Which Country Has the Largest Capacity of Wind Power?

Based on a comparison of 121 countries in 2019, China ranked the highest in wind capacity in terms of cumulative installed wind turbine capacity with 210,000 MW followed by USA and Germany. On the other end of the scale was Myanmar with 0.006 MW, Trinidad and Tobago with 0.010 MW and Haiti with 0.024 MW.

Total wind capacity in terms of cumulative installed wind turbine capacity reached 622,357 MW in 2019 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 10.6 % less than in the previous year and 79.5 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total wind capacity in terms of cumulative installed wind turbine capacity reached an all time high of 622,357 MW in 2019 and an all time low of 4,778 MW in 1995. The average annual growth amounted to 22.0 % since 1995.

The top ranked country, China, accounted for 37.3 % of wind capacity in terms of cumulative installed wind turbine capacity in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 66.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 91.9 % in 2019.

Data for more countries are available at Wind Capacity (Cumulative Installed Wind Turbine Capacity) indicator page.