Brazil vs China: Electricity generation from hydropower
Brazil
388.63 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China
1,397 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
2nd
China rank
1st
Electricity generation from hydropower over time
- Brazil
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 1,397 terawatt-hours against 388.63 terawatt-hours in Brazil, a difference of 1,008 terawatt-hours.
That makes China's figure about 3.6 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 2nd and China ranks 1st of 214 countries.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.