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 2020, it amounts to 733 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.[3] In 2015, China installed close to half the world's added wind power capacity.[4]

Share of electricity production from wind, 2020 [1]
Global map of wind speed at 100 m above surface level.[2]

Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world.[5]

By 2020, 56% wind power penetration was achieved in Denmark, 40% in Uruguay, 36% in Lithuania, 35% in Ireland, 23% in Portugal, 24% in the UK, 23% in Germany, 20% in Spain, 18% in Greece, 16% in Sweden, 15% (avg) in the EU, 8% in the USA, and 6% in China [6]

In November 2018, wind power generation in Scotland was higher than the country's electricity consumption during the month.[7] Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage at the end of 2018 was 4.8%,[8] up from 3.1% four years earlier.[9] In Europe, its share of power generation capacity was 18.8% in 2018.[5] In 2018, upcoming wind power markets rose from 8% to 10% across the Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia, and Africa.[10]

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.[11] In 2018, global wind power capacity increased by 51 GW to 591 GW, an increase of 9.6% compared to the end of 2017.[12]

Top 10 countries by added wind capacity in 2021[13][14][15]
Top 10 countries by cumulative wind capacity in 2021[16]

Number of countries with wind
capacities in the gigawatt-scale

Growing number of wind gigawatt-markets
  Over 1 GW
  • 2019
    2018
    2017
    2016
    2015
    2012
    2011
    2010
    2009
    2008
    2006
    2005
    2004
    1999
    1997
    1995
    1986
  Over 10 GW
  • 2021
    2018
    2016
    2015
    2013
    2009
    2008
    2006
    2002
  Over 100 GW
  • 2019
    2014                  
Installed wind power capacity (MW) [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
# Country or territory 2014[25] 2015[3] 2016[26] 2017[27] 2018[28] 2019[16] 2020[29] 2021[30]
1 China114,763145,104168,690188,232211,392236,320281,993328,973
European Union115,670127,212138,055148,964157,211167,233177,057187,497
2 United States65,87974,47282,18389,07796,665105,466117,744132,738
3 Germany39,16544,94750,01956,13259,31161,35762,18463,760
4 India22,46527,15128,66532,84835,12937,50638,55940,067
5 Spain22,98723,02523,07523,17023,49425,80827,08927,497
6 United Kingdom12,44013,60315,03018,87220,97023,51524,66527,130
7 Brazil5,9398,71510,74012,76314,70715,45217,19821,161
8 France9,28510,35812,06513,75915,30916,64317,38218,676
9 Canada[31]9,69411,20511,89812,23912,81613,41313,57714.304
10 Sweden5,4256,0256,5196,6917,4078,8049,68812,080
11 Italy8,6638,9589,2579,4799,95810,51210,83911,276
12 Turkey[32]3,7634,7186,1016,5167,3698,0568,83210,607
13 Australia[33]3,8064,1874,3274,5575,3626,1998,6038,951
14 Netherlands2,8053,4314,3284,3414,4714,6006,6007,801
15 Mexico2,5513,0733,5274,0054,9356,2156,5047,692
16 Denmark4,8455,0635,2275,4765,7586,1286,2357,014
17 Poland3,8345,1005,7826,3975,8645,9176,2676,958
18 Portugal4,9145,0795,3165,3165,3805,4375,2395,248
19 Belgium1,9592,2292,3862,8433,3603,8794,6924,780
20 Norway[34][35][36]8198388381,1621,6752,4443,9774,650
21 Japan2,7893,0383,2343,4003,6613,9234,2064,471
22 Vietnam1351511972283886004,118
23 Greece1,9802,1522,3742,6512,8443,5764,1134,457
24 Ireland2,2722,4862,8303,1273,5644,1554,3004,332
25 Austria2,0952,4122,6322,8283,0453,1593,2243,524
26 Argentina2042042042287221,6042,6243,292
27 Finland6271,0051,5392,1132,0412,2842,4743,257
28 Chile8369331,4241,5401,6212,1502,1493,137
29 Romania2,9532,9763,0283,0293,0293,0293,0133,013
30 South Africa5701,0531,4712,0942,0852,0852,6362,956
31 Russia1717171411919451,955
32 Ukraine4985145265935331,1701,4021,761
33 South Korea6098521,0891,1361,3021,4201,6361,708
34 Egypt6106108108101,1901,3751,3751,640
35 Uruguay7018451,2101,5051,5141,5141,5141,514
36 Thailand2232234306487781,5071,5071,507
37 Morocco7877877877871,2071,2071,4051,435
38 Pakistan[37]2555917921,1891,2361,2361,335
39 Kazakhstan5372981121212844861,170
40 Taiwan6476826927027128541,033
41 Croatia347387422613613652788988
42 New Zealand623623623623689690784917
43 Bulgaria691691691691691691703705
44 Lithuania279315493493439533539671
45 Jordan119198198280370515622
46 Colombia181818181818510 ?
47 Philippines216216427427427427443443
48 Kenya262626336336336436
49 Peru148148243243375375376409
50 Serbia101018374374397398
51 Costa Rica198268319378408459394394
52 Dominican Republic85135135193370370370
53 Czech Republic215281282308316339339339
54 Ethiopia171324324324324324324324
55 Hungary329329329329329323323321
56 Estonia302303310310310316316317
57 Irann.a.129134191282303303310
58 Panama35270270270270270270270
59 Sri Lanka121131131131128128252253
60 Tunisia245245358244244244244245
61 Honduras126176180225274241241241
62 Nicaragua186186186186186186186186
63 Senegal-----55159159
64 Cyprus147158158158158158158158
65 Luxembourg5858100120120136153157
66 Mongolia505050100149149156156
67 Indonesia1111144154154154
68 Kosovo11134343432137
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina----5187135135
70 Bolivia332727272727128
71 Puerto Rico125125125101101102102125
72 Montenegro---7272118118118
73 Belarus922628492112112112
74 Guatemala-767676107107107107
Rest of Caribbean250250200218n.a.-
Pacific Islands12121313131354
Rest of Europe5,7156,543-
Rest of Latin America & Caribbean250285-
Rest of Africa & Middle East129151159159-
Rest of Asia1677070n.a.-
World total capacity (MW) 369,553 432,419 487,657 539,581 591,549 650,758 733,276 824,874

