Global share of solar consumption 2023, by country

Published by Lucía Fernández, Jul 16, 2024

In 2023, China was the leading country in the world based on solar energy consumption share, at 35.6 percent. Meanwhile, the United States accounted for approximately 14.7 percent of the world's solar consumption that year, making it the second-largest solar power consumer worldwide.

Leading countries by solar energy consumption worldwide in 2023

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June 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2023

Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
Figures based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply.

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