Data for 2005

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2005

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2005
Creator: Ember
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Figures for 2005, 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, 2005 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 51 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13.683. Against 2004, 114 values changed (51 up, 63 down), 1 country joined.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2005

Highest5 countries share it

100.000

Lowest51 countries share it

0.000

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

172countries
3measures per country
2005the year it describes
117distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2005, 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, 2005: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	2.62
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.09
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	3.51
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.46
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	51.17
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.864	99.864	7.33
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.848	99.848	13.15
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.329	99.329	8.94
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.298	99.298	17.09
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.203	99.203	2.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.863	99.468	137.25
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.701	98.701	5.39
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	98.225	98.225	1.69
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	94.192	94.192	3.96
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	93.878	96.429	1.96
Uruguay`URY`South America	86.979	87.500	7.68
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	85.694	85.694	7.20
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.621	89.542	1.53
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.483	85.483	14.81
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	84.411	84.411	2.63
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	82.641	82.789	6.74
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	81.395	81.395	0.43
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81.250	81.250	0.16
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	80.720	100.000	8.61
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	79.365	96.703	8.19
Colombia`COL`South America	78.895	80.016	49.94
Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.280	73.280	105.39
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	71.951	71.951	0.82
Peru`PER`South America	70.902	72.275	25.50
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	67.683	69.512	4.92
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	65.157	65.157	2.87
Panama`PAN`Central America	63.918	64.261	5.82
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.025	62.025	0.79
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	60.377	61.321	1.06
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	58.824	58.824	0.34
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.636	63.508	64.37
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	57.093	57.093	22.77
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.355	64.407	42.48
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	53.946	54.100	13.05
Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.877	54.035	12.64
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	52.632	52.632	0.19
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.457	52.457	9.36
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.955	51.592	1.57
Chile`CHL`South America	50.211	53.658	52.22
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	49.834	49.834	6.02
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	48.634	50.000	3.66
Suriname`SUR`South America	48.521	48.521	1.69
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.273	47.273	0.55
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	45.971	51.288	158.36
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.455	45.455	0.11
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	44.776	66.716	6.70
Belize`BLZ`Central America	43.750	43.750	0.16
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.871	56.115	6.95
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40.000	44.000	0.25
Bolivia`BOL`South America	39.673	40.900	4.89
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	38.202	52.809	0.89
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	36.842	36.842	0.19
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	35.294	35.294	0.51
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.064	34.081	59.33
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.725	56.863	5.10
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	32.994	33.036	23.55
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.635	33.693	94.56
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.818	31.818	35.86
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	31.566	35.101	3.96
Honduras`HND`Central America	30.741	33.092	5.53
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.201	33.557	1.49
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.783	28.783	6.08
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	25.806	96.774	0.62
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.044	26.984	5.67
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.000	25.000	0.12
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	25.000	25.000	0.08
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.476	24.587	161.63
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.309	32.597	3.62
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	22.899	23.627	15.11
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.470	21.470	6.94
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	21.429	21.429	0.14
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	19.737	19.737	30.40
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	19.529	33.248	70.56
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	19.231	19.231	0.52
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	18.733	18.733	47.67
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.085	19.149	1.88
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.879	16.173	2,500.26
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.035	35.664	2.86
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.831	32.367	56.57
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.805	14.933	31.34
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	14.318	15.442	13.34
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.047	13.047	22.84
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.242	16.438	294.63
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.973	12.057	36.08
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.280	17.931	46.01
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	10.000	10.000	0.10
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	9.811	11.698	2.65
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.797	9.797	43.89
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.434	9.434	0.53
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	8.866	8.866	11.73
France`FRA`Western Europe	8.810	9.660	569.14
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.548	10.914	58.73
United States`USA`Northern America	6.537	8.749	4,034.99
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.353	14.603	289.46
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.030	6.030	5.97
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.867	24.779	2.26
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.748	4.748	26.96
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.545	4.545	0.88
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.121	3.190	14.42
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.905	3.820	81.93
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	2.687	6.269	3.35
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.461	7.383	25.60
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.008	3.614	7.47
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.622	1.622	33.91
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.417	2.479	155.29
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.106	1.422	12.66
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.622	0.622	9.65
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.561	0.561	24.96
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.559	5.231	35.75
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.456	3.192	15.35
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.344	2.501	84.38
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.196	1.078	10.20
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.129	0.129	30.96
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.091	7.571	98.53
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.062	0.082	48.61
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.055	27.162	36.08
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.19
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.24
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.91
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	2.09
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	19.37
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.99
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.11
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	1.06
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.26
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	4.167	0.24
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.48
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.12
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.05
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	4.38
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.30
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.29
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.15
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	1.90
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	1.538	0.65
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	38.38
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	43.73
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	22.32
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	7.882	2.03
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.27
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	2.24
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.40
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	0.23
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	12.65
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.50
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	14.40
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.19
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.32
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.04
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.30
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.07
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.29
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.284	7.05
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	12.82
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.13
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.97
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.05
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	4.77

02In 2005

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
Laosshared100.000
Lesothoshared100.000
Paraguayshared100.000

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 17.185
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,034.99
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.57

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

+1 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 171 in both
51 · 63rose · fell
57unchanged

Rose most

Iraq1.517 → 19.737+18.220
Mali19.841 → 30.201+10.360
Eswatini17.241 → 25.806+8.565
Sierra Leone16.667 → 25.000+8.333
Chile42.667 → 50.211+7.544

Fell most

Tanzania77.011 → 48.634−28.377
São Tomé and Príncipe25.000 → 0.000−25.000
Portugal22.090 → 10.280−11.810
New Zealand63.804 → 54.355−9.449
Bolivia47.020 → 39.673−7.347

+ Montenegro

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

04Caveats

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117 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 51 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2005). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2005

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