According to DriveElectric in the UK, whose team analysed the solar capacity of a country compared to its total electricity generation to reveal the countries generating the most energy from solar power, the top ten countries with the highest percentage solar power consumption are presented as follows:
Rank |
Country |
Solar energy |
Electricity generation |
Percentage of total energy consumption from solar energy |
1 |
Australia |
31.2 |
267.5 |
11.66% |
2 |
Hungary |
3.8 |
35.8 |
10.61% |
3 |
Spain |
26.8 |
272.1 |
9.85% |
4 |
Netherlands |
11.4 |
121.6 |
9.38% |
5 |
Greece |
5.2 |
55.8 |
9.32% |
6 |
Italy |
25.1 |
287.2 |
8.74% |
7 |
Luxembourg |
0.2 |
2.3 |
8.70% |
8 |
Japan |
86.3 |
1019.7 |
8.46% |
9 |
Germany |
49.0 |
584.5 |
8.38% |
10 |
Israel |
5.4 |
73.6 |
7.34% |
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Denmark consumes more renewable energy than any other country, with 40.3% of the country's energy produced from renewable sources.
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China takes first place as the country with the highest railway usage with 946,499 million passenger kilometres in a year.
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India has had the biggest increase in EV sales, surging by 300% after almost hitting 50,000 battery electric vehicle sales in 2022.
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With one of the world's most extensive nuclear power programmes, France tops the list as the country with the highest nuclear energy consumption with over a third (36.5%) of its energy coming from nuclear power.
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Norway’s hydroelectricity consumption is the highest in the world with hydroelectricity accounting for 65.9% of the total Norwegian power production.