Wind power by country#Installed capacity

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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 2023, it amounts to over 1000 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. China alone had over 40% of the world's capacity in 2023.

Wind power is used on a commercial basis in more than half of all the countries of the world.{{cite web|title=Countries - Online Access - The wind power - Wind energy market intelligence |url=https://www.thewindpower.net/country_list_en.php |publisher=The Wind Power |access-date=13 January 2020}} Denmark produced 58% of its electricity from wind in 2023, a larger share than any other country. Latvia's wind capacity grew by 75%, the largest percent increase in 2022.

In November 2018, wind power generation in Scotland was higher than the country's electricity consumption during the month.{{cite web|url=https://stv.tv/news/scotland/1433612-record-month-for-renewables-as-109-of-energy-demands-met/ |title='Historic' month as wind power meets 109% of energy demands |publisher=STV |access-date=2018-12-18}} Wind power's share of worldwide electricity usage in 2023 was 7.8%, up from 7.3% from the prior year.{{efn| Wind was 2307 TWh out of 29,562 TWh total in 2023, compared to 2101 TWh out of 28,850 TWh total in 2022.}} In Europe, wind was 12.3% of generation in 2023. In 2018, upcoming wind power markets rose from 8% to 10% across the Middle East, Latin America, South East Asia, and Africa.{{Cite web|title=The wind energy capacity in 2018|date=21 June 2019 |url=https://www.evwind.es/2019/06/21/at-least-103-countries-have-commercial-wind-energy-capacity/67662}}

Generation by country

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The following table lists these data for each country:

  • total generation from wind in terawatt-hours,
  • percent of that country's generation that was wind,
  • total wind capacity in gigawatts,
  • percent growth in wind capacity, and
  • the wind capacity factor for that year.

Data are sourced from Ember and refer to the year 2024 unless otherwise specified.{{cite web |url = https://ember-climate.org/data-catalogue/yearly-electricity-data/ |title = Yearly electricity data |date = 2025 |website = ember-climate.org |access-date = 14 May 2025}} The table only includes countries with more than 0.1 TWh of generation.

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! Country

! {{abbr|Gen
(TWh)|Generation (terrawatt-hours)}}

! {{abbr|%
gen.|Percent of generation from wind power}}

! {{abbr|Cap.
(GW)|Capacity (gigawatts)}}

! {{abbr|% cap.
growth|Increase in wind capacity}}

! {{abbr|Cap.
fac.|Capacity factor}}

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| {{noflag|World}}

2497.258.11132.8411.125%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|China}}991.609.8521.7518.122%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in the|United States}}453.4510.3153.153.534%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Germany}}133.4428.072.824.821%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Brazil}}107.8114.532.9613.237%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in the|United Kingdom}}84.3030.030.902.531%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|India}}81.574.048.167.619%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Spain}}62.9322.431.813.123%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Canada}}45.127.218.388.228%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|France}}43.197.724.596.320%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Sweden}}40.8423.617.246.327%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Turkey}}36.5310.712.979.832%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in the|Netherlands}}33.0427.011.688.932%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Australia}}32.7111.715.2918.424%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Poland}}24.8414.610.067.728%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Italy}}22.378.512.995.520%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Mexico}}20.945.87.320.033%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Denmark}}20.5357.97.624.731%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Finland}}20.3724.48.3620.328%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Argentina}}16.1711.04.3216.443%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Norway}}14.509.35.151.832%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Portugal}}14.3831.15.580.729%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Belgium}}14.0118.75.602.828%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Viet Nam}}12.534.16.184.923%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Greece}}12.5321.85.362.526%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Ireland}}11.4437.04.944.226%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|South Africa}}11.104.53.440.037%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Japan}}10.591.05.839.221%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Chile}}10.5811.94.814.125%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Taiwan}}10.303.63.8945.230%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Austria}}9.4412.04.033.327%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Morocco}}9.3121.22.1314.550%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Egypt}}6.943.02.2016.436%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Romania}}6.4312.23.102.324%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Russia}}5.550.52.571.625%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Pakistan}}5.453.01.850.034%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Uruguay}}4.7527.51.520.036%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|New Zealand}}4.409.91.2618.940%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Kazakhstan}}4.343.71.41-2.135%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Peru}}3.906.11.1513.939%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Thailand}}3.371.81.540.027%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|South Korea}}3.370.52.304.617%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Lithuania}}3.3245.41.8343.021%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Croatia}}2.4716.11.192.624%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Kenya}}1.8114.10.440.047%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Kuwait}} (2023)1.722.00.010.0
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Bulgaria}}1.484.00.700.024%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Saudi Arabia}} (2023)1.450.30.400.041%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Iran}}1.330.30.385.640%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Costa Rica}}1.2610.20.40-2.436%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Philippines}}1.231.00.440.032%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Estonia}}1.1619.10.5767.723%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Dominican Republic}}1.124.20.432.430%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Serbia}}1.092.90.6017.721%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Sri Lanka}}0.945.50.270.040%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Panama}} (2023)0.896.90.340.030%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Israel}} (2023)0.741.00.34142.925%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Senegal}} (2023)0.749.20.160.053%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Honduras}} (2023)0.695.90.240.033%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Czechia}}0.680.90.365.922%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Hungary}}0.671.80.320.024%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Mongolia}}0.566.70.166.740%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Ethiopia}} (2023)0.563.10.32-20.020%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Nicaragua}} (2023)0.5612.80.190.034%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Indonesia}} (2023)0.480.10.150.036%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Luxembourg}}0.4528.90.210.024%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Bolivia}}0.443.60.140.036%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Guatemala}} (2023)0.342.50.110.035%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Tunisia}}0.331.60.250.015%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Montenegro}}0.308.10.120.028%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Latvia}}0.274.20.130.024%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}0.261.70.2257.113%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Puerto Rico}}0.221.20.1330.019%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Moldova}}0.214.00.12-14.320%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Cyprus}}0.203.50.160.014%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Belarus}}0.190.40.120.018%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|North Macedonia}}0.193.30.070.031%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Switzerland}}0.190.20.1011.122%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Kosovo}}0.121.80.140.010%
{{flagg|uspef|pref=Wind power in|Oman}}0.120.30.050.027%

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See also

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References

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