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Solar share of electricity generation by country (2024) · Page 3

Palestine had the highest solar share of electricity generation in 2024, at 39.4%, followed by Namibia (35.4%) and Lebanon (30%). The ranking compares 191 countries on 2024 figures from Ember. Turkmenistan ranked last of the 191, at 0%.

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How this ranking is built. Indicator: Solar share of electricity generation · Topic: Electricity generation · Industry: Electricity and Gas Utilities · Period: 2024. Only verified actual figures for that one period are ranked, so every row is comparable; forecasts are not ranked, and world or regional totals are shown as reference, not ranked. 10 other countries have data only for other periods and are omitted.

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Solar share of electricity generation by country

2024 · 12 highest of 191 countries

Solar share of electricity generation by countrySelected latest values by region. Periods are labelled individually. Bars start at zero; source records and value types are in the table below.Palestine · 202439.4%Namibia · 202435.4%Lebanon · 202430%Kiribati · 202425%Hungary · 202424.2%Luxembourg · 202423.8%Chile · 202422.8%Spain · 202420.8%Nauru · 202420%Greece · 202419.7%Cyprus · 202419.2%El Salvador · 202419.1%
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Solar share of electricity generation by country
RegionPeriodSourceTypeValue
Palestine2024EmberActual39.4%
Namibia2024EmberActual35.4%
Lebanon2024EmberActual30%
Kiribati2024EmberActual25%
Hungary2024EmberActual24.2%
Luxembourg2024EmberActual23.8%
Chile2024EmberActual22.8%
Spain2024EmberActual20.8%
Nauru2024EmberActual20%
Greece2024EmberActual19.7%
Cyprus2024EmberActual19.2%
El Salvador2024EmberActual19.1%
Source: Ember · percent · CC BY 4.0 · statorigin.org

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Rank · country · value · change on the same period a year earlier · source. Values in %.

Ranks 101–150 of 191 countries. Page 3 of 4.

# Country Value YoY Period Source
101 Tunisia TN 2.62% +13.9% 2024 Ember
102 Argentina AR 2.6% +17.6% 2024 Ember
103 Egypt EG 2.56% +15.3% 2024 Ember
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina BA 2.51% +71.9% 2024 Ember
105 Saint Lucia LC 2.5% +0.0% 2024 Ember
106 Sweden SE 2.42% +29.4% 2024 Ember
107 Mongolia MN 2.38% +3.9% 2024 Ember
108 Slovakia SK 2.34% +13.0% 2024 Ember
109 Singapore SG 2.15% +31.1% 2024 Ember
110 Belize BZ 2.13% -4.1% 2024 Ember
111 Malaysia MY 2.08% +20.2% 2024 Ember
112 Saudi Arabia SA 1.81% +147.9% 2024 Ember
113 South Sudan SS 1.79% +0.0% 2024 Ember
114 Guatemala GT 1.77% +9.9% 2024 Ember
115 Liberia LR 1.75% — 2024 Ember
116 Montenegro ME 1.7% — 2024 Ember
117 Philippines PH 1.68% +7.7% 2024 Ember
118 Moldova MD 1.65% +16.2% 2024 Ember
119 Peru PE 1.6% +15.9% 2024 Ember
120 Kazakhstan KZ 1.58% -4.2% 2024 Ember
121 Canada CA 1.48% +13.0% 2024 Ember
122 Guyana GY 1.45% +0.0% 2024 Ember
123 Cuba CU 1.24% +17.0% 2024 Ember
124 Bangladesh BD 1.2% +13.2% 2024 Ember
125 Finland FI 1.14% +29.5% 2024 Ember
126 Nepal NP 1.08% +16.1% 2024 Ember
127 Sudan SD 1.08% +12.5% 2024 Ember
128 Algeria DZ 1.03% +13.2% 2024 Ember
129 Bahamas BS 0.89% -1.1% 2024 Ember
130 Fiji FJ 0.87% +0.0% 2024 Ember
131 Zambia ZM 0.86% +11.7% 2024 Ember
132 New Zealand NZ 0.84% -2.3% 2024 Ember
133 Costa Rica CR 0.82% +6.5% 2024 Ember
134 Guinea GN 0.74% -1.3% 2024 Ember
135 Ghana GH 0.7% +12.9% 2024 Ember
136 Nicaragua NI 0.66% +0.0% 2024 Ember
137 North Korea KP 0.63% +12.5% 2024 Ember
138 Hong Kong, China HK 0.61% +15.1% 2024 Ember
139 Belarus BY 0.57% +3.6% 2024 Ember
140 Suriname SR 0.57% -1.7% 2024 Ember
141 Cameroon CM 0.55% +96.4% 2024 Ember
142 Malawi MW 0.55% +0.0% 2024 Ember
143 Myanmar MM 0.55% +5.8% 2024 Ember
144 Tanzania TZ 0.45% +60.7% 2024 Ember
145 Serbia RS 0.43% — 2024 Ember
146 Mozambique MZ 0.4% +14.3% 2024 Ember
147 Syria SY 0.4% +0.0% 2024 Ember
148 Zimbabwe ZW 0.39% +30.0% 2024 Ember
149 Indonesia ID 0.36% +80.0% 2024 Ember
150 Nigeria NG 0.35% +29.6% 2024 Ember

Frequently asked questions

Which country has the highest solar share of electricity generation?

Palestine, at 39.4% in 2024, ahead of Namibia (35.4%) and Lebanon (30%), among 191 countries ranked on 2024 figures from Ember.

Which country has the lowest solar share of electricity generation?

Turkmenistan, at 0% in 2024, then Timor-Leste (0%).

What does this ranking measure?

The percentage of total electricity generation produced from solar energy sources.

Which countries are included?

191 countries with 2024 figures: Palestine, Namibia, Lebanon, Kiribati, Hungary, Luxembourg, Chile, Spain, Nauru, Greece, Cyprus and El Salvador and 179 more. 10 other countries published figures only for other periods and are left out, so every row compares the same period.

Where does the data come from?

From Ember. Every value links to its record, which quotes the table or sentence it was read from. Only actual figures are ranked; forecasts are left out.

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StatOrigin. (2026). Solar share of electricity generation by country, 2024. Retrieved from https://statorigin.org/rankings/solar-share-of-electricity-generation-by-country/page/3