China vs OECD (EI): Electricity generation from hydropower

China

1,397 terawatt-hours

in 2025

OECD (EI)

1,389 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China rank

1st

OECD (EI) rank

1st

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

China currently reports 1,397 terawatt-hours against 1,389 terawatt-hours in OECD (EI), a difference of 7.84 terawatt-hours.

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

China ranks 1st and OECD (EI) ranks 1st 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.