Democratic Republic of Congo vs Portugal: Electricity generation from hydropower

Democratic Republic of Congo

13.4 terawatt-hours

in 2024

Portugal

15.18 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

39th

Portugal rank

36th

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

Portugal currently reports 15.18 terawatt-hours against 13.4 terawatt-hours in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.78 terawatt-hours.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Portugal ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 39th and Portugal ranks 36th 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.