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Share of electricity generated by hydropower

% · higher is better · 203 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025
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  1. 1Paraguay99.5%
  2. 2Ethiopia96.5%
  3. 3Tajikistan94.4%
  4. 4Norway90%
  5. 5Kyrgyz Republic84.7%
  6. 6Georgia78.8%
  7. 7Ecuador77.9%
  8. 8Costa Rica74.8%
  9. 9Colombia69.2%
  10. 10Montenegro58.5%
  11. 11Peru56.1%
  12. 12New Zealand54.8%
  13. 13Canada52.8%
  14. 14Switzerland52.3%
  15. 15Austria51.8%
  16. 16Brazil51.8%
  17. 17Latvia46.7%
  18. 18Sweden40%
  19. 19Croatia39.3%
  20. 20Sri Lanka38.2%
  21. 21Bosnia and Herzegovina36.6%
  22. 22Viet Nam33%
  23. 23Nigeria30.9%
  24. 24El Salvador30.3%
  25. 25Cambodia29.9%
  26. 26Portugal29.7%
  27. 27Armenia28%
  28. 28Bolivia27.9%
  29. 29Slovenia27.2%
  30. 30Uruguay27.2%
  31. 31Romania24.3%
  32. 32Chile22.2%
  33. 33Serbia22.2%
  34. 34Kenya20.9%
  35. 35Pakistan20.2%
  36. 36North Macedonia19.9%
  37. 37Malaysia17.5%
  38. 38Argentina17.1%
  39. 39Russian Federation16.7%
  40. 40Turkiye16.2%
  41. 41Italy15.8%
  42. 42Finland15.1%
  43. 43China13.2%
  44. 44Azerbaijan11.5%
  45. 45Spain11.4%
  46. 46Slovak Republic10.9%
  47. 47France10.4%
  48. 48Philippines10.3%
  49. 49India8.5%
  50. 50Kazakhstan8.5%
  51. 51Mexico8.1%
  52. 52Uzbekistan7.3%
  53. 53Japan7.2%
  54. 54Dominican Republic6.7%
  55. 55Bulgaria6.7%
  56. 56Egypt, Arab Rep.6.1%
  57. 57Greece5.9%
  58. 58Moldova5.7%
  59. 59United States5.3%
  60. 60Australia4.3%
  61. 61Thailand4%
  62. 62Lithuania3.9%
  63. 63Germany3.9%
  64. 64Iran, Islamic Rep.3.3%
  65. 65Luxembourg3.2%
  66. 66Czechia2.3%
  67. 67Ireland2.1%
  68. 68Morocco2%
  69. 69Belarus2%
  70. 70Taiwan1.9%
  71. 71United Kingdom1.9%
  72. 72Poland0.98%
  73. 73South Africa0.75%
  74. 74Bangladesh0.63%
  75. 75Mongolia0.62%
  76. 76Korea, Rep.0.61%
  77. 77Belgium0.6%
  78. 78Hungary0.57%
  79. 79Estonia0.49%
  80. 80Puerto Rico (US)0.25%
  81. 81Denmark0.06%
  82. 82Tunisia0.04%
  83. 83Netherlands0.04%
  84. 84Malta0%
  85. 84Kuwait0%
  86. 84Qatar0%
  87. 84Oman0%
  88. 84Israel0%
  89. 84Cyprus0%

Share of electricity generated by hydropower