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Renewable electricity capacity — annual additions per capita (2023)
How much new renewable power each country built in 2023, scaled per person (watts per capita). Based on IRENA renewable capacity additions.
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Key Insights
Global Average
27.3W/person
Median: 2.7W/person
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Iceland
980.6W/person
Lowest
Venezuela
-12.5W/person
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland980.6W/person
2People's Republic of China303.5W/person
3Estonia255.9W/person
4Netherlands168.4W/person
5Norway131.4W/person
By Region
Europe108.3W/person(31 countries)
Oceania42.5W/person(2 countries)
North America27.1W/person(4 countries)
Asia26.2W/person(25 countries)
South America24.2W/person(7 countries)
Key Findings
- •Some small-population countries can top per-capita rankings even with modest absolute MW additions.
- •Large countries can show strong per-capita buildouts when additions are very large (e.g., rapid solar/wind expansion).
- •Negative values indicate net retirements or downward revisions exceeding new renewable capacity added in that year.
- •Per-capita additions offer a clearer view of how fast the energy transition is moving relative to country size than total GW added alone.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-12.5W/person)High (1,250.0W/person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 27.3W/person)
Europe (31)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (98)
About This Statistic
This statistic measures how much *new* renewable electricity-generating capacity each country added in a single year, divided by its population—expressed in watts per person. It highlights where the fastest year-over-year buildout is happening relative to country size, revealing leaders that may be overlooked in total (absolute) gigawatts.
Values are calculated from IRENA’s country renewable capacity time series as the year-on-year change in total renewable installed capacity (MW) from 2022 to 2023, converted to watts and divided by 2023 population (World Bank). This captures new build (net of retirements) across renewables (solar, wind, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal, marine) and is comparable across countries.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 980.6W/person |
| 2 | People's Republic of China | 303.5W/person |
| 3 | Estonia | 255.9W/person |
| 4 | Netherlands | 168.4W/person |
| 5 | Norway | 131.4W/person |
| 6 | Denmark | 120.6W/person |
| 7 | Germany | 112.9W/person |
| 8 | Ireland | 108.3W/person |
| 9 | Belgium | 102.7W/person |
| 10 | Portugal | 97.1W/person |
| 11 | Austria | 96.2W/person |
| 12 | Spain | 91.6W/person |
| 13 | Cyprus | 90.1W/person |
| 14 | Sweden | 89.7W/person |
| 15 | South Korea | 82.2W/person |
| 16 | Italy | 78.9W/person |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 78.2W/person |
| 18 | Croatia | 74.8W/person |
| 19 | Slovenia | 74.1W/person |
| 20 | France | 69.2W/person |
| 21 | Finland | 67.4W/person |
| 22 | Hungary | 64.9W/person |
| 23 | Lithuania | 64.0W/person |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 63.6W/person |
| 25 | Poland | 62.3W/person |
| 26 | Israel | 62.1W/person |
| 27 | Chile | 60.2W/person |
| 28 | Greece | 58.5W/person |
| 29 | Australia | 55.3W/person |
| 30 | United States of America | 53.1W/person |
| 31 | Türkiye | 52.1W/person |
| 32 | Japan | 46.9W/person |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 45.0W/person |
| 34 | Slovakia | 41.6W/person |
| 35 | Armenia | 39.6W/person |
| 36 | Latvia | 38.9W/person |
| 37 | Canada | 38.7W/person |
| 38 | Albania | 34.1W/person |
| 39 | Romania | 33.8W/person |
| 40 | Colombia | 31.9W/person |
| 41 | Serbia | 31.4W/person |
| 42 | New Zealand | 29.6W/person |
| 43 | Thailand | 27.9W/person |
| 44 | India | 25.7W/person |
| 45 | Uruguay | 25.1W/person |
| 46 | Montenegro | 24.1W/person |
| 47 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 21.0W/person |
| 48 | Bermuda | 20.3W/person |
| 49 | Moldova, Republic of | 18.8W/person |
| 50 | Argentina | 18.4W/person |
| 51 | Indonesia | 18.1W/person |
| 52 | Vietnam | 16.8W/person |
| 53 | Peru | 15.4W/person |
| 54 | Russian Federation | 15.0W/person |
| 55 | Algeria | 14.9W/person |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | 14.6W/person |
| 57 | South Africa | 13.9W/person |
| 58 | Brazil | 12.7W/person |
| 59 | Mongolia | 12.3W/person |
| 60 | Morocco | 12.0W/person |
| 61 | Belize | 11.3W/person |
| 62 | Mexico | 10.6W/person |
| 63 | Malaysia | 10.4W/person |
| 64 | Georgia | 9.4W/person |
