Solar share of electricity — all countries

Solar share of electricity — Switzerland

Solar share of electricity in Switzerland in 2025 — 12.13%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 91. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 12.11 pp.

2025 12.13% +4.91 pp vs 2024
World rank 25of 91
Period maximum 12.13%2025
Period minimum 0.01%2001

Trend over time

2000–2025 · % of generation

Solar share of electricity — Switzerland, 2000–20250510152000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 0.02%2001: 0.01%2002: 0.02%2003: 0.03%2004: 0.03%2005: 0.03%2006: 0.03%2007: 0.05%2008: 0.06%2009: 0.07%2010: 0.14%2011: 0.27%2012: 0.44%2013: 0.73%2014: 1.2%2015: 1.7%2016: 2.18%2017: 2.79%2018: 2.94%2019: 3.09%2020: 3.8%2021: 4.5%2022: 6.25%2023: 6.59%2024: 7.22%2025: 12.13%
Change over the period: +12.11 pp Annual average: 0.48 pp

Comparison, 2025

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

Switzerland 12.13%
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.48%
Western Europe computed 12.69%
Solar share of electricity — Switzerland, by year Switzerland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 12.13 +4.91 pp
2024 7.22 +0.63 pp
2023 6.59 +0.34 pp
2022 6.25 +1.75 pp
2021 4.5 +0.7 pp
2020 3.8 +0.71 pp
2019 3.09 +0.15 pp
2018 2.94 +0.15 pp
2017 2.79 +0.61 pp
2016 2.18 +0.48 pp
2015 1.7 +0.5 pp
2014 1.2 +0.47 pp
2013 0.73 +0.29 pp
2012 0.44 +0.17 pp
2011 0.27 +0.13 pp
2010 0.14 +0.07 pp
2009 0.07 +0.01 pp
2008 0.06 +0.01 pp
2007 0.05 +0.02 pp
2006 0.03 +0 pp
2005 0.03 +0 pp
2004 0.03 +0 pp
2003 0.03 +0.01 pp
2002 0.02 +0.01 pp
2001 0.01 −0.01 pp
2000 0.02

Western Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of electricity generated by solar plants in a country's total generation. The fastest-growing series in all of energy statistics: where twenty years ago the share was measured in hundredths of a percent, it now runs into tens. The figure depends less on how much sun there is than on policy and prices: the leaders are not the sunniest countries but those that started building earlier. The flip side of that growth is the daily cycle: at noon solar pushes out the other sources, and in the evening it is gone altogether.

Important: The World Bank has no separate series for solar — there it sits inside “other renewables” together with biomass and geothermal. Aggregates for groups of countries are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward: there is no weight before that.

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