Cameroon vs Iceland: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

Cameroon

72.0%

in 2024

Iceland

70.7%

in 2024

Cameroon rank

27th

Iceland rank

28th

Share of electricity generation from hydropower over time

Cameroon currently reports 72.0% against 70.7% in Iceland, a difference of 1.4%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 27th and Iceland ranks 28th of 213 countries.

Indicator: Share of electricity generation from hydropower
Unit: %
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 6,588 data points, 1920–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.