| 65 | Bolivia | 9.1W/person |
| 66 | Panama | 8.6W/person |
| 67 | Kazakhstan | 8.4W/person |
| 68 | Ukraine | 7.9W/person |
| 69 | Bhutan | 7.4W/person |
| 70 | Jordan | 7.2W/person |
| 71 | Nepal | 6.9W/person |
| 72 | Guatemala | 6.0W/person |
| 73 | Cambodia | 5.9W/person |
| 74 | Ecuador | 5.7W/person |
| 75 | Philippines | 5.6W/person |
| 76 | Pakistan | 5.2W/person |
| 77 | El Salvador | 5.1W/person |
| 78 | Tunisia | 4.5W/person |
| 79 | Bangladesh | 4.2W/person |
| 80 | Kenya | 4.2W/person |
| 81 | Botswana | 4.0W/person |
| 82 | Bahrain | 3.9W/person |
| 83 | Cuba | 3.5W/person |
| 84 | Mauritius | 3.4W/person |
| 85 | Singapore | 3.2W/person |
| 86 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.1W/person |
| 87 | Honduras | 2.8W/person |
| 88 | Afghanistan | 2.7W/person |
| 89 | United Arab Emirates | 2.6W/person |
| 90 | Nigeria | 2.5W/person |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 2.4W/person |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 2.1W/person |
| 93 | Kuwait | 2.1W/person |
| 94 | Paraguay | 2.1W/person |
| 95 | Jamaica | 2.0W/person |
| 96 | Egypt | 1.8W/person |
| 97 | Lebanon | 1.7W/person |
| 98 | Myanmar | 1.5W/person |
| 99 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.4W/person |
| 100 | Ghana | 1.2W/person |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 1.2W/person |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 1.1W/person |
| 103 | Angola | 1.1W/person |
| 104 | Qatar | 1.0W/person |
| 105 | Uganda | 0.9W/person |
| 106 | Bahamas | 0.7W/person |
| 107 | Belarus | 0.4W/person |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 0.3W/person |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 0.3W/person |
| 110 | Oman | 0.2W/person |
| 111 | Madagascar | 0.1W/person |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.1W/person |
| 113 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0W/person |
| 114 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0W/person |
| 115 | Ethiopia | 0.0W/person |
| 116 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.0W/person |
| 117 | Sudan | 0.0W/person |
| 118 | Burundi | 0.0W/person |
| 119 | Cameroon | 0.0W/person |
| 120 | Cape Verde | 0.0W/person |
| 121 | Cayman Islands | 0.0W/person |
| 122 | Central African Republic | 0.0W/person |
| 123 | Chad | 0.0W/person |
| 124 | Comoros | 0.0W/person |
| 125 | Mayotte | 0.0W/person |
| 126 | Republic of the Congo | 0.0W/person |
| 127 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0W/person |
| 128 | Benin | 0.0W/person |
| 129 | Eritrea | 0.0W/person |
| 130 | Faroe Islands | 0.0W/person |
| 131 | Fiji | 0.0W/person |
| 132 | Djibouti | 0.0W/person |
| 133 | Gabon | 0.0W/person |
| 134 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0W/person |
| 135 | Greenland | 0.0W/person |
| 136 | Guinea | 0.0W/person |
| 137 | Guyana | 0.0W/person |
| 138 | Haiti | 0.0W/person |
| 139 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0W/person |
| 140 | North Korea | 0.0W/person |
| 141 | Lesotho | 0.0W/person |
| 142 | Liberia | 0.0W/person |
| 143 | Libya | 0.0W/person |
| 144 | Luxembourg | 0.0W/person |
| 145 | Malawi | 0.0W/person |
| 146 | Maldives | 0.0W/person |
| 147 | Mali | 0.0W/person |
| 148 | Malta | 0.0W/person |
| 149 | Mauritania | 0.0W/person |
| 150 | Namibia | 0.0W/person |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 0.0W/person |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 0.0W/person |
| 153 | Niger | 0.0W/person |
| 154 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0W/person |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0W/person |
| 156 | Timor-Leste | 0.0W/person |
| 157 | Rwanda | 0.0W/person |
| 158 | Senegal | 0.0W/person |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | 0.0W/person |
| 160 | Country 699 | 0.0W/person |
| 161 | Somalia | 0.0W/person |
| 162 | Zimbabwe | 0.0W/person |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.0W/person |
| 164 | Suriname | 0.0W/person |
| 165 | Eswatini | 0.0W/person |
| 166 | Country 757 | 0.0W/person |
| 167 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0W/person |
| 168 | Tajikistan | 0.0W/person |
| 169 | Togo | 0.0W/person |
| 170 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0W/person |
| 171 | Yemen | 0.0W/person |
| 172 | Zambia | 0.0W/person |
| 173 | Barbados | 0.0W/person |
| 174 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0W/person |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 0.0W/person |
| 176 | Venezuela | -12.5W/person |
Showing 176 of 176 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) (2023).
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