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The installed capacity of electricity in the World

8,478.4 million kilowatts in 2022

Between 2003 and 2022, the installed capacity of electricity of World grew substantially from 3,852.13 to 8,478.4 million kilowatts rising at an increasing annual rate that reached a maximum of 4.87% in 2010 and then decreased to 4.24% in 2022.

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Energy The installed capacity of electricity in the World
Hydroelectric Pumped Storage Electricity 185.14 million kilowatts in 2022 EIA
Macro Region (million kilowatts in 2022)
North America 1,464.94 EIA
Europe 1,378.51 EIA
Middle East 321.19 EIA
Africa 252.19 EIA
Asia 21 timeseries
Central America and the Caribbean 21 timeseries
Oceania 10 timeseries
South America 13 timeseries
Southeast Asia 14 timeseries
Country (million kilowatts in 2022)

China is the top country by the installed capacity of electricity in the world. As of 2022, the installed capacity of electricity in China was 2,593.59 million kilowatts that accounts for 30.65% of the world's the installed capacity of electricity. The top 5 countries (others are the United States of America, India, Japan, and Russian Federation) account for 58.30% of it. The world's total the installed capacity of electricity was estimated at 8,462.54 million kilowatts in 2022.

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China 2,593.59 EIA
United States of America 1,201.26 EIA
India 487.41 EIA
Japan 349.94 EIA
Russian Federation 301.12 EIA
Germany 261.09 EIA + 1 other
Brazil 220.32 EIA
Canada 158.97 EIA
France 148.91 EIA + 1 other
Republic of Korea 146.54 EIA
Italy 123.33 EIA + 1 other
Spain 118.14 EIA + 1 other
United Kingdom 111.02 EIA + 1 other
Mexico 104.32 EIA
Turkey 103.82 EIA
Australia 101.35 EIA
Viet Nam 85.04 EIA
Iran 80.74 EIA
Saudi Arabia 80.11 EIA
Indonesia 69.71 EIA
South Africa 63.41 EIA
Taiwan Province of China 61.94 EIA
Egypt 59.25 EIA
Poland 58.72 EIA + 1 other
Ukraine 58.53 EIA
Thailand 57.22 EIA
Netherlands 57.19 EIA + 1 other
Sweden 52.71 EIA + 1 other
Argentina 46.82 EIA
Pakistan 43.48 EIA
Norway 40.54 EIA
United Arab Emirates 39.92 EIA
Malaysia 36.3 EIA
Chile 35.6 EIA
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 34.74 EIA
Austria 29.81 EIA + 1 other
Philippines 27.54 EIA
Iraq 27.24 EIA
Belgium 26.31 EIA + 1 other
Kazakhstan 26.03 EIA
Finland 24.78 EIA + 1 other
Switzerland 24.01 EIA
Portugal 23.32 EIA + 1 other
Bangladesh 22.45 EIA
Greece 22.34 EIA + 1 other
Israel 22.21 EIA
Czech Republic 21.91 EIA + 1 other
Algeria 21.71 EIA
Kuwait 20.25 EIA
Denmark 19.5 EIA + 1 other
Romania 19.13 EIA + 1 other
Colombia 18.9 EIA
Uzbekistan 16.93 EIA
Peru 15.5 EIA
Morocco 14.24 EIA
Hong Kong 13.39 EIA
Singapore 12.54 EIA
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 12.22 EIA
