China held the highest cumulative capacity for solar photovoltaics as of 2021, at 308.5 gigawatts. Representing roughly 31 percent of the global solar photovoltaic market in 2021, the Chinese market had 54.9 gigawatts installed that year.
Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts)
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First SolarPVPS. (April 27, 2022). Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS. "Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts)." Chart. April 27, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS. (2022). Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS. "Leading Countries for Cumulative Capacity of Solar Photovoltaics Worldwide in 2021 (in Gigawatts)." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/
PVPS, Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/ (last visited April 27, 2024)
Leading countries for cumulative capacity of solar photovoltaics worldwide in 2021 (in gigawatts) [Graph], PVPS, April 27, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1261173/solar-pv-cumulative-capacity-by-country/