Canada vs China: Electricity generation from hydropower

Canada
344.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China
1,397 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
3rd
China rank
1st

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • Canada
  • China
05001.0k1.5k196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 1,397 terawatt-hours against 344.74 terawatt-hours in Canada, a difference of 1,052 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 4.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and China 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.