Solar electricity generation — all countries

Solar electricity generation — Lower-middle-income countries

Solar electricity generation in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 219.47 TWh. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 2,194,600%.

2024 219.47 TWh +24.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 219.47 TWh2024
Period minimum 0.01 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Solar electricity generation — Lower-middle-income countries, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.01 TWh2001: 0.01 TWh2002: 0.01 TWh2003: 0.02 TWh2004: 0.02 TWh2005: 0.03 TWh2006: 0.03 TWh2007: 0.09 TWh2008: 0.1 TWh2009: 0.13 TWh2010: 0.28 TWh2011: 1.27 TWh2012: 3.19 TWh2013: 4.49 TWh2014: 6.2 TWh2015: 9.24 TWh2016: 17.31 TWh2017: 29.59 TWh2018: 47.09 TWh2019: 59.09 TWh2020: 89.14 TWh2021: 123.95 TWh2022: 157.02 TWh2023: 176.57 TWh2024: 219.47 TWh
Change over the period: +219.46 (+2,194,600%) Average annual rate: 51.67 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 219.47 TWh
World computed 2,135.9 TWh
Solar electricity generation — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 219.47 +42.9 +24.3%
2023 176.57 +19.55 +12.45%
2022 157.02 +33.07 +26.68%
2021 123.95 +34.81 +39.05%
2020 89.14 +30.05 +50.85%
2019 59.09 +12 +25.48%
2018 47.09 +17.5 +59.14%
2017 29.59 +12.28 +70.94%
2016 17.31 +8.07 +87.34%
2015 9.24 +3.04 +49.03%
2014 6.2 +1.71 +38.08%
2013 4.49 +1.3 +40.75%
2012 3.19 +1.92 +151.18%
2011 1.27 +0.99 +353.57%
2010 0.28 +0.15 +115.38%
2009 0.13 +0.03 +30%
2008 0.1 +0.01 +11.11%
2007 0.09 +0.06 +200%
2006 0.03 +0 +0%
2005 0.03 +0.01 +50%
2004 0.02 +0 +0%
2003 0.02 +0.01 +100%
2002 0.01 +0 +0%
2001 0.01 +0 +0%
2000 0.01

About the indicator

Electricity generated by solar plants over the year, in terawatt-hours. The absolute figure answers a different question than the share: a country with a small solar share but a huge power system generates more of it than the leader by share. China produces more solar electricity than all of Europe, though dozens of countries beat it on share. The series is also convenient because it shows the real contribution to displacing fuel: the share rises even when total generation falls.

Important: Generation rather than installed capacity: solar runs at a capacity factor of about 15%, so gigawatts of capacity and terawatt-hours of output do not map onto each other directly. The series starts in 2000.

Source: Yearly Electricity Data (Ember), license CC BY 4.0.