Wind power by country

The worldwide total cumulative installed electricity generation capacity from wind power has increased rapidly since the start of the third millennium, and as of the end of 2019, it amounts to 651 GW. 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.[2] In 2015, China installed close to half the world's added wind power capacity. However, as of 2019, wind provided only 5% of China's power.[3]

Global growth of installed capacity[1]

Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world.[4] By 2018, several countries have achieved high levels of wind power penetration, such as 41% of stationary electricity production in Denmark, 28% in Ireland, 24% in Portugal, 21% in Germany and 19% in Spain.[5] In November 2018 wind power generation in Scotland was higher than the country's electricity consumption during the month.[6] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage at the end of 2018 was 4.8%,[7] up from 3.1% four years earlier.[8] In Europe, its share of power generation capacity was 18.8% in 2018.[4]

Global deployment figures

This section provides end-of-year figures of worldwide installed wind power capacity by country, including both onshore and offshore. The data is sourced from Global Wind Energy Council.[9] In 2018, global wind power capacity increased by 51 GW to 591 GW, an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2017.[10]

Top 10 countries by added wind capacity in 2018[11][12]
ChinaUnited StatesGermanyIndiaUnited KingdomFranceMexicoSwedenUnited KingdomWind power by country
  •   China: 23,000 MW (44.8%)
  •   United States: 7,588 MW (14.8%)
  •   Germany: 3,371 MW (6.6%)
  •   India: 2,191 MW (4.3%)
  •   Brazil: 1,939 MW (3.8%)
  •   United Kingdom: 1,901 MW (3.7%)
  •   France: 1,565 MW (3.0%)
  •   Mexico: 929 MW (1.8%)
  •   Sweden: 720 MW (1.4%)
  •   Canada: 566 MW (1.1%)
  •   Rest of the world: 7,546 MW (14.7%)
Top 10 countries by cumulative wind capacity in 2019[13]
ChinaUnited StatesGermanyIndiaSpainUnited KingdomFranceCanadaItalyWind power by country
  •   China: 236,402 MW (36.3%)
  •   United States: 105,466 MW (16.2%)
  •   Germany: 61,357 MW (9.4%)
  •   India: 37,506 MW (5.8%)
  •   Spain: 25,808 MW (4.0%)
  •   United Kingdom: 23,515 MW (3.6%)
  •   France: 16,643 MW (2.6%)
  •   Brazil: 15,452 MW (2.4%)
  •   Canada: 13,413 MW (2.1%)
  •   Italy: 10,512 MW (1.6%)
  •   Rest of the world: 104,684 MW (16.1%)
Number of countries with wind capacities in the gigawatt-scale
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Growing number of wind gigawatt-markets
Installed wind power capacity (MW) [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]
# Country or territory 2006 2007 2008[22] 2009[23] 2010[24] 2011[25] 2012[26] 2013[27] 2014[28] 2015[2] 2016[29] 2017[30] 2018[31] 2019[32]
1 China2,5995,91212,21025,10444,73362,73375,56491,412114,763145,104168,690188,232211,392 236,402
– European Union48,12256,61465,25574,91984,27893,957106,454117,384128,752141,579153,730169,319178,826192,020
2 United States11,60316,81925,17035,15940,20046,91960,00761,11065,87974,47282,18389,07796,665105,466
3 Germany20,62222,24723,90325,77727,21429,06031,33234,25039,16544,94750,01956,13259,31161,357
4 India6,2707,8509,58710,92513,06416,08418,42120,15022,46527,15128,66532,84835,12937,506
5 Spain11,63015,14516,74019,14920,67621,67422,79622,95922,98723,02523,07523,17023,49425,808
6 United Kingdom1,9632,3893,2884,0705,2036,5408,44510,71112,44013,60315,03018,87220,97023,515
7 France1,5892,4773,4264,4105,6606,8007,1968,2439,28510,35812,06513,75915,30916,643
8 Brazil2372473396069321,5092,5083,4665,9398,71510,74012,76314,70715,452
9 Canada[33]1,4601,8462,3693,3194,0085,2656,2007,8239,69411,20511,89812,23912,81613,413
