Best Countries for Solar 2026

Name: Roofko Global Solar Rankings 2026
Creator: Roofko
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

All 245 countries ranked by estimated solar score — combining specific yield (kWh/kWp) and electricity prices. Open data, free to cite. Every figure is an estimate.

Figures are estimates based on typical system assumptions and the latest available electricity-price and billing data. Actual costs, tariffs, net-metering rules, and incentives vary by utility and change over time — confirm with a local installer or energy authority before making decisions.

The 2026 leaderboard

Estimated solar rankings for 245 countries, sorted by average solar score (highest first).
Rank	Country	Solar score	Avg yield (kWh/kWp)	Electricity price	Cities
1	Curaçao	98 / 100	1,757	$0.419	6
2	U.S. Virgin Islands	98 / 100	1,734	$0.411	4
3	Antigua & Barbuda	98 / 100	1,719	$0.367	10
4	St. Kitts & Nevis	98 / 100	1,704	$0.333	14
5	Cayman Islands	98 / 100	1,674	$0.411	45
6	Guatemala	98 / 100	1,642	$0.297	203
7	Guyana	98 / 100	1,578	$0.237	15
8	Brazil	98 / 100	1,564	$0.162	4,160
9	Uruguay	98 / 100	1,559	$0.254	58
10	Cook Islands	98 / 100	1,539	$0.523	1
11	Bermuda	98 / 100	1,534	$0.466	10
12	St. Helena	98 / 100	1,502	$0.612	3
13	Solomon Islands	98 / 100	1,429	$0.692	18
14	Vanuatu	98 / 100	1,394	$0.591	6
15	Romania	98 / 100	1,291	$0.283	759
16	El Salvador	97 / 100	1,736	$0.253	74
17	Haiti	97 / 100	1,722	$0.266	51
18	Barbados	97 / 100	1,705	$0.313	11
19	Bahamas	97 / 100	1,684	$0.348	24
20	Chile	97 / 100	1,627	$0.224	205
21	Niue	97 / 100	1,445	$0.443	1
22	Micronesia	97 / 100	1,385	$0.484	6
23	Peru	96 / 100	1,655	$0.187	286
24	Grenada	96 / 100	1,640	$0.291	7
25	Jamaica	96 / 100	1,622	$0.287	39
26	Honduras	96 / 100	1,588	$0.233	67
27	Colombia	96 / 100	1,505	$0.205	578
28	St. Lucia	95 / 100	1,686	$0.272	10
29	Australia	95 / 100	1,579	$0.257	1,455
30	Marshall Islands	95 / 100	1,573	$0.346	25
31	Tonga	95 / 100	1,488	$0.354	5
32	Aruba	94 / 100	1,821	$0.211	10
33	Turks & Caicos Islands	94 / 100	1,782	$0.273	2
34	Sint Maarten	94 / 100	1,770	$0.287	5
35	Somalia	94 / 100	1,759	$0.412	64
36	Kiribati	94 / 100	1,698	$0.285	3
37	Montserrat	94 / 100	1,685	$0.285	3
38	Belize	94 / 100	1,570	$0.217	13
39	Samoa	94 / 100	1,526	$0.292	11
40	Philippines	94 / 100	1,475	$0.207	1,232
41	Anguilla	93 / 100	1,809	$0.249	14
42	Cyprus	93 / 100	1,742	$0.244	35
43	Dominica	93 / 100	1,605	$0.232	10
44	Nicaragua	93 / 100	1,588	$0.176	76
45	Costa Rica	93 / 100	1,510	$0.170	73
46	Panama	93 / 100	1,456	$0.176	68
47	Italy	93 / 100	1,450	$0.307	2,018
48	Spain	92 / 100	1,586	$0.228	1,465
49	French Polynesia	92 / 100	1,585	$0.259	12
50	Tuvalu	92 / 100	1,563	$0.271	6
