Table 1.
32 Regions global distribution of rooftop area and solar potentials.
| 32 World regionsa | Land area (1000 km2) | BAFN (km2) | BFEFN (km2) | Potential (TWh yr−1)b |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFE (Africa East) | 4355 | 6921 | 1246 | 214 |
| AFN (Africa North) | 5485 | 18631 | 3398 | 592 |
| AFS (Africa South) | 5537 | 18132 | 2443 | 413 |
| AFW (Africa West) | 13130 | 59604 | 8613 | 1317 |
| ANZ (Australia and NZ) | 7971 | 15581 | 2610 | 404 |
| ARG | 2780 | 9330 | 1749 | 285 |
| ASC (Asia Central) | 6622 | 36053 | 4981 | 748 |
| ASE (Asia South East) | 2334 | 62144 | 9568 | 1354 |
| ASO (Asia other) | 354 | 13121 | 2117 | 304 |
| ASR (rest of Asia) | 1642 | 8942 | 1561 | 219 |
| BRA | 8533 | 31962 | 6386 | 997 |
| CAN | 9904 | 13851 | 2394 | 327 |
| CHN | 9380 | 273585 | 35156 | 4375 |
| ENE (Non-EU East) | 1035 | 34634 | 4111 | 499 |
| ENW (Non-EU West) | 466 | 4199 | 630 | 75 |
| EUE (Europe East) | 1138 | 47700 | 5457 | 648 |
| EUW (Europe West) | 2984 | 134286 | 17467 | 2210 |
| GBR | 244 | 15798 | 2400 | 238 |
| IDN | 1899 | 35710 | 6163 | 878 |
| IND | 3160 | 78971 | 11731 | 1815 |
| IRN | 1623 | 12437 | 2004 | 341 |
| JPN | 372 | 41533 | 7942 | 1044 |
| KOR | 100 | 8758 | 1439 | 201 |
| LAM (Latin America) | 7231 | 27268 | 5028 | 805 |
| MEA (Middle East) | 1619 | 15742 | 2628 | 462 |
| MEX | 1956 | 20502 | 4037 | 720 |
| ROW (rest of the world) | 2426 | 1302 | 212 | 35 |
| RUS | 16832 | 58175 | 8038 | 941 |
| SAU | 1920 | 6333 | 918 | 169 |
| TUR | 780 | 13526 | 1716 | 265 |
| USA | 9457 | 160479 | 27585 | 4247 |
| ZAF | 1221 | 11954 | 2150 | 374 |
| TOTAL | 134491 | 1297163 | 193875 | 27512 |
aISO alpha-3 codes are the region names for individual countries, a group of countries as a region has names described in parenthesis.
bConsidering 100% rooftop availability at 10% panel efficiency.