[Retric]

Wikipedia gives different 2021 numbers including (percentage of global solar installed) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power_by_country

  China: 306,973 MW (35.8%)
  United States: 95,209 MW (11.1%)
  Japan: 74,191 MW (8.7%)
  Germany: 58,461 MW (6.8%)
  India: 56,951 MW (6.6%)

With 2020 numbers for percentage of electricity generation by solar: Germany 9.7%, Japan 8.3%, India 6.5%, China 6.2%, and US 3.4%

[rootusrootus]

In addition, the US govt says [0] this year should have added 46,100 MW to the total. Electrek, if they are accurate, predicted an additional 5,600 MW on residential rooftops in 2022 [1].

[0] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=50818

[1] https://electrek.co/2022/08/29/american-residential-solar/

[nicoburns]

Interesting. Looks like in my haste I may have been comparing Germany's total installed capacity with the US's newly installed capacity.