51	Sri Lanka	92 / 100	1,545	$0.116	72
52	American Samoa	92 / 100	1,496	$0.265	4
53	Netherlands	92 / 100	1,060	$0.279	540
54	Nauru	91 / 100	1,731	$0.228	7
55	Northern Mariana Islands	91 / 100	1,696	$0.233	3
56	British Virgin Islands	91 / 100	1,683	$0.225	1
57	St. Vincent & Grenadines	91 / 100	1,680	$0.185	7
58	Palau	91 / 100	1,488	$0.270	18
59	Montenegro	91 / 100	1,365	$0.140	26
60	Latvia	91 / 100	1,050	$0.210	52
61	Lithuania	91 / 100	1,048	$0.203	71
62	Djibouti	90 / 100	1,746	$0.289	8
63	Cape Verde	90 / 100	1,669	$0.329	24
64	Guinea-Bissau	90 / 100	1,637	$0.323	23
65	Portugal	90 / 100	1,541	$0.234	529
66	Vatican City	90 / 100	1,516	$0.250	1
67	North Macedonia	90 / 100	1,409	$0.116	89
68	Ireland	90 / 100	956	$0.404	152
69	Bolivia	89 / 100	1,758	$0.109	76
70	Greece	89 / 100	1,558	$0.203	258
71	India	89 / 100	1,551	$0.077	6,177
72	Falkland Islands	89 / 100	1,134	$0.306	1
73	Mexico	88 / 100	1,778	$0.108	1,713
74	Malta	88 / 100	1,675	$0.128	65
75	Guam	88 / 100	1,656	$0.188	21
76	Comoros	88 / 100	1,546	$0.305	19
77	Thailand	88 / 100	1,493	$0.127	442
78	Singapore	88 / 100	1,304	$0.233	95
79	Serbia	88 / 100	1,303	$0.115	106
80	Czechia	88 / 100	1,120	$0.280	352
81	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	87 / 100	1,581	$0.187	1
82	Cambodia	87 / 100	1,535	$0.150	123
83	Albania	87 / 100	1,504	$0.090	68
84	Moldova	87 / 100	1,270	$0.177	62
85	Germany	87 / 100	1,096	$0.387	3,002
86	Caribbean Netherlands	86 / 100	1,786	$0.163	3
87	Dominican Republic	86 / 100	1,677	$0.115	117
88	Gibraltar	86 / 100	1,602	$0.171	3
89	New Zealand	86 / 100	1,371	$0.209	236
90	Bulgaria	86 / 100	1,362	$0.136	138
91	St. Barthélemy	85 / 100	1,798	$0.153	1
92	South Africa	85 / 100	1,734	$0.204	586
93	Liberia	85 / 100	1,433	$0.299	25
94	Andorra	85 / 100	1,423	$0.195	7
95	Austria	85 / 100	1,214	$0.315	204
96	Kenya	84 / 100	1,669	$0.218	228
97	Pakistan	84 / 100	1,618	$0.064	484
98	Martinique	84 / 100	1,618	$0.164	17
99	French Guiana	84 / 100	1,537	$0.166	10
100	Croatia	84 / 100	1,345	$0.161	77
101	Ecuador	84 / 100	1,334	$0.097	117
102	Slovenia	84 / 100	1,248	$0.186	213
103	Liechtenstein	84 / 100	1,190	$0.402	11
104	Poland	84 / 100	1,099	$0.236	749
105	Belgium	84 / 100	1,074	$0.350	682
106	Western Sahara	83 / 100	1,865	$0.140	7
107	St. Martin	83 / 100	1,719	$0.145	3
108	Mali	83 / 100	1,710	$0.221	71
109	Argentina	83 / 100	1,628	$0.083	470
110	Seychelles	83 / 100	1,564	$0.235	11
111	Réunion	83 / 100	1,521	$0.163	25
112	Palestinian Territories	82 / 100	1,807	$0.181	125
113	Morocco	82 / 100	1,760	$0.120	307
114	Burkina Faso	82 / 100	1,679	$0.208	83
115	Luxembourg	82 / 100	1,094	$0.216	33
116	United Kingdom	82 / 100	1,001	$0.292	1,869
117	Israel	81 / 100	1,775	$0.182	178
118	Gambia	81 / 100	1,693	$0.200	66
