Share of electricity generation that comes from solar (Ember via Our World in Data). Source: Our World in Data — Energy (Ember, Energy Institute). Retrieved 27 Jun 2026.
| Period | Solar Share of Electricity |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8% |
| 2024 | 7.4% |
| 2023 | 6.4% |
| 2022 | 4.4% |
| 2021 | 3.2% |
| 2020 | 2.9% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 1.2% |
| 2015 | 0.96% |
| 2014 | 0.4% |
53 countries carry a recent solar's share of electricity generation figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
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