Iceland vs Japan: Installed geothermal energy capacity

Iceland
787.58 megawatts
in 2024
Japan
489.05 megawatts
in 2024
Iceland rank
8th
Japan rank
10th

Installed geothermal energy capacity over time

  • Iceland
  • Japan
200400600800200020122024

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 787.58 megawatts against 489.05 megawatts in Japan, a difference of 298.53 megawatts.

That makes Iceland's figure about 1.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

Iceland ranks 8th and Japan ranks 10th of 32 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Installed geothermal energy capacity
Unit
megawatts
Source
IRENA (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
32 places, 660 data points, 2000–2024
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Total geothermal (on- and off-grid) electricity installed capacity, measured in megawatts.