Electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources per capita rose 6.01% to 83.0 kWh in Portugal in 2017, according to World Bank / EIA.
Historically, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources per capita in Portugal reached an all time high of 83.0 kWh in 2017 and an all time low of 0 kWh in 1995. When compared to Portugal's main peers, electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources per capita in France amounted to 141 kWh, 2.24 kWh in Ireland, 12.1 kWh in Morocco and 307 kWh in Spain in 2017.
Portugal has been ranked 26th within the group of 78 countries we follow in terms of electricity production from solar photovoltaic sources per capita, 17 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Electricity Production from Solar Photovoltaic Sources Per Capita | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Algeria | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.480 | 0.697 | 0.733 | 1.51 | 1.44 | |||
| Belgium | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 106 | 195 | 239 | 260 | 275 | |||||||||
| Canada | kWh | 16.6 | 25.3 | 42.8 | 60.0 | 81.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | kWh | 32.7 | 63.0 | 73.9 | 92.0 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | kWh | 237 | 319 | 376 | 439 | 473 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Ireland | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.120 | 0.142 | 0.152 | 0.204 | 0.345 | ||||
| Italy | kWh | 178 | 317 | 355 | 367 | 378 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Morocco | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.003 | 0.170 | ||||||||||
| Portugal | kWh | 26.6 | 37.2 | 45.4 | 59.5 | 75.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | kWh | 187 | 257 | 281 | 292 | 296 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | kWh | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| United Kingdom | kWh | 3.91 | 21.6 | 32.0 | 64.2 | 119 |
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