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Electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho

Lesotho: Electricity generation from hydropower was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0 terawatt-hours
World rank
155th
of 215 countries
All-time high
0.69 terawatt-hours
in 2010
All-time low
0 terawatt-hours
in 2023
Years of data
25
2000–2024

Electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho, 2000–2024

00.20.40.62000201220242000: 0.29 terawatt-hours2001: 0.28 terawatt-hours2002: 0.31 terawatt-hours2003: 0.32 terawatt-hours2004: 0.3 terawatt-hours2005: 0.46 terawatt-hours2006: 0.52 terawatt-hours2007: 0.55 terawatt-hours2008: 0.58 terawatt-hours2009: 0.65 terawatt-hours2010: 0.69 terawatt-hours2011: 0.49 terawatt-hours2012: 0.49 terawatt-hours2013: 0.51 terawatt-hours2014: 0.52 terawatt-hours2015: 0.53 terawatt-hours2016: 0.52 terawatt-hours2017: 0.54 terawatt-hours2018: 0.52 terawatt-hours2019: 0.39 terawatt-hours2020: 0.43 terawatt-hours2021: 0.53 terawatt-hours2022: 0.48 terawatt-hours2023: 0 terawatt-hours2024: 0 terawatt-hours

Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in terawatt-hours.

Analysis

Lesotho recorded 0 terawatt-hours for electricity generation from hydropower in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho peaked at 0.69 terawatt-hours in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0 terawatt-hours, in 2023.

That places Lesotho 155th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.

Electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho, year by year

Year terawatt-hours Change
2000 0.29 terawatt-hours —
2001 0.28 terawatt-hours -3.4%
2002 0.31 terawatt-hours +10.7%
2003 0.32 terawatt-hours +3.2%
2004 0.3 terawatt-hours -6.3%
2005 0.46 terawatt-hours +53.3%
2006 0.52 terawatt-hours +13.0%
2007 0.55 terawatt-hours +5.8%
2008 0.58 terawatt-hours +5.5%
2009 0.65 terawatt-hours +12.1%
2010 0.69 terawatt-hours +6.2%
2011 0.49 terawatt-hours -29.0%
2012 0.49 terawatt-hours +0.0%
2013 0.51 terawatt-hours +4.1%
2014 0.52 terawatt-hours +2.0%
2015 0.53 terawatt-hours +1.9%
2016 0.52 terawatt-hours -1.9%
2017 0.54 terawatt-hours +3.8%
2018 0.52 terawatt-hours -3.7%
2019 0.39 terawatt-hours -25.0%
2020 0.43 terawatt-hours +10.3%
2021 0.53 terawatt-hours +23.3%
2022 0.48 terawatt-hours -9.4%
2023 0 terawatt-hours -100.0%
2024 0 terawatt-hours —

Lesotho compared with similar countries

  • Lesotho's 0 terawatt-hours is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2.8 terawatt-hours. (47 countries reporting)
  • Lesotho's 0 terawatt-hours is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.38 terawatt-hours. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2023 -100.0% 0.48 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.426 terawatt-hours 0.28 terawatt-hours 0.65 terawatt-hours 10
2010s 0.52 terawatt-hours 0.39 terawatt-hours 0.69 terawatt-hours 10
2020s 0.288 terawatt-hours 0 terawatt-hours 0.53 terawatt-hours 5

Countries ranked near Lesotho

  1. 155 American Samoa 0 terawatt-hours
  2. 155 Antigua and Barbuda 0 terawatt-hours
  3. 155 Aruba 0 terawatt-hours
  4. 155 Bahamas 0 terawatt-hours
  5. 155 Bahrain 0 terawatt-hours
  6. 155 Barbados 0 terawatt-hours
  7. 155 Benin 0 terawatt-hours
  8. 155 Bermuda 0 terawatt-hours
  9. 155 Botswana 0 terawatt-hours
  10. 155 British Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  11. 155 Brunei 0 terawatt-hours
  12. 155 Cape Verde 0 terawatt-hours
  13. 155 Cayman Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  14. 155 Chad 0 terawatt-hours
  15. 155 Comoros 0 terawatt-hours
  16. 155 Cook Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  17. 155 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours
  18. 155 Djibouti 0 terawatt-hours
  19. 155 East Timor 0 terawatt-hours
  20. 155 Eritrea 0 terawatt-hours
  21. 155 Falkland Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  22. 155 Gambia 0 terawatt-hours
  23. 155 Gibraltar 0 terawatt-hours
  24. 155 Grenada 0 terawatt-hours
  25. 155 Guam 0 terawatt-hours
  26. 155 Guinea-Bissau 0 terawatt-hours
  27. 155 Guyana 0 terawatt-hours
  28. 155 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours
  29. 155 Israel 0 terawatt-hours compare
  30. 155 Kiribati 0 terawatt-hours
  31. 155 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours
  32. 155 Libya 0 terawatt-hours
  33. 155 Macao 0 terawatt-hours
  34. 155 Maldives 0 terawatt-hours
  35. 155 Malta 0 terawatt-hours
  36. 155 Martinique 0 terawatt-hours
  37. 155 Montserrat 0 terawatt-hours
  38. 155 Nauru 0 terawatt-hours
  39. 155 Niger 0 terawatt-hours
  40. 155 Niue 0 terawatt-hours
  41. 155 Oman 0 terawatt-hours
  42. 155 Palestine 0 terawatt-hours
  43. 155 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours
  44. 155 Saint Helena 0 terawatt-hours
  45. 155 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 terawatt-hours
  46. 155 Saint Lucia 0 terawatt-hours
  47. 155 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 terawatt-hours
  48. 155 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours
  49. 155 Seychelles 0 terawatt-hours
  50. 155 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours
  51. 155 Solomon Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  52. 155 Somalia 0 terawatt-hours
  53. 155 South Sudan 0 terawatt-hours
  54. 155 Tonga 0 terawatt-hours
  55. 155 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours
  56. 155 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  57. 155 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours
  58. 155 United States Virgin Islands 0 terawatt-hours
  59. 155 Western Sahara 0 terawatt-hours
  60. 155 Yemen 0 terawatt-hours

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Frequently asked questions

What is electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho?
Electricity generation from hydropower in Lesotho was 0 terawatt-hours in 2024, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Lesotho?
The highest recorded value was 0.69 terawatt-hours in 2010.
What is the lowest electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Lesotho?
The lowest recorded value was 0 terawatt-hours in 2023.
How does Lesotho rank for electricity generation from hydropower?
Lesotho ranks 155th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
Is electricity generation from hydropower rising or falling in Lesotho?
Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Lesotho data come from?
The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Electricity generation from hydropower. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Electricity generation from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
217 places, 7,927 data points, 1920–2025
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Measured in terawatt-hours.