Electricity generation from hydropower per person by country
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.
Countries reporting
156
Highest
34,214 kilowatt-hours
Iceland
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours
Lesotho
Median
259.13 kilowatt-hours
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
7,805
What the numbers show
Electricity generation from hydropower per person is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 34,214 kilowatt-hours in Iceland; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 259.13 kilowatt-hours, and the mean is 1,253 kilowatt-hours.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 791.5%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 100.0%).
Electricity generation from hydropower per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iceland | 34,214 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Norway | 25,746 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Bhutan | 13,897 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 8,591 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 5 | Greenland | 8,413 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 6 | Paraguay | 6,432 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 7 | Sweden | 6,404 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 8 | Laos | 5,148 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 128.2% | volatile |
| 9 | New Zealand | 4,526 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 14.0% | flat |
| 10 | Austria | 4,162 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 11 | Switzerland | 3,790 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 12 | Albania | 2,866 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 76.3% | rising |
| 13 | Georgia | 2,795 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 14 | Venezuela | 2,570 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Faroe Islands | 2,375 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 16 | Montenegro | 2,276 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 17 | Finland | 2,212 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 18 | Tajikistan | 2,158 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 19 | Slovenia | 1,908 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 20 | Costa Rica | 1,859 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 1,845 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 78.9% | flat |
| 22 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,833 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 23 | Brazil | 1,826 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 24 | French Guiana | 1,714 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 25 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,685 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 26 | Latvia | 1,581 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 27 | Panama | 1,579 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 28 | Ecuador | 1,559 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 95.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Croatia | 1,499 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Portugal | 1,458 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 74.6% | rising |
| 31 | Suriname | 1,419 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 48.4% | falling |
| 32 | Russia | 1,387 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 1,217 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 1,170 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 35 | Vietnam | 1,007 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 66.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Chile | 990.94 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 37 | China | 986.56 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Peru | 979.85 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 39 | Malaysia | 979.49 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Uruguay | 960.21 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 60.9% | falling |
| 41 | Armenia | 921.3 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 42 | France | 891.36 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 43 | Zambia | 797.56 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 749.81 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 45 | USSR | 737.54 kilowatt-hours | 1984 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 46 | Italy | 705.03 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 47 | United States | 695.99 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 48 | Spain | 683.65 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 49 | French Polynesia | 674.2 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 50 | Turkey | 653.13 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Fiji | 646 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 52 | North Korea | 641.54 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 53 | Romania | 639.39 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 54 | Japan | 600.31 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 55 | Slovakia | 577.18 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 56 | Belize | 575.43 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 57 | Argentina | 572.5 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 504.23 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 59 | Mozambique | 470.67 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 60 | Australia | 453.03 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 61 | Reunion | 445.77 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 376.79 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 52.1% | rising |
| 63 | Nepal | 370.98 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 172.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 358.42 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 65 | Honduras | 351.02 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 66 | Greece | 344.1 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 342.66 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 68 | Guatemala | 342.27 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 69 | Namibia | 330.02 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 309.68 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 71 | El Salvador | 307.91 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 72 | Bolivia | 302.02 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 73 | Dominica | 300.61 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 74 | Cambodia | 297.51 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 115.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Angola | 290.35 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 283.69 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 77 | Eswatini | 281.62 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 78 | Ukraine | 268.46 kilowatt-hours | 2022 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 79 | Ghana | 249.8 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 80 | Taiwan | 238.4 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 25.5% | falling |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 237.61 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 157.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Germany | 232.65 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 83 | Sudan | 227.95 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Mexico | 217.89 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 211.36 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Guinea | 203.32 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 455.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 198.75 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 113.8% | falling |
| 88 | Myanmar | 183.49 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 89 | Cameroon | 179.58 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 90 | Congo | 173.69 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 91 | Uzbekistan | 170.03 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 92 | Czechia | 161.18 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 154.18 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 94 | Iran | 140.99 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 95 | Samoa | 137.59 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 132.81 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 49.0% | flat |
| 97 | Egypt | 127.32 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 98 | Lithuania | 123.67 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 99 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 122.62 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 100 | Ireland | 122.46 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 101 | India | 121.58 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 102 | Lebanon | 120.57 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 302.8% | falling |
| 103 | Moldova | 116.82 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 104 | Philippines | 108.75 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 106.39 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 106 | Belarus | 103.36 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 791.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Uganda | 99.97 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 96.27 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Papua New Guinea | 94.55 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 93.98 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 111 | Cote d'Ivoire | 93.94 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 112 | Mauritius | 86.53 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 113 | United Kingdom | 79.8 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Malawi | 78.04 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 115 | South Korea | 73.55 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 116 | Luxembourg | 73.48 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 117 | Nigeria | 53.97 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 60.3% | falling |
| 118 | Liberia | 53.45 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Kenya | 51.1 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 120 | Poland | 44.57 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 121 | Iraq | 43.44 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.31 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Jamaica | 42.27 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 124 | Tanzania | 40.84 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 125 | Mauritania | 40.62 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 126 | Mali | 37.58 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 127 | Belgium | 37.42 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 128 | Rwanda | 36.47 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 107.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 31.21 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Syria | 30.4 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 73.7% | volatile |
| 131 | South Africa | 28.26 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Madagascar | 28.16 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 27.17 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 134 | Guadeloupe | 26.56 kilowatt-hours | 2023 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 135 | Burundi | 25.63 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 97.7% | rising |
| 136 | Hungary | 23.88 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 137 | Morocco | 23.68 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 64.1% | falling |
| 138 | Estonia | 22.32 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 20.83 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 17.59 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 40.5% | flat |
| 141 | Mongolia | 17.06 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Senegal | 16.75 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 143 | Puerto Rico | 15.45 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 144 | Haiti | 13.59 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 56.6% | falling |
| 145 | Cuba | 10.93 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 146 | Togo | 9.52 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 3.82 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 3.7 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 149 | Denmark | 3.33 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 150 | Netherlands | 2.73 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Jordan | 1.73 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 1.33 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Tunisia | 0.8098 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 86.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.4272 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Israel | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 0 kilowatt-hours | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
About this data
Measured in kilowatt-hours per person.