Chile vs French Polynesia: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

Chile

22.2%

in 2025

French Polynesia

26.4%

in 2024

Chile rank

75th

French Polynesia rank

73rd

Share of electricity generation from hydropower over time

French Polynesia currently reports 26.4% against 22.2% in Chile, a difference of 4.2%.

That makes French Polynesia's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

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

Chile ranks 75th and French Polynesia ranks 73rd 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.