India vs Russia: Electricity generation from hydropower

India
177.97 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Russia
199.73 terawatt-hours
in 2025
India rank
6th
Russia rank
5th

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • India
  • Russia
050100150200196519952025

How they compare

Russia currently reports 199.73 terawatt-hours against 177.97 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 21.76 terawatt-hours.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, Russia has been ahead every year.

India ranks 6th and Russia ranks 5th 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.