Electricity production from solar photovoltaic rose 34.9% to 442,618 GWh in the World in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from solar photovoltaic in the World reached an all time high of 442,618 GWh in 2017 and an all time low of 0.050 GWh in 1983. When compared to World's main peers, electricity production from solar photovoltaic in China amounted to 108,179 GWh, 39,895 GWh in Germany, 62,299 GWh in Japan and 77,876 GWh in USA in 2017.
World has been ranked th within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from solar photovoltaic.
| Electricity Production from Solar Photovoltaic | Unit | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Austria | GWh | 598 | 747 | 889 | 1,041 | 1,208 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2,624 | 2,865 | 3,034 | 3,073 | 3,284 | |||||||||||
| Canada | GWh | 1,484 | 2,099 | 2,866 | 3,992 | 3,538 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | GWh | 15,477 | 29,230 | 44,809 | 75,344 | 131,325 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | GWh | 5,194 | 6,391 | 7,753 | 8,659 | 9,585 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | GWh | 31,010 | 36,056 | 38,726 | 38,098 | 39,401 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | GWh | 4,111 | 5,812 | 10,420 | 18,778 | 26,035 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | GWh | 12,879 | 22,952 | 34,803 | 45,761 | 55,069 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | GWh | 106 | 221 | 239 | 464 | 1,074 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 7.00 | 57.0 | 124 | 165 | ||||||
| Russia | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 160 | 335 | 460 | 560 | ||||||||
| South Korea | GWh | 1,595 | 2,547 | 3,880 | 5,068 | 7,054 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | GWh | 17,167 | 28,924 | 39,032 | 54,866 | 77,277 | ||||||||||||||||
| World | GWh | 146,625 | 201,615 | 262,904 | 344,588 | 461,438 |
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