Wind power by country

100,000
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Cumulative installed wind capacity in megawatts since 2001[1][2]
Number of countries with wind capacities in the gigawatt-scale
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Growing number of wind gigawatt-markets

As of the end of 2016, the worldwide total cumulative installed electricity generation capacity from wind power amounted to 486,790 MW, an increase of 12.5% compared to the previous year.[3] Installations increased by 54,642 MW, 63,330 MW, 51,675 MW and 36,023 MW in 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013 respectively.

Since 2010 more than half of all new wind power was added outside the traditional markets of Europe and North America, mainly driven by the continuing boom in China and India. At the end of 2015, China had 145 GW of wind power installed.[4] In 2015, China installed close to half the world's added wind power capacity.

Several countries have achieved relatively high levels of wind power penetration, such as 39% of stationary electricity production in Denmark,[5][6] 18% in Portugal,[6] 16% in Spain,[6] 14% in Ireland[7] and 9% in Germany in 2010.[6][8] As of 2011, 83 countries around the world are using wind power on a commercial basis.[8] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage at the end of 2014 was 3.1%.[9]

Installed wind power capacity

New Installed capacity by country in 2015 (MW)[4]
ChinaUnited StatesGermanyBrazilIndiaCanadaPolandFranceUnited KingdomTurkeyRest of the world: 6,950 MW (11.0%)Circle frame.svg
  •   China: 30,753 MW (48.5%)
  •   United States: 8,598 MW (13.5%)
  •   Germany: 6,013 MW (9.5%)
  •   Brazil: 2,754 MW (4.3%)
  •   India: 2,623 MW (4.1%)
  •   Canada: 1,506 MW (2.4%)
  •   Poland: 1,266 MW (2.0%)
  •   France: 1,073 MW (1.7%)
  •   United Kingdom: 975 MW (1.5%)
  •   Turkey: 956 MW (1.5%)
  •   Rest of the world: 6,950 MW (11.0%)
Installed capacity by country in 2015 (MW)[4]
ChinaUnited StatesGermanyIndiaSpainUnited KingdomCanadaFranceItalyBrazilRest of the world: 58,275 MW (13.7%)Circle frame.svg
  •   China: 145,362 MW (34.1%)
  •   United States: 74,471 MW (17.5%)
  •   Germany: 44,947 MW (10.5%)
  •   India: 27,151 MW (6.4%)
  •   Spain: 23,025 MW (5.4%)
  •   United Kingdom: 13,603 MW (3.2%)
  •   Canada: 11,205 MW (2.6%)
  •   France: 10,358 MW (2.4%)
  •   Italy: 8,958 MW (2.1%)
  •   Brazil: 8,715 MW (2.0%)
  •   Rest of the world: 58,275 MW (13.7%)
Installed capacity by regions in 2015 (MW)[4]
AsiaEurope: 147,771 MW (34.1%)North America: 88,749 MW (20.5%)Latin America and Caribbean: 12,220 MW (2.8%)Pacific Region: 4,823 MW (1.1%)Africa and Middle East: 3,489 MW (0.8%)Circle frame.svg
  •   Asia (excluding Middle East): 175,831 MW (40.6%)
  •   Europe: 147,771 MW (34.1%)
  •   North America: 88,749 MW (20.5%)
  •   Latin America and Caribbean: 12,220 MW (2.8%)
  •   Pacific Region: 4,823 MW (1.1%)
  •   Africa and Middle East: 3,489 MW (0.8%)

This section provides end-of-year figures of worldwide installed wind power capacity by country. The data is sourced from Global Wind Energy Council. In 2015, global wind power capacity increased by 63,330 MW or 17.14% from 369,553 MW to 432,883 MW.[4]

