Data for 2002

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2002

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2002
Creator: Ember
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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, 2002 covers 170 countries on 3 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 11.976. Against 2001, 113 values changed (57 up, 56 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2002

Highest6 countries share it

100.000

Lowest50 countries share it

0.000

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

170countries
3measures per country
2002the year it describes
116distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2002: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.00	2.18
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.13
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.31
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	100.000	100.00	2.10
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.00	48.21
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	100.000	100.00	0.39
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.835	99.84	6.06
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.762	99.76	12.58
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	99.332	99.59	130.24
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.301	99.30	1.43
Uruguay`URY`South America	99.271	99.69	9.60
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.265	99.27	8.16
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.085	99.09	15.30
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.093	99.42	1.72
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	96.330	96.33	3.27
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	94.118	95.50	2.89
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	93.801	93.80	3.71
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.185	93.19	7.19
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	89.916	89.92	3.57
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.156	90.63	1.28
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.754	99.88	8.35
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	82.280	82.28	12.98
Peru`PER`South America	82.037	82.90	21.99
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.111	98.38	7.42
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	78.873	78.87	0.71
Colombia`COL`South America	75.218	76.34	44.71
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	72.727	72.73	0.11
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.638	68.78	7.27
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	66.353	69.11	60.63
Venezuela`VEN`South America	64.812	64.81	91.85
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	64.773	64.77	1.76
Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.286	64.29	0.14
Panama`PAN`Central America	64.272	64.65	5.29
Ecuador`ECU`South America	63.082	63.08	11.81
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	62.791	63.95	0.86
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	61.965	62.47	3.97
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	61.905	62.59	1.47
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	61.229	69.63	40.21
Suriname`SUR`South America	60.163	60.16	1.23
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	60.000	76.70	5.15
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	58.824	58.82	0.17
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	58.416	58.42	1.01
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.065	58.07	0.31
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	56.250	56.25	0.16
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	54.545	54.55	0.11
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	54.217	69.88	0.83
Bolivia`BOL`South America	52.404	53.61	4.16
Chile`CHL`South America	50.737	55.23	43.44
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.273	47.27	0.55
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.099	46.10	12.69
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	45.235	48.50	146.70
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.406	44.41	8.58
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	42.857	42.86	0.07
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	42.333	46.33	3.00
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	41.667	41.67	0.24
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	41.617	41.62	5.07
Honduras`HND`Central America	38.554	40.72	4.15
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	38.190	38.24	21.55
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.325	32.33	5.29
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	32.056	32.06	2.87
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.885	30.89	5.31
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.874	29.87	33.24
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.497	29.50	75.77
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.493	29.49	54.42
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	28.979	39.64	6.66
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	28.261	28.26	0.46
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	27.778	95.83	0.72
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	27.045	50.68	4.40
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	26.218	26.44	128.46
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.000	25.00	0.04
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	22.671	23.36	14.60
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	21.622	26.13	1.11
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.000	20.00	0.10
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.286	18.86	1.75
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.411	17.62	1,654.00
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.124	21.36	45.55
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	16.667	16.67	0.36
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.377	16.84	32.18
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.507	35.64	48.46
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	14.389	26.47	74.92
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.286	14.29	0.07
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.240	17.41	277.53
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	12.500	12.50	0.16
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	12.479	12.48	6.09
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.186	12.19	49.40
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.765	25.10	2.55
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.707	10.71	18.68
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.681	11.37	551.24
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.135	12.50	2.08
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.845	13.83	239.91
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.728	8.84	28.07
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	7.018	7.02	0.57
United States`USA`Northern America	6.649	8.75	3,844.23
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.259	7.48	13.90
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.206	6.21	5.64
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.801	5.80	11.55
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.660	5.66	0.53
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.541	5.54	18.95
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.247	6.71	53.36
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	5.038	5.04	42.08
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.592	27.55	1.96
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.669	5.57	24.80
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.571	5.36	2.80
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.276	3.93	76.00
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.024	2.02	17.29
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.600	1.94	142.49
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.536	1.54	33.86
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.293	2.16	6.96
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.637	6.63	15.69
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.616	0.62	8.12
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.526	0.64	36.15
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.507	0.76	11.84
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.475	0.48	23.16
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.445	1.41	80.94
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.217	0.22	27.65
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.117	0.35	8.53
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.116	4.21	94.64
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.113	0.11	26.46
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.077	17.37	39.10
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.044	0.07	45.50
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.18
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.19
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.82
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.89
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	15.26
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.86
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	1.15
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.14
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	2.71
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	5.26	0.19
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.48
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.10
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	3.79
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.20
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.26
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.15
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.72
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	1.09	0.92
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	34.23
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	36.37
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.00	17.53
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	4.12	1.70
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.19
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.00	2.05
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.09
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.19
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	10.33
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	0.15
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	10.94
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.29
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.23
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.27
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.04
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.53	5.64
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	10.70
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.10
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.04
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	3.77

02In 2002

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
Nepalshared100.000

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 11.976. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest46 share it
Middle country: 14.06
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,844.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 3.74

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 170 in both
57 · 56rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

São Tomé and Príncipe0.000 → 25.000+25.000
Togo38.462 → 56.250+17.788
Panama48.828 → 64.272+15.444
Armenia16.725 → 30.885+14.160
Georgia79.797 → 93.185+13.388

Fell most

Ghana83.739 → 68.638−15.101
Portugal30.460 → 17.124−13.336
Luxembourg13.793 → 3.571−10.222
Croatia56.314 → 46.099−10.215
Suriname70.192 → 60.163−10.029

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

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 50 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2002). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2002

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