Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) by country
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Countries reporting
158
Highest
100.0%
Bhutan
Lowest
0.0%
Israel
Median
23.6%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
7,885
What the numbers show
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 0.0% in Israel.
The median across all reporting countries is 23.6%, and the mean is 32.5%.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Liberia (up 159.1%), and the largest decrease in Comoros (down 100.0%).
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2021 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 2 | Lesotho | 99.6% | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 3 | Paraguay | 99.6% | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 99.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 5 | Nepal | 99.1% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Albania | 96.7% | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 96.5% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 96.2% | 2021 | down 3.5% | flat |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 94.4% | 2023 | down 5.4% | flat |
| 10 | Venezuela | 90.0% | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 11 | Uganda | 89.8% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 12 | Norway | 88.9% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 13 | Zambia | 87.8% | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 14 | Guinea | 87.4% | 2021 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 86.7% | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 16 | Mozambique | 82.8% | 2023 | down 15.7% | flat |
| 17 | Sudan | 79.9% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Laos | 75.9% | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 19 | Andorra | 75.9% | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 20 | Georgia | 75.5% | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 74.7% | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 22 | Greenland | 74.5% | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 23 | Malawi | 72.5% | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 71.7% | 2023 | up 51.1% | falling |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 71.7% | 2021 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 26 | Angola | 71.5% | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 70.5% | 2021 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Namibia | 70.0% | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 29 | Iceland | 68.2% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 66.6% | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 31 | North Korea | 62.8% | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Suriname | 61.0% | 2023 | up 45.5% | falling |
| 33 | Austria | 59.9% | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 34 | Burundi | 59.6% | 2021 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 35 | Switzerland | 59.1% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 36 | Colombia | 58.3% | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 56.6% | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 38 | Brazil | 56.1% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 39 | Liberia | 55.7% | 2021 | up 159.1% | rising |
| 40 | Canada | 55.4% | 2024 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 41 | Eswatini | 53.9% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 42 | Montenegro | 53.1% | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 43 | New Zealand | 52.6% | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 44 | Latvia | 50.8% | 2024 | up 30.9% | falling |
| 45 | Fiji | 50.1% | 2021 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 46 | Rwanda | 49.7% | 2023 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 48.9% | 2024 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 48 | Peru | 47.8% | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 49 | Croatia | 47.0% | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 50 | Panama | 46.9% | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 51 | Gabon | 46.2% | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 45.1% | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 53 | Myanmar | 44.2% | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.3% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 38.0% | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 56 | Ghana | 37.9% | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 57 | Sweden | 37.7% | 2024 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 58 | Madagascar | 37.2% | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 59 | Portugal | 36.4% | 2024 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 35.3% | 2021 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 61 | Congo | 35.0% | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 62 | Cambodia | 34.5% | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Belize | 33.4% | 2021 | down 49.1% | rising |
| 64 | Slovenia | 33.1% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 32.7% | 2023 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 66 | Romania | 32.2% | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.8% | 2023 | up 108.6% | rising |
| 68 | Guatemala | 30.6% | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 69 | Chile | 29.6% | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 70 | Vietnam | 29.4% | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 71 | Samoa | 28.8% | 2021 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 72 | Kenya | 28.3% | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 73 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2023 | down 61.4% | falling |
| 74 | Honduras | 27.0% | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 75 | Pakistan | 26.8% | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 76 | Tanzania | 25.5% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 77 | Argentina | 24.5% | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 78 | Faroe Islands | 23.7% | 2021 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 23.6% | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.5% | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 23.1% | 2021 | down 11.2% | flat |
| 82 | Nigeria | 22.2% | 2023 | up 42.2% | falling |
| 83 | Turkey | 21.5% | 2024 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 84 | Italy | 20.2% | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 85 | Dominica | 19.5% | 2021 | down 44.8% | falling |
| 86 | Bolivia | 19.4% | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 18.8% | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 88 | Armenia | 18.7% | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 89 | Slovakia | 18.0% | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 90 | Haiti | 17.9% | 2022 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Russia | 17.4% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 17.2% | 2024 | down 12.6% | flat |
| 93 | Malaysia | 16.5% | 2023 | up 116.0% | rising |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 14.6% | 2021 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 95 | Spain | 14.2% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 96 | France | 13.6% | 2024 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 97 | China | 13.5% | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 98 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.4% | 2021 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 99 | Togo | 12.8% | 2023 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 100 | Lithuania | 12.5% | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Ukraine | 11.7% | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 10.7% | 2021 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 10.4% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 9.3% | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 105 | Lebanon | 8.8% | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Philippines | 8.7% | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 107 | Japan | 8.7% | 2024 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 7.8% | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 110 | Greece | 7.4% | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 111 | India | 7.2% | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 112 | Egypt | 7.2% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 113 | Mexico | 6.2% | 2024 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 6.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 5.9% | 2023 | down 44.0% | falling |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.9% | 2021 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 117 | United States | 5.8% | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 118 | Indonesia | 5.7% | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 119 | Germany | 5.7% | 2024 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 120 | Australia | 5.3% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 5.0% | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Czechia | 4.8% | 2024 | up 41.1% | rising |
| 123 | Moldova | 4.7% | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 124 | Iran | 4.4% | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 125 | Kosovo | 4.3% | 2021 | up 138.9% | rising |
| 126 | Ireland | 3.5% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 127 | Thailand | 3.4% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 128 | Syria | 3.0% | 2023 | down 70.1% | volatile |
| 129 | South Africa | 2.9% | 2023 | up 86.3% | rising |
| 130 | Mauritius | 2.9% | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 2.8% | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 132 | Jamaica | 2.4% | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 133 | Belgium | 2.1% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 134 | Poland | 1.9% | 2024 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 135 | South Korea | 1.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Micronesia (country) | 1.4% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 137 | Morocco | 1.2% | 2023 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Iraq | 1.0% | 2023 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2021 | up 51.6% | falling |
| 140 | Mongolia | 0.8% | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.7% | 2023 | up 64.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2023 | down 64.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2024 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 144 | Cuba | 0.5% | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 145 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 146 | East Timor | 0.3% | 2021 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2021 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 148 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2023 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 149 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 150 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | up 33.7% | falling |
| 151 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2023 | down 87.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2023 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 154 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Israel | 0.0% | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Low income 61.7%
- European Union 14.1%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 57.0%
- Euro area 13.9%
- Other small states 53.3%
- Small states 53.3%
- Least developed countries 48.2%
- IDA only 46.4%
- Late-demographic dividend 44.4%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 38.7%
- Latin America & Caribbean 38.4%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 38.4%
- Upper middle income 35.2%
- Low & middle income 35.2%
- Middle income 35.2%
- Pacific island small states 32.4%
- IBRD only 32.3%
- IDA & IBRD total 32.3%
- Africa Western and Central 28.7%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 28.3%
- IDA total 28.3%
- IDA blend 28.3%
- Lower middle income 28.3%
- Pre-demographic dividend 28.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 28.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 28.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 28.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 21.5%
- Europe & Central Asia 18.5%
- World 16.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 15.1%
- Early-demographic dividend 14.0%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 13.9%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 13.8%
- OECD members 13.4%
- High income 13.0%
- Post-demographic dividend 12.9%
- North America 11.7%
- Caribbean Small States 10.9%
- South Asia 7.7%
About this data
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.