India vs Japan: Electricity generation from hydropower

India

177.97 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Japan

73.9 terawatt-hours

in 2025

India rank

6th

Japan rank

9th

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

India currently reports 177.97 terawatt-hours against 73.9 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 104.07 terawatt-hours.

That makes India's figure about 2.4 times Japan's.

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

India ranks 6th and Japan ranks 9th 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.