Share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia
Croatia: Share of primary energy from hydropower was 6.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia, 1990–2025
Source: Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Croatia recorded 6.1% for share of primary energy from hydropower in 2025.
That represents a change of down 21.9% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia peaked at 11.4% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4.2%, in 1990.
Croatia ranks 17th of 80 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4.2% | — |
| 1991 | 7.6% | +80.1% |
| 1992 | 6.0% | -20.2% |
| 1993 | 6.1% | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 7.3% | +20.9% |
| 1995 | 7.4% | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 10.0% | +34.6% |
| 1997 | 7.1% | -28.3% |
| 1998 | 6.9% | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 8.3% | +20.5% |
| 2000 | 7.7% | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 8.2% | +6.6% |
| 2002 | 6.5% | -21.0% |
| 2003 | 5.7% | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 7.9% | +39.4% |
| 2005 | 7.3% | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 6.9% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 4.7% | -31.9% |
| 2008 | 5.9% | +26.1% |
| 2009 | 8.0% | +34.0% |
| 2010 | 9.9% | +24.9% |
| 2011 | 5.9% | -40.6% |
| 2012 | 6.2% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 10.7% | +74.5% |
| 2014 | 11.4% | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 8.1% | -28.5% |
| 2016 | 8.4% | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 6.3% | -24.8% |
| 2018 | 9.3% | +46.3% |
| 2019 | 6.9% | -25.4% |
| 2020 | 7.1% | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 8.5% | +19.9% |
| 2022 | 6.7% | -20.9% |
| 2023 | 9.3% | +38.8% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | -16.5% |
| 2025 | 6.1% | -21.9% |
Croatia compared with similar countries
- Croatia's 6.1% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 7.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Croatia's 6.1% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1.4%, 4.2× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.1% | 4.2% | 10.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 4.7% | 8.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 5.9% | 11.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.6% | 6.1% | 9.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Croatia
More energy & mining data for Croatia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 5.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2025)
- Fuel imports 15.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia?
- Share of primary energy from hydropower in Croatia was 6.1% in 2025, according to Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of primary energy from hydropower recorded in Croatia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.4% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of primary energy from hydropower recorded in Croatia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.2% in 1990.
- How does Croatia rank for share of primary energy from hydropower?
- Croatia ranks 17th out of 80 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of primary energy from hydropower rising or falling in Croatia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Croatia data come from?
- The figures come from Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); U.S. Energy Information Administration (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of primary energy from hydropower. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Measured as a percentage of total energy supply.