Solar panel imports into Africa
Chinese solar panel exports to Africa and South Africa in megawatts (MW) and gigawatts (GW). Data is from the global energy think tank Ember, which sources the data from General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China.
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The data
8 rows, 5 columns.
- year Year
- Year of the data 2017 – 2024
- africa_mw Number
- Megawatts of solar panels exported from China to all of Africa 1198 – 12944
- south_africa_mw Number
- Megawatts of solar panels exported from China to South Africa 172 – 4343
- africa_gw Number
- Gigawatts of solar panels exported from China to all of Africa 1.2 – 12.9
- south_africa_gw Number
- Gigawatts of solar panels exported from China to South Africa 0.2 – 4.3
Latest rows
| year | africa_mw | south_africa_mw | africa_gw | south_africa_gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 12944 | 3786 | 12.9 | 3.8 |
| 2023 | 9723 | 4343 | 9.7 | 4.3 |
| 2022 | 4387 | 1349 | 4.4 | 1.3 |
| 2021 | 3393 | 1087 | 3.4 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 2836 | 641 | 2.8 | 0.6 |
| 2019 | 2870 | 1079 | 2.9 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 3822 | 390 | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| 2017 | 1198 | 172 | 1.2 | 0.2 |
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