Brazil vs OECD (EI): Electricity generation from hydropower

Brazil
388.63 terawatt-hours
in 2025
OECD (EI)
1,389 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Brazil rank
2nd
OECD (EI) rank
1st

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • Brazil
  • OECD (EI)
05001.0k1.5k196519952025

How they compare

OECD (EI) currently reports 1,389 terawatt-hours against 388.63 terawatt-hours in Brazil, a difference of 1,001 terawatt-hours.

That makes OECD (EI)'s figure about 3.6 times Brazil's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, OECD (EI) has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 2nd and OECD (EI) ranks 1st of 214 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Electricity generation from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 7,927 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours.