Electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total rose 14.5% to 0.062% in Latvia in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total in Latvia reached an all time high of 0.062% in 2017 and an all time low of 0% in 2010. When compared to Latvia's main peers, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total in Belarus amounted to 0.206%, 0.090% in Estonia, 1.61% in Lithuania and 0.050% in Russia in 2017.
Latvia has been ranked 62nd within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total, 62 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
Electricity Production from Solar Photovoltaic Sources (As % of Total) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
Belarus | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.001% | 0.006% | 0.026% | ||
China | % | 0.055% | 0.072% | 0.154% | 0.416% | 0.749% | ||||||||||||||||
Estonia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.052% | ||||||
Finland | % | 0.007% | 0.008% | 0.009% | 0.011% | 0.014% | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | % | 3.20% | 4.19% | 4.85% | 5.75% | 5.99% | ||||||||||||||||
Japan | % | 0.493% | 0.666% | 1.19% | 2.22% | 3.35% | ||||||||||||||||
Latvia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.004% | 0.029% | |||
Lithuania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.002% | 0.046% | 0.941% | 1.66% | 1.49% | ||
Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | 0.004% | 0.035% | ||
Russia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | < 0.001% | 0.001% | 0.015% | 0.031% | ||||||
USA | % | 0.109% | 0.210% | 0.370% | 0.670% | 0.907% | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | % | 0.015% | 0.167% | 0.293% | 0.235% | 0.291% |