China vs CIS (EI): Electricity generation from hydropower

China
1,397 terawatt-hours
in 2025
CIS (EI)
258.2 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
CIS (EI) rank
2nd

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • China
  • CIS (EI)
05001.0k1.5k196519952025

How they compare

China currently reports 1,397 terawatt-hours against 258.2 terawatt-hours in CIS (EI), a difference of 1,139 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 5.4 times CIS (EI)'s.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was CIS (EI) ahead.

China ranks 1st and CIS (EI) ranks 2nd 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.