119	Guadeloupe	81 / 100	1,676	$0.137	22
120	Maldives	81 / 100	1,632	$0.101	19
121	Tokelau	81 / 100	1,604	$0.140	3
122	Pitcairn Islands	81 / 100	1,592	$0.140	1
123	Japan	81 / 100	1,333	$0.228	1,680
124	Senegal	80 / 100	1,704	$0.183	118
125	Sierra Leone	80 / 100	1,491	$0.231	48
126	Christmas Island	79 / 100	1,547	$0.140	1
127	Norfolk Island	79 / 100	1,539	$0.140	1
128	United States	79 / 100	1,518	$0.186	6,008
129	Rwanda	79 / 100	1,498	$0.208	49
130	France	79 / 100	1,253	$0.235	2,062
131	Switzerland	79 / 100	1,222	$0.290	347
132	Guernsey	79 / 100	1,177	$0.174	11
133	Denmark	79 / 100	1,050	$0.331	159
134	Sweden	79 / 100	1,037	$0.216	276
135	Papua New Guinea	78 / 100	1,459	$0.197	31
136	Wallis & Futuna	78 / 100	1,455	$0.140	3
137	North Korea	78 / 100	1,447	$0.140	118
138	Bangladesh	78 / 100	1,425	$0.062	144
139	Bosnia & Herzegovina	78 / 100	1,284	$0.092	117
140	Slovakia	78 / 100	1,197	$0.180	146
141	Faroe Islands	78 / 100	716	$0.280	6
142	Namibia	77 / 100	1,948	$0.141	44
143	Togo	77 / 100	1,515	$0.198	32
144	Indonesia	77 / 100	1,457	$0.091	469
145	San Marino	77 / 100	1,371	$0.146	11
146	Hungary	77 / 100	1,269	$0.108	370
147	Estonia	77 / 100	1,042	$0.197	30
148	Greenland	77 / 100	853	$0.250	5
149	Chad	76 / 100	1,755	$0.174	67
150	Venezuela	76 / 100	1,599	$0.069	233
151	Uganda	76 / 100	1,585	$0.171	161
152	Armenia	76 / 100	1,545	$0.112	80
153	Benin	76 / 100	1,481	$0.195	76
154	Kosovo	76 / 100	1,356	$0.086	34
155	Macao SAR China	76 / 100	1,265	$0.150	6
156	Hong Kong SAR China	76 / 100	1,208	$0.184	265
157	Jersey	76 / 100	1,183	$0.155	3
158	Eritrea	75 / 100	1,834	$0.150	11
159	Mauritania	75 / 100	1,730	$0.128	59
160	Mayotte	75 / 100	1,623	$0.113	27
161	Burundi	75 / 100	1,537	$0.172	26
162	South Sudan	74 / 100	1,651	$0.150	22
163	Gabon	74 / 100	1,352	$0.207	32
164	Paraguay	73 / 100	1,568	$0.054	64
165	Afghanistan	70 / 100	1,761	$0.052	98
166	Eswatini	70 / 100	1,582	$0.127	9
167	Nepal	70 / 100	1,545	$0.043	52
168	Vietnam	70 / 100	1,274	$0.078	404
169	Suriname	69 / 100	1,528	$0.049	25
170	Canada	69 / 100	1,346	$0.123	1,246
171	Mozambique	68 / 100	1,634	$0.127	88
172	Mauritius	68 / 100	1,596	$0.134	65
173	Timor-Leste	68 / 100	1,595	$0.085	21
174	Fiji	68 / 100	1,400	$0.144	15
175	Central African Republic	67 / 100	1,614	$0.143	46
176	South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	67 / 100	1,028	$0.140	1
177	French Southern Territories	67 / 100	1,013	$0.140	1
178	Lesotho	66 / 100	1,878	$0.106	28
179	Jordan	66 / 100	1,859	$0.090	76
180	Madagascar	66 / 100	1,701	$0.129	138
181	Monaco	66 / 100	1,485	$0.180	5
182	South Korea	66 / 100	1,410	$0.126	153
183	Ukraine	66 / 100	1,213	$0.083	963
184	São Tomé & Príncipe	65 / 100	1,388	$0.159	5
