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Countries with the highest share of solar consumption 2017

Leading countries based on global share of solar energy consumption in 2017

The data describes the leading solar power consuming countries worldwide in 2017. The U.S. accounted for approx. 12.8% of the world's solar consumption that year, making it the world's second-biggest solar power consumer.

China 32.8
United States 12.8
Japan 12.3
Germany 10.6
Italy 4.9
India 4.8
United Kingdom 3.2
France 2
Australia 1.8
South Korea 1.4
Spain 1.4
Belgium 1
Greece 0.7
Canada 0.7
South Africa 0.4