Share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia
Tunisia: Share of electricity generation from hydropower was 0.0% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia, 2000–2025
Source: Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia stood at 0.0%. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.2% on the previous year and down 87.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia peaked at 1.4% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2025.
Tunisia ranks 151st of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6% | — |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 1.4% | +179.9% |
| 2004 | 1.3% | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 1.1% | -12.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | -37.7% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -47.2% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | -42.6% |
| 2009 | 0.5% | +151.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | +101.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -46.4% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -20.3% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +36.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -29.1% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | -61.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +232.5% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -26.4% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | -41.4% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -65.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | -4.2% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 20.9%, 0% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +232.5% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.2% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
- 148 Puerto Rico 0.2% compare
- 149 Jordan 0.1% compare
- 150 Denmark 0.1% compare
- 152 Netherlands 0.0% compare
- 153 Turkmenistan 0.0% compare
- 154 Algeria 0.0% compare
More energy & mining data for Tunisia
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 0.7845 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- 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 (2024)
- Fuel imports 18.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia?
- Share of electricity generation from hydropower in Tunisia was 0.0% in 2025, according to Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of electricity generation from hydropower recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2025.
- How does Tunisia rank for share of electricity generation from hydropower?
- Tunisia ranks 151st out of 213 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of electricity generation from hydropower rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Ember (2026) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of electricity generation from hydropower. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of total electricity produced in the country or region.