Installed capacity per capita

Installed windpower as per section above, divided by population (May 2021). The world average of 93 Watts of wind power per capita equals one 2 MW turbine per 21,500 people.

Installed wind power capacity per capita (Watt)
# Country Population Capacity per capita
in 2020 (Watt)
Installed capacity
in 2020 (MW)
1Denmark5,840,04510686,235
2Sweden10,385,3479339,688
3Ireland4,977,4008644,300
4Germany83,190,55674762,184
5Norway5,391,3697383,977
6Spain47,351,56757227,089
7Portugal10,295,9095095,239
8Finland5,506,9154492,474
9Uruguay3,554,9154261,514
10Belgium11,560,2204064,692
11Greece10,718,5653844,113
12Netherlands17,589,9813756,600
13United Kingdom66,796,80736924,665
14Australia25,791,3233679,457
15Austria8,933,3463613,224
16United States331,611,270355117,744
17Canada38,443,46435313,577
18Luxembourg634,730262166
19France67,406,00025817,382
20Estonia1,329,460238316
21China1,407,794,600200281,993
22Croatia4,047,200195788
23Lithuania2,787,658193539
24Italy59,226,53918310,839
25Cyprus888,005178158
26Poland38,230,0001646,267
27Romania19,317,9841563,023
28New Zealand5,126,991153784
29Chile19,678,3631092,149
30Turkey83,614,3621068,832
31Bulgaria6,916,548102703
32World7,865,475,00093733,276
33Brazil213,088,6748117,198
34Costa Rica5,163,03876394
35Mexico126,014,024658,128
36Panama4,278,50063270
37Serbia6,926,70557397
38Argentina45,808,747572,624
39Jordan10,936,82447515
40Mongolia3,375,65946156
41South Africa59,622,350442,636
42Morocco36,239,530391,405
43Taiwan23,525,62336854
44Dominican Republic10,535,53535370
45Ukraine41,527,205341,402
46Japan125,410,000344,206
47Hungary9,730,00033323
48Czech Republic10,701,77732339
49South Korea51,702,100321,636
50Nicaragua6,595,67428186
51India1,376,519,8312838,559
52Kazakhstan18,919,02426486
53Honduras9,450,71126241
54Thailand66,642,442231,507
55Tunisia11,746,69521244
56Egypt101,824,663141,375
57SriLanka21,919,00011252
58Peru33,035,30411376
59Colombia51,049,49810510
60Kenya47,564,2967336
61Russia146,171,0156945
62Vietnam97,580,0006600
63Pakistan225,200,00051,236
64Philippines110,176,1324443
65Iran84,414,1594303
66Ethiopia117,876,0003324
67Indonesia271,350,0001154