185	Niger	64 / 100	1,755	$0.117	63
186	New Caledonia	64 / 100	1,494	$0.091	13
187	Ghana	64 / 100	1,448	$0.143	112
188	Equatorial Guinea	64 / 100	1,393	$0.158	13
189	Finland	64 / 100	985	$0.186	338
190	Åland Islands	62 / 100	1,090	$0.118	3
191	Isle of Man	62 / 100	1,015	$0.129	21
192	Botswana	61 / 100	1,859	$0.094	63
193	Tunisia	61 / 100	1,676	$0.067	238
194	China	61 / 100	1,202	$0.076	2,531
195	St. Pierre & Miquelon	61 / 100	1,137	$0.114	2
196	Trinidad & Tobago	60 / 100	1,557	$0.057	22
197	Côte d’Ivoire	60 / 100	1,442	$0.131	844
198	Taiwan	60 / 100	1,311	$0.098	78
199	Belarus	60 / 100	1,080	$0.085	140
200	Norway	59 / 100	927	$0.160	116
201	United Arab Emirates	58 / 100	1,792	$0.080	93
202	Tanzania	51 / 100	1,644	$0.091	304
203	Türkiye	51 / 100	1,540	$0.067	830
204	Brunei	50 / 100	1,451	$0.059	28
205	Malawi	48 / 100	1,689	$0.087	34
206	Malaysia	48 / 100	1,382	$0.050	527
207	Syria	47 / 100	1,776	$0.078	112
208	Georgia	46 / 100	1,348	$0.066	56
209	Svalbard & Jan Mayen	40 / 100	600	$0.140	2
210	Cameroon	39 / 100	1,526	$0.084	125
211	Saudi Arabia	36 / 100	1,840	$0.052	130
212	Congo - Brazzaville	35 / 100	1,404	$0.093	47
213	Iceland	33 / 100	708	$0.177	14
214	Lebanon	32 / 100	1,727	$0.058	30
215	Yemen	30 / 100	1,853	$0.036	34
216	Oman	30 / 100	1,833	$0.030	30
217	Egypt	30 / 100	1,829	$0.024	243
218	Libya	30 / 100	1,809	$0.008	104
219	Zimbabwe	30 / 100	1,800	$0.005	46
220	Sudan	30 / 100	1,798	$0.015	97
221	Bahrain	30 / 100	1,798	$0.048	10
222	Qatar	30 / 100	1,786	$0.032	37
223	Zambia	30 / 100	1,779	$0.023	94
224	Kuwait	30 / 100	1,745	$0.039	23
225	Mongolia	30 / 100	1,744	$0.041	34
226	Ethiopia	30 / 100	1,733	$0.006	242
227	Iran	30 / 100	1,725	$0.003	664
228	Iraq	30 / 100	1,700	$0.015	104
229	Algeria	30 / 100	1,668	$0.041	321
230	Cuba	30 / 100	1,649	$0.015	167
231	Angola	30 / 100	1,632	$0.016	174
232	Guinea	30 / 100	1,622	$0.033	63
233	Puerto Rico	30 / 100	1,615	$0.049	93
234	Turkmenistan	30 / 100	1,593	$0.050	70
235	Tajikistan	30 / 100	1,551	$0.023	62
236	Nigeria	30 / 100	1,537	$0.036	470
237	Uzbekistan	30 / 100	1,528	$0.037	141
238	Congo - Kinshasa	30 / 100	1,525	$0.065	117
239	Myanmar (Burma)	30 / 100	1,509	$0.025	250
240	Kyrgyzstan	30 / 100	1,499	$0.014	61
241	Laos	30 / 100	1,446	$0.034	34
242	Azerbaijan	30 / 100	1,407	$0.048	117
243	Kazakhstan	30 / 100	1,375	$0.056	199
244	Bhutan	30 / 100	1,375	$0.015	23
245	Russia	30 / 100	1,150	$0.068	2,611

Ranked by estimated average solar score (0–100), which blends specific yield and local electricity economics. Yield is the estimated annual production per kWp installed. Electricity price is an estimated average residential rate in USD/kWh. All values are estimates.

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