Canada vs China: Primary energy from hydropower

Canada

348.47 terawatt-hours

in 2025

China

1,392 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Canada rank

3rd

China rank

1st

Primary energy from hydropower over time

China currently reports 1,392 terawatt-hours against 348.47 terawatt-hours in Canada, a difference of 1,044 terawatt-hours.

That makes China's figure about 4.0 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and China ranks 1st of 77 countries.

Indicator: Primary energy from hydropower
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.