South African households that have solar panels
The number of South African households that own one or more solar electric panels
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The data
7 rows, 11 columns.
- year Year
- year of the data 2017 – 2025
- wc Number
- Number of households in Western Cape that own solar panels 18000 – 108000
- ec Number
- Number of households in Eastern Cape that own solar panels 4000 – 36000
- nc Number
- Number of households in Northern Cape that own solar panels 6000 – 17000
- fs Number
- Number of households in Free State that own solar panels 5000 – 21000
- kzn Number
- Number of households in KwaZulu-Natal that own solar panels 17000 – 55000
- nw Number
- Number of households in North West that own solar panels 3000 – 48000
- gp Number
- Number of households in Gauteng that own solar panels 83000 – 352000
- mp Number
- Number of households in Mpumalanga that own solar panels 7000 – 34000
- lp Number
- Number of households in Limpopo that own solar panels 0 – 19000
- sa Number
- The number of households in South Africa that own at least 1 solar panel(s) 178000 – 675000
Latest rows
| year | wc | ec | nc | fs | kzn | nw | gp | mp | lp | sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108000 | 26000 | 14000 | 19000 | 55000 | 48000 | 352000 | 34000 | 19000 | 675000 |
| 2024 | 107000 | 25000 | 17000 | 21000 | 49000 | 31000 | 290000 | 28000 | 12000 | 580000 |
| 2023 | 67000 | 27000 | 15000 | 18000 | 29000 | 36000 | 253000 | 19000 | 14000 | 478000 |
| 2022 | 50000 | 36000 | 7000 | 9000 | 46000 | 25000 | 173000 | 13000 | 13000 | 362000 |
| 2019 | 26000 | 10000 | 10000 | 7000 | 26000 | 16000 | 92000 | 8000 | 9000 | 205000 |
| 2018 | 18000 | 6000 | 10000 | 5000 | 17000 | 3000 | 112000 | 7000 | 0 | 180000 |
| 2017 | 19000 | 4000 | 6000 | 7000 | 23000 | 19000 | 83000 | 10000 | 6000 | 178000 |
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