Global Geothermal Dashboard

Operating

16,173 MW

480 units

Construction

1,880 MW

52 units

In planning

13,477 MW

172 units

Pipeline

15,357 MW

224 units total

Recorded eruptions

11,369

Across 1,306 volcanoes

Total pop. (30 km)

318,423,004

Sum of nearby population

Avg pop. (30 km)

243,815

Per volcano with data

Rock types

Distinct types recorded

Volcanoes by rock type

Ordered by volcano count

Basalt / Picro-Basalt812
Andesite / Basaltic Andesite809
Dacite472
Rhyolite245
Trachybasalt / Tephrite Basanite207
Trachyandesite / Basaltic Trachyandesite190
Trachyte / Trachydacite171
Phonolite42
No Data (checked)40
Foidite34
Phono-tephrite / Tephri-phonolite32

Volcanoes by country

Ordered by count

United States165
Indonesia117
Japan107
Russia102
Chile66
Ethiopia46
Papua New Guinea46
Philippines38
Mexico37
Ecuador35
Iceland35
New Zealand24
Canada24
Kenya21
Tonga21
Guatemala20
Antarctica19
El Salvador18
Chile-Argentina18
France17
Nicaragua17
Undersea Features16
Argentina16
Japan - administered by Russia15
Peru15
United Kingdom14
Italy13
Colombia13
Portugal13
Vanuatu12
Yemen10
Costa Rica10
China9
Spain8
Solomon Islands8
Turkiye7
Saudi Arabia7
Tanzania6
Uganda6
Chile-Bolivia6
Madagascar5
Dominica5
Greece4
Eritrea4
Chad4
Sudan4
Australia4
Armenia3
Equatorial Guinea3
Cameroon3
Algeria3
Fiji3
Mongolia3
Honduras3
Georgia2
Armenia-Azerbaijan2
Ethiopia-Eritrea2
DR Congo2
DR Congo-Rwanda2
Comoros2
South Africa2
Samoa2
France - claimed by Vanuatu2
India2
Vietnam2
Taiwan2
South Korea2
Panama2
Netherlands2
Saint Kitts and Nevis2
Grenada2
Norway2
Cabo Verde2
Germany1
Ethiopia-Djibouti1
Ethiopia-Eritrea-Djibouti1
Eritrea-Djibouti1
Djibouti1
Uganda-Rwanda1
Niger1
Syria-Jordan-Saudi Arabia1
Iran1
Burma (Myanmar)1
China-North Korea1
North Korea-South Korea1
Mexico-Guatemala1
Guatemala-El Salvador1
El Salvador-Guatemala1
Colombia-Ecuador1
Chile-Peru1
Bolivia1
Saint Lucia1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1

Geothermal by country

Ordered by MW

United States9,194 MW180 units
Indonesia6,362 MW110 units
Kenya3,267 MW46 units
Philippines3,143 MW65 units
T�rkiye2,404 MW88 units
Laos2,000 MW2 units
New Zealand1,729 MW39 units
Iceland1,211 MW31 units
Mexico1,118 MW28 units
Italy834 MW32 units
Japan674 MW33 units
Ethiopia557 MW8 units
Costa Rica363 MW9 units
Canada345 MW11 units
El Salvador305 MW13 units
Uganda300 MW2 units
Bangladesh200 MW1 units
Nicaragua194 MW7 units
Chile181 MW5 units
Croatia172 MW9 units
Dominica130 MW2 units
Peru100 MW1 units
Bolivia100 MW2 units
Tanzania70 MW2 units
Ecuador50 MW1 units
Papua New Guinea50 MW2 units
Australia50 MW1 units
Russia50 MW1 units
Guatemala46 MW2 units
Hungary43.4 MW2 units
Armenia40 MW1 units
Saint Kitts and Nevis40 MW2 units
Germany38.9 MW6 units
Honduras35 MW1 units
Portugal34 MW4 units
Colombia30 MW1 units
Solomon Islands30 MW1 units
Guadeloupe25 MW3 units
Zambia23 MW3 units
Slovakia12.5 MW2 units
Zimbabwe10 MW1 units
Taiwan9.2 MW3 units
Greece8 MW1 units
United Kingdom7 MW2 units
Switzerland5 MW1 units
Iran5 MW1 units
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines5 MW1 units
Montserrat2 MW1 units
France1.7 MW1 units

Methodology

Capacity sums GEM unit ratings. Prospects score volcanoes on heat activity, geology, population, elevation, regional precedent, and similarity to plant-adjacent sites. Sites within 20 km of existing plants are excluded.