Data for 2004

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2004

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2004
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, 2004 covers 171 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.99. Against 2003, 116 values changed (59 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2004

Highest5 countries share it

100.00

Lowest50 countries share it

0.00

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

171countries
3measures per country
2004the year it describes
117distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

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Every country and every column of Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2004, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2004: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.000	2.33
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.09
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.000	3.00
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.30
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.000	51.93
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.86	99.858	7.02
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.58	99.582	2.39
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.57	99.569	11.60
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.41	99.412	8.51
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	99.28	99.275	1.38
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.09	99.090	16.49
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.80	99.355	110.10
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.48	97.477	5.55
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	97.42	100.000	1.94
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	95.33	95.332	4.07
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	87.32	87.318	6.86
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	87.17	87.333	6.00
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.32	86.324	16.16
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.71	90.476	1.47
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	82.67	100.000	8.54
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.50	82.500	0.40
Uruguay`URY`South America	81.02	81.695	5.90
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	80.45	99.123	7.98
Colombia`COL`South America	80.44	81.512	49.33
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	80.00	80.000	0.15
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	78.13	78.125	2.24
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	77.01	78.927	2.61
Peru`PER`South America	72.25	72.866	24.25
Venezuela`VEN`South America	71.10	71.101	98.55
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	70.89	70.886	0.79
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	66.31	68.230	4.69
Panama`PAN`Central America	65.63	65.972	5.76
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	63.80	72.392	42.27
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.11	61.111	0.90
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.00	60.952	1.05
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.43	64.058	61.85
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	57.58	57.576	0.33
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	57.52	58.170	1.53
Ecuador`ECU`South America	57.34	57.344	12.80
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	57.14	57.143	0.14
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.63	56.633	21.86
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.58	56.584	9.72
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	55.01	55.011	13.87
Suriname`SUR`South America	53.15	53.147	1.43
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.27	47.273	0.55
Bolivia`BOL`South America	47.02	48.344	4.53
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	46.10	70.455	6.16
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.46	45.455	0.11
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42.96	42.959	5.61
Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.86	42.857	0.14
Chile`CHL`South America	42.67	46.667	51.00
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	42.11	42.105	0.19
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.05	56.818	0.88
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	39.67	44.985	151.56
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.56	50.935	6.42
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	36.00	40.000	0.25
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	34.20	34.197	5.79
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	33.39	33.429	24.29
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	33.33	33.333	0.54
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	31.46	33.455	5.50
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	30.77	30.925	149.75
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	30.56	34.444	3.60
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.86	31.259	85.96
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.81	52.795	4.83
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.24	29.237	56.47
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.56	28.556	37.19
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	27.27	27.273	0.11
Honduras`HND`Central America	26.94	34.109	5.16
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	26.79	27.570	15.27
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	25.36	26.781	3.51
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	25.00	25.000	0.12
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	25.00	25.000	0.04
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.22	22.222	6.66
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.09	27.551	44.68
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.28	21.277	0.47
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	19.84	23.810	1.26
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	19.16	19.760	1.67
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.56	29.858	85.84
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	17.24	94.828	0.58
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	16.67	16.667	0.12
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.05	16.222	2,203.31
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15.36	33.733	55.94
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.42	18.341	293.71
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.46	13.559	30.46
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	13.31	14.476	12.02
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	12.99	13.087	32.17
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	12.57	12.569	21.72
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.27	12.274	49.70
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	12.13	13.808	2.39
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.39	28.114	2.81
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.24	18.123	276.61
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	11.11	11.111	0.09
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.25	11.022	566.30
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	9.70	9.703	11.44
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.02	10.151	58.22
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.59	7.592	41.36
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	7.41	7.407	0.54
United States`USA`Northern America	6.58	8.733	3,951.95
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.03	6.034	5.80
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	5.56	27.315	2.16
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.82	4.815	25.13
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.05	4.054	0.74
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.97	5.638	3.37
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.50	5.595	25.20
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.41	3.270	83.79
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	2.24	2.293	18.75
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.79	3.172	7.25
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.52	1.517	32.29
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.36	2.098	152.54
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.26	1.593	11.93
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.80	0.800	31.25
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.59	2.788	33.71
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.58	0.580	24.15
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.58	5.627	15.64
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.56	0.670	8.96
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.39	1.809	82.91
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.19	0.582	10.31
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.10	0.096	31.20
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.09	5.310	99.82
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.08	23.683	40.24
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.06	0.085	47.28
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.19
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.22
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.87
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	1.98
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	16.15
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.89
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.08
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.97
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.15
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.26
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	4.545	0.22
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.45
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.04
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	4.20
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.22
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.28
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.19
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.14
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	1.88
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	1.163	0.86
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	37.05
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	41.26
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.000	20.20
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	7.614	1.97
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	0.24
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	2.22
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.28
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.20
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	11.50
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	0.40
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	13.23
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.18
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.31
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.23
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.06
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.28
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.311	6.43
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	11.92
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.12
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	1.05
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	4.36

02In 2004

At either end

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

Highest

Burundishared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Laosshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00
Paraguayshared100.00

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.99. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest46 share it
Middle country: 16.667
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States3,951.95
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.36

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

+0 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 171 in both
59 · 57rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Ghana65.48 → 87.17+21.69
Angola62.31 → 78.13+15.81
Panama50.63 → 65.63+15.00
Guinea46.51 → 61.11+14.60
Croatia41.49 → 55.01+13.52

Fell most

Togo66.67 → 42.11−24.56
Uruguay99.42 → 81.02−18.40
Tanzania94.10 → 77.01−17.09
Kenya58.94 → 46.10−12.84
Portugal33.89 → 22.09−11.80

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

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 50 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2004). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2004

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