Bulgaria 12.03 EIA + 1 other
Hungary 11.99 EIA + 1 other
Nigeria 11.7 EIA
Ireland 11.53 EIA + 1 other
Belarus 11.51 EIA
Qatar 11.41 EIA
Libya 10.52 EIA
New Zealand 10.41 EIA
Syrian Arab Republic 10.12 EIA
Oman 9.13 EIA
Paraguay 8.83 EIA
Ecuador 8.38 EIA
Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.28 EIA
Serbia 8.08 EIA
Slovakia 8.03 EIA + 1 other
Azerbaijan 7.71 EIA
Cuba 7.67 EIA
Angola 7.59 EIA
Myanmar 6.99 EIA
Bahrain 6.98 EIA
Jordan 6.81 EIA
Puerto Rico 6.6 EIA
Tunisia 6.33 EIA
Tajikistan 5.99 EIA
Ethiopia 5.73 EIA
Dominican Republic 5.57 EIA
Ghana 5.44 EIA
Croatia 5.42 EIA + 1 other
Uruguay 5.36 EIA
Guatemala 5.21 EIA
Turkmenistan 5.2 EIA
Sri Lanka 5.04 EIA
Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.59 EIA
Panama 4.43 EIA
Kyrgyzstan 4.41 EIA
Slovenia 4.32 EIA + 1 other
Lithuania 4.26 EIA + 1 other
Lebanon 4.14 EIA
Georgia 4.13 EIA
Bolivia 4.1 EIA
Comoros 4.04 EIA
Armenia 3.89 EIA
Zambia 3.86 EIA
Kenya 3.75 EIA
Costa Rica 3.69 EIA
Latvia 3.23 EIA + 1 other
Cambodia 3.2 EIA
Honduras 3.2 EIA
Iceland 3.01 EIA
Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.9 EIA
Estonia 2.87 EIA + 1 other
El Salvador 2.85 EIA
Mozambique 2.77 EIA
Albania 2.64 EIA
Trinidad and Tobago 2.52 EIA
Zimbabwe 2.49 EIA
Uganda 2.44 EIA
Nepal 2.39 EIA
Bhutan 2.34 EIA
Côte d'Ivoire 2.28 EIA
North Macedonia 2.15 EIA
Cyprus 2.15 EIA + 1 other
Luxembourg 2 EIA + 1 other
Nicaragua 1.84 EIA
Yemen 1.78 EIA
Cameroon 1.76 EIA
United Republic of Tanzania 1.68 EIA
Senegal 1.67 EIA
Mongolia 1.61 EIA
Brunei Darussalam 1.26 EIA
Papua New Guinea 1.26 EIA
Jamaica 1.22 EIA
Guinea 1.19 EIA
Mali 1.14 EIA
Montenegro 1.07 EIA
Mauritius 0.96 EIA
Congo 0.84 EIA
Malta 0.8 EIA + 1 other
Gabon 0.78 EIA
Malawi 0.76 EIA
Botswana 0.74 EIA
Mauritania 0.68 EIA
Madagascar 0.66 EIA
Namibia 0.65 EIA
Afghanistan 0.63 EIA
Republic of Moldova 0.63 EIA
Bahamas 0.58 EIA
Maldives 0.57 EIA
Suriname 0.54 EIA
Benin 0.5 EIA
Haiti 0.47 EIA
Burkina Faso 0.45 EIA
Macau 0.44 EIA
Fiji 0.41 EIA
Guyana 0.39 EIA
Niger 0.36 EIA
Palestine 0.35 EIA
Equatorial Guinea 0.35 EIA
Barbados 0.34 EIA
Togo 0.31 EIA
Eswatini 0.29 EIA
Timor-Leste 0.28 EIA
Rwanda 0.27 EIA
Eritrea 0.22 EIA
Belize 0.22 EIA
Cabo Verde 0.2 EIA
Liberia 0.2 EIA
Seychelles 0.16 EIA
Djibouti 0.15 EIA
Gambia 0.14 EIA
Sierra Leone 0.14 EIA
South Sudan 0.13 EIA
Somalia 0.13 EIA
Burundi 0.11 EIA
Antigua and Barbuda 0.1 EIA
Saint Lucia 0.09 EIA
Chad 0.09 EIA
Lesotho 0.08 EIA
Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.07 EIA
Grenada 0.06 EIA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.05 EIA
Samoa 0.05 EIA
Dominica 0.04 EIA
Central African Republic 0.04 EIA
Vanuatu 0.04 EIA
Solomon Islands 0.04 EIA
Tonga 0.03 EIA
Sao Tome and Principe 0.03 EIA
Guinea Bissau 0.03 EIA
Nauru 0.02 EIA
Kiribati 0.01 EIA
Falkland Islands 0.01 EIA
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