Installed wind power capacity (MW) [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]
# Nation 2006 2007 2008[18] 2009[19] 2010[20] 2011[21] 2012[22] 2013[23] 2014[24] 2015[4] 2016[25] 2017[26]
1China China2,5995,91212,21025,10444,73362,73375,56491,412114,763145,104168,690188,232
European Union European Union48,12256,61465,25574,91984,27893,957106,454117,384128,752141,579153,730169,319
2United States United States11,60316,81925,17035,15940,20046,91960,00761,11065,87974,47282,18389,077
3Germany Germany20,62222,24723,90325,77727,21429,06031,33234,25039,16544,94750,01956,132
4India India6,2707,8509,58710,92513,06416,08418,42120,15022,46527,15128,66532,848
5Spain Spain11,63015,14516,74019,14920,67621,67422,79622,95922,98723,02523,07523,170
6United Kingdom United Kingdom1,9632,3893,2884,0705,2036,5408,44510,71112,44013,60315,03018,872
7France France1,5892,4773,4264,4105,6606,8007,1968,2439,28510,35812,06513,759
8Brazil Brazil2372473396069321,5092,5083,4665,9398,71510,74012,763
9Canada Canada[27]1,4601,8462,3693,3194,0085,2656,2007,8239,69411,20511,89812,239
10Italy Italy2,1232,7263,5374,8505,7976,7478,1448,5588,6638,9589,2579,479
11Sweden Sweden5718311,0671,5602,1632,9703,7454,3825,4256,0256,5196,691
12Turkey Turkey[28]652074338011,3291,7992,3122,9583,7634,7186,1016,516
13Poland Poland1532764727251,1071,6162,4973,3903,8345,1005,7826,397
14Denmark Denmark3,1403,1293,1643,4653,7523,8714,1624,8074,8455,0635,2275,476
15Portugal Portugal1,7162,1302,8623,5353,7024,0834,5254,7304,9145,0795,3165,316
16Australia Australia[29]6518241,3061,7121,9912,1762,5843,2393,8064,1874,3274,557
17Netherlands Netherlands1,5711,7592,2372,2232,2372,3282,3912,6712,8053,4314,3284,341
18Mexico Mexico8485855207338731,3701,8592,5513,0733,5274,005
19Japan Japan1,3091,5281,8802,0562,3042,5012,6142,6692,7893,0383,2343,400
20Republic of Ireland Ireland7468051,2451,2601,3791,6141,7382,0492,2722,4862,8303,127
21Romania Romania271014.14629821,9052,5992,9532,9763,0283,029
22Belgium Belgium1942873845639111,0781,3751,6511,9592,2292,3862,843
23Austria Austria9659829959951,0111,0841,3781,6842,0952,4122,6322,828
24Greece Greece7588739901,0871,2081,6291,7491,8661,9802,1522,3742,651
25Finland Finland861101431471971992884476271,0051,5392,113
26South Africa South Africa105701,0531,4712,094
27Chile Chile201681722053318369331,4241,540
28Uruguay Uruguay4356597018451,2101,505
29Norway Norway[30][31][32]3253334284314415127048118198388381,162
30South Korea South Korea1761922783483794074835616098521,0891,136
31Egypt Egypt230310390430550550550550610610810810
32Pakistan Pakistan[33]255591792
33Morocco Morocco64125125253286291291487787787787787
34Taiwan Taiwan188280358436519564564614633647682692
35Bulgaria Bulgaria3670120177500612674681691691691691
36Thailand Thailand7112223223223430648
37New Zealand New Zealand171322325497530623623623623623623623
38Croatia Croatian/an/a69.4104152187.4207.1302347387422613
39Ukraine Ukraine8689909487151302371498514526593
40Lithuania Lithuania56505491163203263279279315493493
41Philippines Philippines66216216427427
42Costa Rica Costa Rica74123119132147148198268319378
43Hungary Hungary6165127201295329329329329329329329
44Ethiopia Ethiopia2381171171324324324
45Estonia Estonia31.85978142149184269280302303310310
46Czech Republic Czech Republic57116150192215217260269281281281308
47Panama Panama35270270-
48Tunisia Tunisia54104245245245245245
49Peru Peru146148148243243
50Honduras Honduras102102126176180225
51Argentina Argentina113167204204204204228
52Nicaragua Nicaragua62102146186186186-
53Cyprus Cyprus147158158158
54Iran Iran4767829191919191n.a.129134
55Luxembourg Luxembourg5858100120
56Jordan Jordan2119119119
57Mongolia Mongolia50505050100
58Sri Lanka Sri Lanka6363
59Latvia Latvia62626666
60Venezuela Venezuela30
61Cape Verde Cape Verde24242424
Caribbean191250250250200218
Pacific Islands12121212121313
Rest of Europe3,8154,9565,7156,543
Rest of Latin America & Caribbean5454250250285
Rest of Africa & Middle East1,1651,255129151159159
Rest of Asia71871677070
World total capacity (MW) 74,151 93,927 121,188 157,899 197,637 238,035 282,482 318,596 369,553 432,419 487,657 539,581

