Solar electricity generation — all countries

Solar electricity generation — Western Asia

Solar electricity generation in Western Asia in 2024 — 73.53 TWh.

2024 73.53 TWh +29.82% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 73.53 TWh2024
Period minimum 0 TWh2000

Trend over time

2000–2024 · terawatt-hours

Solar electricity generation — Western Asia, 2000–20240204060802000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0 TWh2001: 0 TWh2002: 0 TWh2003: 0 TWh2004: 0 TWh2005: 0 TWh2006: 0 TWh2007: 0 TWh2008: 0 TWh2009: 0.03 TWh2010: 0.1 TWh2011: 0.23 TWh2012: 0.44 TWh2013: 0.72 TWh2014: 1.44 TWh2015: 2.07 TWh2016: 3.9 TWh2017: 6.75 TWh2018: 13.23 TWh2019: 19.95 TWh2020: 25.8 TWh2021: 32.4 TWh2022: 41.04 TWh2023: 56.64 TWh2024: 73.53 TWh
Change over the period: +73.53

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Asia

Western Asia 73.53 TWh
World computed 2,135.9 TWh
Solar electricity generation — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year TWh Change Change, %
2024 73.53 +16.89 +29.82%
2023 56.64 +15.6 +38.01%
2022 41.04 +8.64 +26.67%
2021 32.4 +6.6 +25.58%
2020 25.8 +5.85 +29.32%
2019 19.95 +6.72 +50.79%
2018 13.23 +6.48 +96%
2017 6.75 +2.85 +73.08%
2016 3.9 +1.83 +88.41%
2015 2.07 +0.63 +43.75%
2014 1.44 +0.72 +100%
2013 0.72 +0.28 +63.64%
2012 0.44 +0.21 +91.3%
2011 0.23 +0.13 +130%
2010 0.1 +0.07 +233.33%
2009 0.03 +0.03
2008 0 +0
2007 0 +0
2006 0 +0
2005 0 +0
2004 0 +0
2003 0 +0
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0

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.