Share of electricity generation from hydropower by country
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.
Countries reporting
208
Highest
100.0%
Bhutan
Lowest
0.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Median
10.4%
Years covered
106
1920–2025
Data points
6,588
What the numbers show
Share of electricity generation from hydropower is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Bhutan; the lowest is 0.0% in Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
The median across all reporting countries is 10.4%, and the mean is 24.1%.
Over the past decade 56 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Lebanon (up 1,139.8%), and the largest decrease in Israel (down 100.0%).
Share of electricity generation from hydropower: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 100.0% | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Lesotho | 100.0% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 4 | Paraguay | 99.5% | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | Nepal | 98.8% | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 96.5% | 2025 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 7 | Albania | 95.9% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 94.4% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 9 | Malawi | 92.3% | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela | 91.1% | 2024 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 11 | Norway | 90.0% | 2025 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 12 | Zambia | 86.2% | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 13 | Uganda | 86.1% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 14 | Sierra Leone | 85.7% | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 84.7% | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 84.2% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 82.4% | 2024 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 18 | Georgia | 78.8% | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 19 | Greenland | 78.3% | 2024 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 20 | Ecuador | 77.9% | 2025 | up 55.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sudan | 77.9% | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Laos | 76.5% | 2024 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 23 | Afghanistan | 75.8% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 74.8% | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 25 | Guinea | 74.4% | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 26 | Burundi | 73.5% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 27 | Cameroon | 72.0% | 2024 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 28 | Iceland | 70.7% | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 29 | Angola | 70.6% | 2024 | up 35.2% | flat |
| 30 | Colombia | 69.2% | 2025 | up 12.5% | flat |
| 31 | North Korea | 62.7% | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 32 | Namibia | 61.0% | 2024 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 33 | Montenegro | 58.5% | 2025 | up 17.9% | falling |
| 34 | Eswatini | 57.4% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 35 | Peru | 56.1% | 2025 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 55.6% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 54.8% | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 38 | Panama | 53.1% | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 39 | French Guiana | 53.1% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 40 | Canada | 52.8% | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 41 | Liberia | 52.6% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 42 | Switzerland | 52.3% | 2025 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 43 | Fiji | 52.2% | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 51.8% | 2025 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 51.8% | 2025 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 46 | Suriname | 51.7% | 2024 | up 71.2% | falling |
| 47 | Belize | 51.1% | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 48 | Latvia | 46.7% | 2025 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 49 | Myanmar | 46.1% | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 50 | Rwanda | 46.0% | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 51 | Sweden | 40.0% | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 52 | Guatemala | 39.9% | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 53 | Croatia | 39.3% | 2025 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 38.2% | 2025 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 55 | Madagascar | 37.0% | 2024 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.6% | 2025 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 57 | Ghana | 35.4% | 2024 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 58 | Gabon | 35.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 59 | Vietnam | 33.0% | 2025 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 60 | Tanzania | 31.7% | 2024 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 61 | Nigeria | 30.9% | 2025 | up 59.5% | falling |
| 62 | Honduras | 30.4% | 2024 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 63 | El Salvador | 30.3% | 2025 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 64 | Cambodia | 29.9% | 2025 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 29.7% | 2025 | up 75.3% | falling |
| 66 | Armenia | 28.0% | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 67 | Bolivia | 27.9% | 2025 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 68 | Cote d'Ivoire | 27.8% | 2024 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 69 | Slovenia | 27.2% | 2025 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 27.2% | 2025 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 71 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.8% | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 72 | Faroe Islands | 26.5% | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 26.4% | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 74 | Romania | 24.3% | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 75 | Chile | 22.2% | 2025 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia | 22.2% | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 77 | Papua New Guinea | 21.1% | 2024 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 78 | Kenya | 20.9% | 2025 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 79 | Pakistan | 20.2% | 2025 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 80 | Congo | 20.1% | 2024 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 19.9% | 2025 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 82 | Samoa | 18.8% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 83 | Haiti | 18.6% | 2024 | up 112.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Malaysia | 17.5% | 2025 | up 89.0% | volatile |
| 85 | New Caledonia | 17.3% | 2024 | up 79.6% | falling |
| 86 | Argentina | 17.1% | 2025 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 87 | Russia | 16.7% | 2025 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 88 | Turkey | 16.2% | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 89 | Italy | 15.8% | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 90 | Mali | 15.4% | 2024 | down 71.9% | rising |
| 91 | Finland | 15.1% | 2025 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 14.4% | 2024 | up 60.3% | rising |
| 93 | Dominica | 13.3% | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.3% | 2024 | up 86.7% | falling |
| 95 | China | 13.2% | 2025 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 96 | Lebanon | 13.1% | 2024 | up 1,139.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Reunion | 12.7% | 2023 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 98 | Vanuatu | 12.5% | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 11.5% | 2025 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 100 | Spain | 11.4% | 2025 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 101 | Togo | 11.3% | 2024 | down 67.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.1% | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovakia | 10.9% | 2025 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 104 | France | 10.4% | 2025 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 105 | Philippines | 10.3% | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 106 | Mauritania | 10.1% | 2024 | down 41.9% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 9.9% | 2022 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 108 | India | 8.5% | 2025 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 8.5% | 2025 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 110 | Mexico | 8.1% | 2025 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 111 | Indonesia | 7.3% | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 7.3% | 2025 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 113 | Japan | 7.2% | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 114 | Dominican Republic | 6.7% | 2025 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 6.7% | 2025 | down 42.5% | rising |
| 116 | Egypt | 6.1% | 2025 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 117 | Greece | 5.9% | 2025 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 118 | Moldova | 5.7% | 2025 | up 32.0% | falling |
| 119 | United States | 5.3% | 2025 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 120 | Burkina Faso | 5.3% | 2024 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 121 | Australia | 4.3% | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 122 | Senegal | 4.1% | 2024 | down 45.2% | falling |
| 123 | Thailand | 4.0% | 2025 | up 91.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Lithuania | 3.9% | 2025 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Germany | 3.9% | 2025 | up 31.6% | flat |
| 126 | Iran | 3.3% | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Mauritius | 3.2% | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 129 | Syria | 3.0% | 2024 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Jamaica | 2.4% | 2024 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 131 | Czechia | 2.3% | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 133 | Morocco | 2.0% | 2025 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Belarus | 2.0% | 2025 | up 521.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Taiwan | 1.9% | 2025 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 136 | United Kingdom | 1.9% | 2025 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 137 | Iraq | 1.3% | 2024 | down 68.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Poland | 1.0% | 2025 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 139 | South Africa | 0.8% | 2025 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Bangladesh | 0.6% | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2025 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Cuba | 0.6% | 2024 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 143 | South Korea | 0.6% | 2025 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Belgium | 0.6% | 2025 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 146 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2025 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 147 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2025 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 149 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2025 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 151 | Tunisia | 0.0% | 2025 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2025 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 1999 | — | flat |
| 155 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Benin | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Bermuda | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 155 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Guam | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Israel | 0.0% | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 155 | Libya | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Macao | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Niger | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Oman | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 155 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2025 | — | flat |
| 155 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 1999 | — | flat |
| 155 | Singapore | 0.0% | 1999 | — | flat |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Chad | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Western Sahara | 0.0% | 2009 | — | flat |
| 155 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Montserrat | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 155 | Falkland Islands | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | Saint Helena | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 155 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0% | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.