Annual wind power generation

Annual Wind Power Generation (TW·h) and total electricity consumption (TW·h) for 10 largest countries[13][34][35][36][37][38][39][40]
Nation 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Wind
power
Capacity
Factor
%Total
Demand
Wind
power
Capacity
Factor
%Total
Demand
Wind
power
Capacity
Factor
%Total
Demand
Wind
power
Capacity
Factor
%Total
Demand
Wind
power
Capacity
Factor
%Total
Demand
1United States United States 26.626.1%0.7%4058.134.523.4%0.8%4149.952.023.5%1.3%4108.670.81.8%3951.195.22.6%3,723.8
2China China 3.716.2%0.1%2834.45.6[41]10.6%0.2%3255.912.8[42]12.0%0.4%3426.826.912.2%0.74%3640.355.5
3Spain Spain 22.922.4%8.5%268.827.220.5%9.8%276.831.421.7%11.1%282.136.613.7%267.043.7
4Germany Germany 30.717.0%5.4%569.938.519.7%6.6%584.940.419.3%6.6%611.937.26.4%581.336.5
5India India 7.613.8%1.0%726.714.721.0%1.9%774.714.817.6%1.77%834.3172.7%637.620.6
6United Kingdom United Kingdom 4.223.2%1.2%352.95.327.5%1.5%352.07.130.4%2.0%350.59.32.5%325.810.2
7France France 2.216.0%0.5%478.44.018.6%0.8%480.35.618.8%1.1%494.57.820.2%1.6%4869.7
8Portugal Portugal 2.919.3%5.9%49.24.021.2%8.0%50.15.722.7%11.3%50.67.515.0%49.99.1
9Italy Italy 3.016.1%0.9%337.54.0[43]16.7%1.2%339.94.915.7%1.4%339.56.22.1%296.38.4
10Denmark Denmark 6.122.2%16.8%36.47.226.3%19.7%36.47.024.9%19.1%36.26.819.3%32.47.4[44]
World total (TWh)126.54719.2%0.8%16,388.5163.68321.1%1.0% 17,110.5 211.81224.5%1.2%17,420.0262.563[13]21.5%1.5%17,313.6344.8

Electricity generation by wind 2011-2012

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year):[45]

Nation 2011 2012[46]
 USA119.7140.1
 China73.2100.8[47]
 Spain42.448.5
 Germany46.546.0
 India26.027.9
 Canada19.721.0
 UK15.521.0
 France12.214.9
 Italy10.113.2
 Denmark9.710.2
 Portugal9.110.0
 Sweden6.17.2
 Australia5.87.0
 Turkey4.75.8
 Brazil2.75.1
 Netherlands5.15.0
 Japan4.34.8
 Ireland4.44.2
 Poland2.74.7
 Greece3.33.9
 Mexico1.43.6
 Romania1.42.6
 Belgium2.32.7
 Austria2.12.4
 New Zealand2.01.9
 Norway1.31.7
 South Korea0.91.7
 Egypt1.71.3
 Bulgaria0.81.2
 Morocco0.90.7

Historical wind power capacity

  • Total does not match sum of totals because of different sources.

Historical wind power generation

Electricity generation by wind 2001-2010

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year)[58]
Nation 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
 USA6.73710.35411.18714.14417.81126.58934.45055.36373.88694.65
 Germany9.93315.06317.91624.23425.86829.17537.72738.54536.7135.90
 Spain6.4218.87511.47114.91520.11722.13226.19030.59335.941.5
 India2.1292.5533.4114.2666.2738.25511.20613.0531720.6
 China0.7120.8290.9871.2651.9273.6755.42512.42526.955.5
 UK0.9171.1931.2211.8382.7594.0145.0106.7428.849.70
 Denmark4.0914.6335.2836.2546.2835.8036.8146.5826.397.42
 Italy1.1201.3341.3851.7552.2272.8223.8324.6186.2008.0
 Portugal0.2430.3440.4710.7751.6842.7793.8355.4697.208.60
 France0.1250.2560.3720.5660.9142.0733.8575.4057.509.20
 Netherlands0.7840.8991.2521.7741.9642.5963.2664.0474.3503.78
 Australia0.2000.3460.6680.6700.8411.6272.4802.9383.6153.62
 Canada0.3200.3880.7850.9061.3982.3752.8733.6284.35.50
 Japan0.2390.3940.7911.2451.6662.1002.4932.7992.8023.60
 Ireland0.3170.3690.4310.6221.0561.5411.8602.2902.8072.670
 Austria0.1630.1930.3480.8781.2621.6641.9341.9131.871.92
 Sweden0.4580.5780.6450.8080.8890.9381.3591.8962.3613.30
 Greece0.7180.6180.9701.0651.2031.6141.7272.1302.4162.030
 New Zealand0.1300.1480.1410.3400.5830.5910.8831.0041.3981.55
 Norway0.0260.0710.2070.2390.4810.6050.8470.8670.9320.850
 Poland0.0130.0580.1180.1350.1280.2430.4960.7951.0231.60
 Turkey0.0590.0460.0580.0550.0560.1210.3370.8051.42.80
 Belgium0.0350.0540.0840.1350.2460.3480.4660.6050.9461.20
 Brazil0.0330.0580.0580.0580.0880.2250.5310.5301.1802.07
 Egypt0.2100.1940.3500.4970.5240.5850.7890.8801.11.20
 Mexico0.0170.0200.0180.0190.0180.0560.2490.2560.5660.378
Rest of World10.65715.97619.06025.47327.3731.588
Total36.72350.55761.47680.59599.687126.547163.683211.812262.563327.850

