Electricity production from solar photovoltaic rose 44.3% to 420 GWh in Bangladesh in 2019, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from solar photovoltaic in Bangladesh reached an all time high of 420 GWh in 2019 and an all time low of 0.020 GWh in 1997. When compared to Bangladesh's main peers, electricity production from solar photovoltaic in Bhutan amounted to 1.00 GWh, 224,100 GWh in China, 50,557 GWh in India and 19.0 GWh in Myanmar in 2019.
Bangladesh has been ranked 51st within the group of 160 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from solar photovoltaic, 32 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Bangladesh | GWh | 136 | 173 | 210 | 233 | 268 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bhutan | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.662 | 0.662 | 0.662 | 0.662 | 0.662 | |||||
| China | GWh | 15,477 | 29,230 | 44,809 | 75,344 | 131,325 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | GWh | 4,111 | 5,812 | 10,420 | 18,778 | 26,035 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | GWh | 12,879 | 22,952 | 34,803 | 45,761 | 55,069 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 5.00 | 3.00 | |||
| Myanmar | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6.00 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 9.00 | |||||
| Nepal | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 15.5 | 16.5 | 19.1 | 19.4 | 77.6 | ||||||||
| Pakistan | GWh | ... | 145 | 238 | 368 | 854 | 889 | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | GWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.00 | 160 | 335 | 460 | 560 | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka | GWh | 20.0 | 20.0 | 21.0 | 23.0 | 141 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | GWh | 1,080 | 1,385 | 2,380 | 3,380 | 4,543 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | GWh | 17,167 | 28,924 | 39,032 | 54,866 | 77,277 |
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