Japan vs Norway: Electricity generation from hydropower
Japan
73.9 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Norway
144.77 terawatt-hours
in 2025
Japan rank
10th
Norway rank
8th
Electricity generation from hydropower over time
- Japan
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 144.77 terawatt-hours against 73.9 terawatt-hours in Japan, a difference of 70.87 terawatt-hours.
That makes Norway's figure about 2.0 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 10th and Norway ranks 8th of 215 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Norway in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.55 terawatt-hours | 53.81 terawatt-hours | 20.74 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1970s | 78.49 terawatt-hours | 73.86 terawatt-hours | 4.63 terawatt-hours | Japan |
| 1980s | 83.39 terawatt-hours | 100.97 terawatt-hours | 17.58 terawatt-hours | Norway |
| 1990s | 83.37 terawatt-hours | 115.11 terawatt-hours | 31.75 terawatt-hours | Norway |
| 2000s | 81.73 terawatt-hours | 125.9 terawatt-hours | 44.17 terawatt-hours | Norway |
| 2010s | 80.85 terawatt-hours | 132.91 terawatt-hours | 52.06 terawatt-hours | Norway |
| 2020s | 76.79 terawatt-hours | 139.17 terawatt-hours | 62.39 terawatt-hours | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher electricity generation from hydropower, Japan or Norway?
- Norway, at 144.77 terawatt-hours against 73.9 terawatt-hours in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in electricity generation from hydropower between Japan and Norway?
- 70.87 terawatt-hours, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Norway?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Norway rank globally for electricity generation from hydropower?
- Japan ranks 10th and Norway ranks 8th of 215 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Ember (2026) and other sources β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Electricity generation from hydropower. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Measured in terawatt-hours.