Historical wind power capacity

Installed wind power capacity (MW) 2004-2013[38]
Rank Country 2004 2005[39] 2006[39] 2007[39] 2008[39] 2009[20] 2010[19] 2011[40] 2012[41] 2013[42]
1 China 7641,2662,5995,91212,21025,77744,73362,36475,32491,324
2 United States 6,7259,14911,60316,81825,17035,15940,18046,91959,88261,108
3 Germany 16,62818,42720,62222,24723,90225,77727,21529,07531,03834,660
4 Spain 8,26310,02711,63015,14516,74019,14920,67621,67322,79622,959
5 India 3,0004,4306,2707,8509,58710,92513,06515,88018,32120,150
6 United Kingdom 8881,3531,9622,3893,2874,0925,2046,0188,44510,531
7 Italy 1,2651,7182,1232,7263,7364,8505,7976,7378,1448,551
8 France 3867571,5672,4553,4044,5215,6606,6407,4738,254
9 Canada 4446831,4601,8462,3693,3194,0085,2656,2017,698
10 Denmark 3,1243,1283,1363,1253,160.03,4973,7343,9274,1624,772
11 Portugal 5221,0221,7162,1302,8623,5353,7024,0834,5254,724
12 Sweden 452509.1571.2831.010661,5792,0522,7983,7454,470
13 Brazil 23.828.6236.9247.1338.56069201,4292,5073,399
14 Poland 58.2731532765447251,1071,616.42,4973,390
15 Australia 379579817.3817.31,494.01,8771,8802,0052,5843,049
16 Turkey 20.620.164.6206.8333.4796.51,2741,7992,3122,959
17 Netherlands 1,0781,2241,5591,7472,225.02,2292,2372,3282,3912,693
18 Japan 896.21,0401,3091,5281,880.02,0562,3042,5012,6142,661
19 Romania 00.92.87.87.014.05918261,9052,599
20 Ireland 338.9495.27468051,244.71,2601,4281,6141,7382,037
21 Mexico 2.22.28485.085.04025219291,3481,992
22 Greece 473573.3757.6873.3989.71,1091,2081,626.51,7491,865
23 Austria 606819964.5981.5994.99951,0111,0841,3781,684
24 Belgium 95167.4194.3286.9383.65558861,0781,3751,651
25 Norway 270268325333.0428.0431434520.0703.0768
26 Bulgaria 10143657120177375503.0684.0681
27 New Zealand 168.1168.2171321.8325.3497506622.8622.8623
28 Taiwan 13103.7187.7279.9358.2436519563.8563.8614
29 South Korea 22.5119.1176.3192.1278.0364.4379406.3482.6561
30 Egypt 145145230310390.0430550550.0550.0550
31 Morocco 53.96464125.2125.2253286291.0291.0494.8
32 Finland 828286110140.0147197197.0288.0448.0
33 Ukraine 68.877.385.689.090.09087.4151.1276.0371.0
34 Chile 22220.120.178170190.0190.0335.0
35 Hungary 3.517.560.965.0127.0201295329.4329.4329.4
36Croatia 6617.217.218.227.869.8131.0180.0302.0
37 Estonia 22.1333358.678.3142.3149184.0269.0280.0
38 Lithuania 7755.052.354.491154179.0225.0279.0
39 Czech Republic 16.529.556.5116150.0191215217.0260.0269.0
40 Argentina 25.626.827.829.829.829.854.0129.2233.2217.1
41 Thailand 193.0
42 Ethiopia 30.030.051.0171.0
