India vs USSR: Electricity generation from hydropower

India
177.97 terawatt-hours
in 2025
USSR
202.99 terawatt-hours
in 1984
India rank
6th
USSR rank
3rd

Electricity generation from hydropower over time

  • India
  • USSR
050100150200196519952025

How they compare

USSR currently reports 202.99 terawatt-hours against 177.97 terawatt-hours in India, a difference of 25.02 terawatt-hours.

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

Across all 20 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

India ranks 6th and USSR ranks 3rd 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.