Who Has the Largest Capacity of Geothermal Power?

Based on a comparison of 28 countries in 2019, USA ranked the highest in geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity with 2,555 MW followed by Indonesia and Philippines. On the other end of the scale was Australia with 0.100 MW, Thailand with 0.300 MW and Austria with 0.900 MW.

Total geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity reached 14,048 MW in 2019 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 6.24 % less than in the previous year and 29.1 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity reached an all time high of 14,048 MW in 2019 and an all time low of 5,943 MW in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 3.88 % since 1990.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 19.3 % of geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 50.0 % share while the ten largest countries some 98.4 % in 2019.

Data for more countries are available at Geothermal Capacity (Cumulative Installed Power Capacity) indicator page.