Using “2012 GDP data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC’s) wind power capacity data,” Zachary Shahan compiled for Clean Technica a ranking of the ’Top Wind Power Countries in the World per GDP’ for “total installed wind power at the end of 2012.”
These are the top ten countries:
Country | Total Wind Power MW per Billion GDP | Total Installed Capacity |
Portugal | 21.27 | 4,525 |
Spain | 16.86 | 22,796 |
Demark | 13.27 | 4,162 |
Cape Verde | 12.64 | 24 |
Romania | 11.25 | 1,905 |
India | 10.09 | 18,421 |
Nicaragua | 9.71 | 102 |
Germany | 9.21 | 31,308 |
China | 9.1 | 75,324 |
Ireland | 8.26 | 1,738 |
A separate ranking lists countries by newly installed wind power during the year 2012. Romania and Nicaragua top this list.
You may read more about the two rankings on the Clean Technica internet site.