 actual

Primary documents

Sources

1 document. Each links to the publisher's own copy.

Document Publisher Published Data points
World Energy Outlook 2019 IEA 1

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