10 Italy2,1232,7263,5374,8505,7976,7478,1448,5588,6638,9589,2579,4799,95810,512
11 Sweden5718311,0671,5602,1632,9703,7454,3825,4256,0256,5196,6917,4078,804
12 Turkey[34]652074338011,3291,7992,3122,9583,7634,7186,1016,5167,3698,056
13 Mexico8485855207338731,3701,8592,5513,0733,5274,0054,9356,215
14 Australia[35]6518241,3061,7121,9912,1762,5843,2393,8064,1874,3274,5575,3626,199
15 Denmark3,1403,1293,1643,4653,7523,8714,1624,8074,8455,0635,2275,4765,7586,128
16 Poland1532764727251,1071,6162,4973,3903,8345,1005,7826,3975,8645,917
17 Portugal1,7162,1302,8623,5353,7024,0834,5254,7304,9145,0795,3165,3165,3805,437
18 Netherlands1,5711,7592,2372,2232,2372,3282,3912,6712,8053,4314,3284,3414,4714,600
19 Ireland7468051,2451,2601,3791,6141,7382,0492,2722,4862,8303,1273,5644,155
20 Japan1,3091,5281,8802,0562,3042,5012,6142,6692,7893,0383,2343,4003,6613,923
21 Belgium1942873845639111,0781,3751,6511,9592,2292,3862,8433,3603,879
22 Greece7588739901,0871,2081,6291,7491,8661,9802,1522,3742,6512,8443,576
23 Austria9659829959951,0111,0841,3781,6842,0952,4122,6322,8283,0453,159
24 Romania271014.14629821,9052,5992,9532,9763,0283,0293,0293,029
25 Norway[36][37][38]3253334284314415127048118198388381,1621,6752,444
26 Finland861101431471971992884476271,0051,5392,1132,0412,284
27 Chile–––201681722053318369331,4241,5401,6212,150
28 South Africa–––––––105701,0531,4712,0942,0852,085
29 Uruguay–––––4356597018451,2101,5051,5161,647
30 Argentina–––––1131672042042042042287221,604
31 Thailand–––––71122232232234306487781,538
32 Egypt2303103904305505505505506106108108101,1901,452
33 South Korea1761922783483794074835616098521,0891,1361,3021,420
34 Pakistan[39]–––––––––2555917921,1891,238
35 Morocco641251252532862912914877877877877871,2071,207
36 Ukraine86899094871513023714985145265935331,170
37 Taiwan188280358436519564564––647682692702712
38 Bulgaria3670120177500612674681691691691691691691
39 New Zealand171322325497530623623623623623623623689690
40 Croatian/an/a69.4104152187.4207.1302347387422613613652
41 Nicaragua–––––62102146186186186562635
42 Lithuania56505491163203263279279315493493439548
43 Costa Rica––74123119132147148198268319378408459
44 Tunisia–––––54104245245245358248449
45 Ethiopia–––––2381171171324324324324444
46 Philippines–––––––66216216427427427427
47 Vietnam–––––––––135151197228388
48 Peru–––––––146148148243243375375
49 Dominican Republic–––––––––85135135193375
50 Serbia–––––––––101018374374
51 Sri Lanka–––––––6363272343345367
52 Kenya–––––––––262626338338
53 Czech Republic57116150192215217260269281281281308317337
54 Hungary6165127201295329329329329329329329329329
55 Estonia31.85978142149184269280302303310310310320
56 Iran4767829191919191n.a.129134191282
57 Honduras––––––102102126176180225274274
58 Panama––––––––35270270270270270
59 Russia–––––––––171717141191
60 Jordan–––––––––119119119120190
61 Cyprus––––––––147158158158158158
62 Mongolia–––––––50505050100149149
63 Luxembourg––––––––5858100120120136
–Caribbean––––––191250250250200218n.a.
–Pacific Islands–––––12121212121313n.a.
–Rest of Europe––––––3,8154,9565,7156,543
–Rest of Latin America & Caribbean–––––5454250250285
–Rest of Africa & Middle East––––––1,1651,255129151159159
–Rest of Asia––––––7187–1677070n.a.
World total capacity (MW) 74,151 93,927 121,188 157,899 197,637 238,035 282,482 318,596 369,553 432,419 487,657 539,581 591,549 650,758

Historical wind power capacity

Electricity generation by wind 2017
Top wind power producing countries in 2017[44]
CountryWind-power
Production (TWh)
China305
United States257
Germany106
United Kingdom50.0
Spain49.1
India47.7
Brazil42.3
Canada28.8
France24.7
Turkey17.9

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