China vs United States: Electricity generation from hydropower

China
1,397 terawatt-hours
in 2025
United States
241.7 terawatt-hours
in 2025
China rank
1st
United States rank
4th

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • China
  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 1,397 terawatt-hours against 241.7 terawatt-hours in United States, a difference of 1,155 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 5.8 times United States's.

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

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 4th 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.