Canada vs United States: Electricity generation from hydropower
Canada
344.74 terawatt-hours
in 2025
United States
241.7 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Canada rank
3rd
United States rank
4th
Electricity generation from hydropower over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
Canada currently reports 344.74 terawatt-hours against 241.7 terawatt-hours in United States, a difference of 103.04 terawatt-hours.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times United States's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was United States ahead.
Canada ranks 3rd and United States ranks 4th of 214 countries.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.