Brazil vs USSR: Electricity generation from hydropower

Brazil

388.63 terawatt-hours

in 2025

USSR

202.99 terawatt-hours

in 1984

Brazil rank

2nd

USSR rank

3rd

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

Brazil currently reports 388.63 terawatt-hours against 202.99 terawatt-hours in USSR, a difference of 185.64 terawatt-hours.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.9 times USSR's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 2nd and USSR ranks 3rd of 214 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours.