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Electricity from Solar Power

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Total annual production of electricity from solar power, as a percentage of total electricity production, by country

U.S. Energy Information Administration

A map showing solar power as a percentage of total electricity production. Highest solar power in Australia, Namibia, and Israel, marked in dark red. Countries with the lowest percentages are shaded in orange and light orange, like Canada and Russia.

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Electricity from Solar Power

Proven Coal Reserves

Insolation

Class

Rank

Percent of electricity generation

Class

Rank

Percent of world reserves

280 and above

260–279

240–259

220–239

200–219

180–199

160–179

140–159

120–139

100–119

80–99

Less than 80

30.3%51.5%53.3%37.8%31.4%29.4%3.01%
53.8%71.3%64.6%100%
22.2%39.2%38.8%23.0%48.3%29.3%
24.2%10.8%32.1%20.0%10.7%
67.9%1.54%1.15%23.6%32.7%37.1%3.32%
100%3.17%20.4%20.7%37.8%46.8%34.8%33.8%79.7%12.5%
8.19%16.7%28.7%36.0%25.2%9.12%9.14%13.1%
39.9%47.7%8.87%62.1%61.7%100%1.47%98.6%100%99.6%
16.8%5.48%11.6%14.6%1.79%17.2%14.4%23.3%28.2%21.2%
4.91%9.95%44.8%47.2%
44.2%25.1%71.7%
44.5%47.7%12.8%13.5%24.0%29.3%
3.98%12.4%32.2%38.6%22.5%44.2%32.5%
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