Who Has the Largest Capacity of Geothermal Power?

Based on a comparison of 27 countries in 2017, USA ranked the highest in geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity with 3,719 MW followed by Philippines and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Thailand with 0.300 MW, Austria with 1.40 MW and Australia with 2.10 MW.

Total geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity reached 14,305 MW in 2017 in the World according to World Bank / EIA. This is 3.87 % more than in the previous year and 27.7 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity reached an all time high of 14,305 MW in 2017 and an all time low of 5,943 MW in 1990. The average annual growth amounted to 4.73 % since 1990.

The top ranked country, USA, accounted for 26.0 % of geothermal capacity in terms of cumulative installed power capacity in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 52.5 % share while the ten largest countries some 93.1 % in 2017.

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