Riyadh city

The houses that use solar energy in Saudi Arabia accounted for nearly 2.02% of the Kingdom’s total number of houses during 2021, according to the General Authority for Statistics’ (GASTAT) report on renewable energy indicators.

 

Riyadh Region dominated the highest percentage of solar energy use with about 3.34%, followed by Makkah (2.52%), while Jazan had the least use of solar energy with 0.52%.

 

The following table shows the percentage of houses that use solar energy out of the total houses in each region during 2021:

 

Percentage of Houses Using Solar Energy in 2021

Region

Percentage of solar energy use

Riyad

3.34%

Makkah

2.52%

Northern Borders

2.50%

Al-Jouf

2.21%

Madinah

1.53%

Najran

1.24%

Eastern Province

0.98%

Aseer

0.95%

Qassim

0.79%

Al-Baha

0.75%

Hail

0.63%

Tabuk

0.57%

Jazan

0.52%

Total

2.02%
 

Indicators showed that more than 52% of households in the Kingdom wish to use photovoltaic (solar) energy, as shown in the table below:

 

Distribution of Saudi Households by Desire to Use Solar Energy

Region

Yes

No

Not sure

Riyad

51.01%

27.19%

21.80%

Makkah

50.98%

26.46%

22.56%

Madinah

60.24%

22.37%

17.39%

Qassim

56.82%

23.31%

19.87%

Eastern Province

48.10%

27.80%

24.10%

Aseer

48.81%

26.69%

24.50%

Tabuk

59.02%

23.66%

17.32%

Hail

64.07%

14.56%

21.37%

Northern Borders

29.69%

45.10%

25.21%

Jazan

63.99%

11.89%

24.12%

Najran

53.23%

28.16%

18.61%

Al-Baha

64.49%

12.31%

23.20%

Al-Jouf

54.55%

28.05%

17.40%

Total

52.42%

25.57%

22.01%

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