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World and continents capacity
Global capacity
Below you will find the development of global wind energy production capacity:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1995 | 4,800 | - | - |
| 1996 | 6,100 | 1,300 | 27.1 |
| 1997 | 7,480 | 1,380 | 22.7 |
| 1998 | 9,667 | 2,187 | 29.3 |
| 1999 | 13,701 | 4,034 | 64.4 |
| 2000 | 18,040 | 4,339 | 31.7 |
| 2001 | 24,319 | 6,279 | 34.9 |
| 2002 | 31,181 | 6,862 | 28.3 |
| 2003 | 41,343 | 10,163 | 32.6 |
| 2004 | 49,463 | 8,121 | 19.7 |
| 2005 | 59,137 | 9,674 | 19.6 |
| 2006 | 74,178 | 15,042 | 25.5 |
| 2007 | 93,953 | 19,775 | 26.7 |
| 2008 | 121,328 | 27,376 | 29.2 |
| 2009 | 158,004 | 36,676 | 30.3 |
| 2010 | 194,154 | 36,151 | 22.9 |
Africa capacity
Countries: Algeria Cape Verde Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Kenya Libya Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria South Africa Tanzania Tunisia Zimbabwe
The development of Africa's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 6 | - | - |
| 1998 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 63 | 57 | 950 |
| 2000 | 147 | 84 | 133.4 |
| 2001 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 156 | 9 | 6.2 |
| 2003 | 262 | 106 | 68 |
| 2004 | 242 | -20 | -7.6 |
| 2005 | 252 | 10 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 337 | 85 | 33.8 |
| 2007 | 478 | 141 | 41.9 |
| 2008 | 584 | 106 | 22.1 |
| 2009 | 758 | 174 | 29.8 |
| 2010 | 926 | 169 | 22.3 |
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North America capacity
Countries: Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Grenada Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis USA
The development of North America's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 1,721 | - | - |
| 1998 | 1,932 | 211 | 12.3 |
| 1999 | 2,709 | 777 | 51.2 |
| 2000 | 2,751 | 42 | 1.6 |
| 2001 | 4,515 | 1,764 | 64.2 |
| 2002 | 4,992 | 477 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 6,763 | 1,771 | 35.5 |
| 2004 | 7,263 | 500 | 7.4 |
| 2005 | 10,001 | 2,739 | 37.8 |
| 2006 | 13,303 | 3,302 | 33.1 |
| 2007 | 18,908 | 5,605 | 42.2 |
| 2008 | 27,787 | 8,879 | 47 |
| 2009 | 38,901 | 11,114 | 40 |
| 2010 | 44,948 | 6,048 | 15.6 |
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South America capacity
Countries: Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Peru Uruguay Venezuela
The development of South America's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 12 | - | - |
| 1998 | 31 | 19 | 158.4 |
| 1999 | 34 | 3 | 71 |
| 2000 | 38 | 4 | 11.8 |
| 2001 | 51 | 13 | 33.5 |
| 2002 | 50 | 0 | -1.5 |
| 2003 | 73 | 23 | 46.1 |
| 2004 | 83 | 10 | 13.8 |
| 2005 | 93 | 10 | 11.5 |
| 2006 | 302 | 209 | 226.2 |
| 2007 | 335 | 34 | 11.1 |
| 2008 | 448 | 113 | 33.8 |
| 2009 | 863 | 415 | 92.7 |
| 2010 | 1,222 | 360 | 41.7 |
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Asia capacity
Countries: Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh China Cyprus India Iran Israel Japan Jordan Mongolia Pakistan Russia South Korea Sri Lanka Taiwan Turkey Vietnam
The development of Asia's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 1,115 | - | - |
| 1998 | 1,242 | 127 | 11.4 |
| 1999 | 1,385 | 143 | 21.8 |
| 2000 | 1,791 | 406 | 29.4 |
| 2001 | 2,213 | 422 | 23.6 |
| 2002 | 2,568 | 355 | 16.1 |
| 2003 | 3,254 | 686 | 26.8 |
| 2004 | 4,762 | 1,508 | 46.4 |
| 2005 | 7,035 | 2,273 | 47.8 |
| 2006 | 10,679 | 3,645 | 51.8 |
| 2007 | 16,061 | 5,382 | 50.4 |
| 2008 | 24,855 | 8,794 | 54.8 |
| 2009 | 39,896 | 15,042 | 60.6 |
| 2010 | 59,722 | 19,826 | 49.7 |
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Europe capacity
Countries: Albania Austria Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Serbia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United-Kingdom
The development of Europe's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 4,618 | - | - |
| 1998 | 6,423 | 1,805 | 39.1 |
| 1999 | 9,466 | 3,043 | 75.5 |
| 2000 | 13,248 | 3,782 | 40 |
| 2001 | 17,287 | 4,039 | 30.5 |
| 2002 | 23,277 | 5,990 | 34.7 |
| 2003 | 30,758 | 7,481 | 32.2 |
| 2004 | 36,542 | 5,784 | 18.9 |
| 2005 | 40,985 | 4,443 | 12.2 |
| 2006 | 48,545 | 7,560 | 18.5 |
| 2007 | 57,007 | 8,462 | 17.5 |
| 2008 | 65,812 | 8,805 | 15.5 |
| 2009 | 75,345 | 9,534 | 14.5 |
| 2010 | 84,741 | 9,396 | 12.5 |
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Oceania capacity
Countries: Australia Fiji Indonesia New-Zealand Philippines Vanuatu
The development of Oceania's capacity for wind energy production is shown below:
| Year | Capacity (MW) | Growth (MW) | Growth (%) |
| 1997 | 8 | - | - |
| 1998 | 33 | 25 | 312.5 |
| 1999 | 44 | 11 | 109.1 |
| 2000 | 65 | 21 | 47.8 |
| 2001 | 106 | 41 | 63.1 |
| 2002 | 138 | 32 | 30.2 |
| 2003 | 233 | 95 | 68.9 |
| 2004 | 573 | 340 | 145.8 |
| 2005 | 773 | 201 | 35 |
| 2006 | 1,014 | 241 | 31.2 |
| 2007 | 1,165 | 152 | 15 |
| 2008 | 1,846 | 681 | 58.4 |
| 2009 | 2,244 | 399 | 21.6 |
| 2010 | 2,598 | 354 | 15.8 |
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