Electricity generation by wind 1991-2000

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year)[59]
Nation 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
 Germany0.2040.2760.6401.3571.6261.9742.8824.3635.2528.884
 USA2.9512.8883.0063.4473.1643.2343.2883.0264.4885.593
 Denmark0.7030.8690.9821.0801.1181.1661.8372.6792.8784.029
 Spain0.0140.0420.1090.1660.2570.3460.7051.2842.6074.491
 India0.0370.0840.0900.1810.4710.8340.9391.0191.3741.600
 China0.0090.0130.0210.0380.0610.0930.1960.3520.4690.584
 UK0.0100.0320.2070.3250.3710.4640.6340.8330.8080.900
 Italy0.0030.0020.0040.0070.0090.0310.1120.2190.3830.535
 France0.0010.0010.0020.0050.0050.0070.0100.0190.0350.073
 Portugal0.0010.0040.0100.0160.0150.0200.0360.0850.1170.160
 Netherlands0.0680.1400.1690.2250.3010.4150.4510.6080.6130.788
 Japan000.0010.0010.0010.0020.0010.0070.0360.104
 Australia0000.0040.0070.0070.0070.0080.0260.055
 Canada0.0020.0030.0300.0550.0560.0590.0590.0590.1560.251
 Austria00000.0010.0050.0190.0430.0480.064
 Ireland00.0050.0140.0180.0150.0130.0480.1610.1780.232
 Greece00.0080.0450.0350.0320.0360.0340.0670.1540.428
 Sweden0.0120.0290.0460.0680.0940.1370.1930.3010.3400.434
 New Zealand0000.0010.0010.0080.0130.0210.0370.114
 Norway00.0030.0030.0090.0100.0090.0100.0100.0240.029
 Egypt000000000.0230.130
 Belgium0.0080.0080.0080.0090.0090.0080.0080.0100.0120.015
 Mexico0000.0040.0060.0050.0040.0100.0100.018
 Turkey0000000000.031
 Poland0000000000.005
 Brazil0000000000.001
Rest of World0.2050.2770.6451.3731.6462.0283.0064.5545.5149.363
Total4.0244.4065.3937.0637.6448.92111.60615.36320.32029.970

Electricity generation by wind 1983-1990

Electricity Generation by Wind (total TWh per year)[60]
Nation 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
 Germany----------0.0020.0020.003
 USA10.002670.006490.005760.004190.003540.000872.1122.789
 India0000.0020.0030.0060.0060.030
 Denmark0.0240.0390.060.1360.1830.3020.4290.580
 UK000000.0010.0090.009
 Portugal0000000.0010.001
 Netherlands0000.0010.0020.0160.0230.048
 Greece00000.0010.00100.001
 Sweden0.0030.0050.0060.0060.0060.0050.0050.006
 Belgium00000.0060.0080.0070.008
 Spain00000000.013
 Italy00000000.002
 Canada00000000.002
 China00000000.002
Rest of World000.00100.0010.0030.0030.005
Total0.02970.05050.07280.1490.2060.3432.5953.496
1 [sic] – Generation does not correlate with installed capacity, which would suggest approximately 0.33, 0.87, 1.54, 2.13, 2.50, 2.47 TWh from 1983 to 1988 for the United States.

Opinion on wind farms in selected countries

Opinion on increase in number of wind farms (2010)
US
%
UK
%
France
%
Italy
%
Spain
%
Germany
%
Strongly oppose366224
Oppose more than favour9121611914
Favour more than oppose374444383742
Strongly favour503833495340
Source: Harris Poll, 2010. Base: All EU and U.S. adults.[61] Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding

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