Data for 2001

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2001

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2001
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Figures for 2001, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country’s electricity generation that came from hydropower. It is the reason countries such as Norway, Paraguay and Nepal run on clean power without a wind or solar boom.

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2001 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 52 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 11.321. Against 2000, 110 values changed (36 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2001

Highest6 countries share it

100.000

Lowest52 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

170countries
3measures per country
2001the year it describes
113distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2001: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	1.92
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.11
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.28
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	1.21
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	45.32
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.33
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.831	99.831	5.92
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.660	99.660	11.76
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.370	99.370	7.94
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.351	99.784	9.25
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.291	99.522	121.32
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.919	98.919	1.85
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.749	98.749	14.39
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	98.006	98.006	3.51
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.484	99.371	1.59
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.393	95.393	3.69
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	93.286	94.700	2.83
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.918	89.918	3.67
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.246	90.984	1.22
Peru`PER`South America	84.786	85.556	20.77
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	83.739	83.867	7.81
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	83.120	83.120	14.81
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	81.784	100.000	7.96
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	81.159	98.551	6.90
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.797	79.797	6.88
Colombia`COL`South America	72.972	74.154	43.14
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.727	72.727	0.11
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	72.464	72.464	0.69
Suriname`SUR`South America	70.192	70.192	1.04
Belize`BLZ`Central America	69.231	69.231	0.13
Venezuela`VEN`South America	67.074	67.074	90.11
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.350	69.269	60.98
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.276	66.276	4.27
Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.752	63.752	10.98
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	62.195	62.195	1.64
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	62.143	62.857	1.40
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.227	61.364	0.88
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	60.000	60.000	0.15
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	58.228	74.684	0.79
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	57.292	57.292	0.96
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	57.143	57.143	0.28
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.314	56.314	12.75
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.633	63.646	39.28
Bolivia`BOL`South America	53.283	54.545	3.96
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	50.000	50.000	0.10
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	49.480	59.459	4.81
Chile`CHL`South America	49.126	54.041	42.32
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	48.923	51.559	161.60
Panama`PAN`Central America	48.828	49.219	5.12
Honduras`HND`Central America	48.082	49.616	3.91
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.458	47.458	0.59
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	46.642	50.746	2.68
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.544	38.544	4.67
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	38.462	38.462	0.13
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.203	38.268	15.47
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	37.500	37.500	0.08
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	37.468	37.468	7.90
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.475	36.475	4.88
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	34.328	34.328	2.68
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.333	33.333	0.24
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	32.392	43.685	6.73
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30.460	34.173	46.06
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	30.365	30.365	32.57
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.512	53.902	4.10
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.862	27.862	53.55
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.143	98.571	0.70
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	26.265	26.265	72.11
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26.243	26.727	14.48
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	23.810	23.810	0.42
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.495	26.168	1.07
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	20.930	21.512	1.72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.000	20.000	0.10
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.642	19.912	122.24
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.735	18.958	1,480.80
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.730	28.932	74.45
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	17.544	21.152	233.07
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.216	19.989	271.90
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	16.725	16.725	5.74
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	16.667	16.667	0.06
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.493	15.965	31.82
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.090	37.279	47.05
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.889	13.889	0.36
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	13.793	19.540	0.87
France`FRA`Western Europe	13.384	14.023	542.60
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.752	12.865	26.74
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	9.890	9.890	6.37
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.091	9.091	47.96
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	7.692	19.838	2.47
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.692	7.692	0.13
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.804	6.804	18.96
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.383	6.383	0.47
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.154	6.154	5.85
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	5.769	5.769	0.52
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.639	5.639	17.38
United States`USA`Northern America	5.584	7.513	3,727.57
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	5.452	6.698	12.84
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	3.997	5.596	52.54
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.798	3.798	43.44
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.646	28.646	1.92
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	3.317	3.317	9.95
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.762	3.463	74.22
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.440	4.229	24.59
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.298	2.298	14.36
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.922	1.922	32.25
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.621	1.934	143.72
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.884	3.387	6.79
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.583	0.583	22.31
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.560	1.374	78.63
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.531	0.531	7.54
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.522	0.714	36.42
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.458	6.536	15.30
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.439	0.615	11.38
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.263	0.263	26.62
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.130	3.592	92.14
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.120	0.120	25.07
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.118	0.236	8.49
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.080	15.583	37.54
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.023	0.046	43.95
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.17
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.81
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.77
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	14.62
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.83
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.06
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	1.13
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.12
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.58
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	5.882	0.17
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.47
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	3.55
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.19
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.23
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.15
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	1.95
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	1.087	0.92
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	32.36
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	34.30
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	16.11
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	3.822	1.57
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.16
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	1.94
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	2.97
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.18
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	9.74
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	9.95
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.16
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.29
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.02
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.000	3.352	1.79
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.26
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.532	5.64
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	10.61
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.08
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.03
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	3.64

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Burundishared100.000
Bhutanshared100.000
Republic of the Congoshared100.000
Lesothoshared100.000
Namibiashared100.000

Lowest

Yemenshared0.000
Vanuatushared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.321. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 14.803
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,727.57
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.66

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 170 in both
36 · 74rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Kenya30.394 → 49.480+19.086
Tanzania85.200 → 93.286+8.086
Afghanistan64.583 → 72.464+7.881
Guinea50.617 → 57.292+6.675
Uruguay92.885 → 99.351+6.466

Fell most

São Tomé and Príncipe33.333 → 0.000−33.333
Panama69.939 → 48.828−21.111
Togo55.556 → 38.462−17.094
Luxembourg30.000 → 13.793−16.207
Honduras61.538 → 48.082−13.456

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do.

04Caveats

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113 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 52 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2001). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2001

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