Electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total rose 38.2% to 0.164% in New Zealand in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total in New Zealand reached an all time high of 0.164% in 2017 and an all time low of 0.008% in 2007. When compared to New Zealand's main peers, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total in Australia amounted to 3.41%, 0.011% in Indonesia, 0.253% in Malaysia and 1.28% in Philippines in 2017.
New Zealand has been ranked 50th within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources as a percentage of total, 28 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 |
| Australia | % | 0.798% | 0.962% | 1.54% | 2.00% | 2.34% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.019% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||
| China | % | 0.055% | 0.072% | 0.154% | 0.416% | 0.749% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | 0.002% | 0.003% | 0.003% | 0.002% | |||||
| Malaysia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | < 0.001% | 0.037% | 0.102% | 0.158% | 0.186% | ||||||
| New Zealand | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.009% | 0.011% | 0.016% | 0.040% | 0.078% | ||||||
| Papua New Guinea | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Philippines | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.002% | 0.021% | 0.168% | ||||||||
| Singapore | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.015% | 0.026% | 0.039% | 0.081% | 0.144% | ||||||||
| Taiwan | % | 0.028% | 0.069% | 0.134% | 0.212% | 0.339% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 0.062% | 0.271% | 0.589% | 0.900% | 1.08% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.003% | 0.003% |
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