43 Costa Rica 69.971747474.0123123148.2148.2148.2
44 Cyprus 00000082.0134.0147.0147.0
45 Nicaragua 000004040.063.0102.0141.6
46Puerto Rico 0125.0125.0
47 Pakistan 00006.06.06.06.0106.0106.0
48 Tunisia 2020202020.020.054.054.0104.0104.0
49 South Africa 16.5516.616.616.621.821.810.010.110.1102.0
50 Honduras 0.070.070.0102.0
51 Iran 2531.647.466.582.082100100.0100.0100.0
52 Latvia 26.722.926.926.926.928.531.031.068.068.0
53 Switzerland 8.711.611.611.613.817.642.045.550.060.0
54 Uruguay 0.150.20.20.620.520.530.540.552.059.3
55 Luxembourg 35.335.335.335.335.335.342.044.045.058.0
56 Mongolia 00002.42.41.31.31.350.9
57 Jamaica 20.720.720.720.720.729.729.747.747.747.7
58 New Caledonia 0.038.238.238.2
59 Dominican Republic 00.20.20.233.633.633.6
60 Philippines 25.225.225.225.225.233.03333.033.033.0
61 Vietnam 00001.38.830.531.031.031.0
62-63 Venezuela 0.030.030.0
62-63 Aruba 0.030.030.030.0
64 Guadeloupe 20.520.520.520.520.520.520.526.826.826.8
65 Cape Verde 2.782.82.82.82.82.825.538.324.025.5
66 Reunion Island 23.4
67 Colombia 19.519.519.519.519.520.020.019.519.519.5
68 Ecuador 0003.14.02.52.52.519.019.0
69 Russia 10.81415.516.516.516.515.415.416.816.8
70 Guyana 10.213.513.513.513.513.513.513.513.513.5
71 Curaçao 0.012.012.012.0
72 Cuba 0.450.50.52.17.27.211.711.711.711.7
73 Bonaire 0.010.810.810.8
74 Algeria 00.110.1
75 Fiji 0.010.010.010.0
76 Dominica 0.27.27.27.2
77 Israel 77.07.06.06.06.06.06.06.06.0
78 Faroe Islands 0.154.14.14.14.14.14.04.04.04.0
79-80 Slovakia 55556.06.06.03.03.03.0
79-80 Vanuatu 0.03.03.03.0
81-82 Nigeria 2.22.22.22.22.22.22.22.22.22.2
81-82 St. Kitts and Nevis 0.02.22.22.2
83-84 Kazakhstan 00.50.50.50.50.51.52.22.02.0
83-84 Azerbaijan 0.02.22.02.0
85 Belarus 1.11.11.11.11.11.91.93.51.91.9
86 Iceland 0.01.81.8
87 Antarctica 00.61.61.61.61.61.6
88 Jordan 1.451.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.51.5
89 Indonesia 00.80.81.01.21.41.41.41.41.4
90 Madagascar 1.21.21.21.2
91-92 Martinique 1.11.11.11.11.11.11.11.11.1
91-92 Mauritius 0.01.11.11.1
93 Falkland Islands 001.01.01.01.01.01.01.01.0
Netherlands Antilles 0017.217.218.224.324.3
Armenia 0.02.6
World47,69359,024.174,122.893,930.4120,902.9159,213.3196,630237,022282,482318,530

Electricity generation by wind 2017

Top wind power producing countries in 2017[43]
CountryWind-power
Production (TWh)
China305
United States257
Germany106
United Kingdom50.0
Spain49.1
India47.7
Brazil42.3
Canada28.8
France24.7
Turkey17.6

See also

  •  Wind power portal

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