Data for 2006

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2006

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2006
Creator: Ember
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Figures for 2006, 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, 2006 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 11.308. Against 2005, 114 values changed (46 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2006

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
2006the 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, 2006, 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, 2006: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	4.47
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.09
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.000	3.60
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.52
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.000	53.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.897	99.897	9.68
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.863	99.863	14.59
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.632	99.632	2.72
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.333	99.333	7.50
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	98.641	98.641	16.93
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.474	99.324	121.22
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	98.214	98.214	5.04
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	93.789	93.789	1.61
Belize`BLZ`Central America	85.714	85.714	0.21
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	85.350	89.172	1.57
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	85.235	85.235	2.98
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	84.880	84.880	14.55
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	82.353	82.353	0.17
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	82.222	82.222	0.45
Colombia`COL`South America	79.321	80.446	53.34
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	76.087	88.735	5.06
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	75.754	93.852	8.62
Venezuela`VEN`South America	73.900	73.900	110.42
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	73.299	100.000	9.85
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	72.500	76.250	1.60
Peru`PER`South America	72.003	73.282	27.36
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	71.111	71.111	0.90
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	70.415	70.415	7.47
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	66.541	67.794	7.98
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	66.269	66.389	8.39
Uruguay`URY`South America	63.734	64.632	5.57
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	63.014	63.014	0.73
Panama`PAN`Central America	59.866	60.201	5.98
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	59.322	59.322	2.95
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	58.879	59.813	1.07
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.322	65.359	62.21
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	57.143	57.143	0.35
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	56.627	57.229	1.66
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	55.984	55.984	22.31
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.215	57.055	4.89
Suriname`SUR`South America	54.777	54.777	1.57
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	54.229	64.777	43.04
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	53.883	53.883	6.18
Chile`CHL`South America	52.398	55.015	55.04
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	51.278	51.510	12.91
Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.142	50.284	14.08
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	48.148	48.148	0.27
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	47.368	47.368	0.57
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	43.142	62.850	7.51
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	43.076	49.595	143.28
Bolivia`BOL`South America	42.800	43.600	5.00
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.667	41.667	0.12
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.550	53.494	7.87
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	41.026	42.735	3.51
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.909	40.909	0.22
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	40.000	44.000	0.25
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	37.778	52.222	0.90
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	37.736	37.736	0.53
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.439	58.596	5.70
Honduras`HND`Central America	34.396	36.745	5.96
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	32.101	33.166	99.53
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	31.699	31.699	5.71
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	30.573	33.758	1.57
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	29.348	29.348	62.56
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	29.247	32.258	4.65
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	28.854	28.854	35.87
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.076	27.119	23.12
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.596	28.369	5.64
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.101	25.260	176.25
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	25.000	25.000	0.12
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	25.000	33.824	3.40
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.759	24.487	15.11
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.538	23.538	7.01
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	22.727	32.479	48.40
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	21.739	97.101	0.69
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.000	20.000	0.05
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	18.031	18.031	33.83
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	17.506	36.034	56.78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	15.385	15.385	0.13
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	15.207	15.589	2,865.73
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	14.973	16.578	1.87
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.545	14.545	0.55
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.080	15.392	31.25
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	13.963	27.294	82.29
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	12.403	13.536	14.11
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.104	16.570	305.61
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	10.512	10.592	37.48
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.159	10.159	24.51
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.904	30.032	3.13
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	9.864	12.910	59.41
France`FRA`Western Europe	9.674	10.737	567.30
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.428	9.428	49.32
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.265	9.309	45.44
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9.091	9.091	0.11
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	8.782	17.643	295.59
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.712	10.606	2.64
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.065	8.065	0.62
United States`USA`Northern America	6.985	9.418	4,046.94
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.090	6.090	11.33
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.086	6.086	6.08
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	4.630	4.630	1.08
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	4.576	4.609	30.16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.390	22.458	2.36
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.314	3.563	12.07
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.107	7.062	3.54
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.048	4.208	83.66
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.657	9.225	27.10
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.133	3.733	7.50
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.269	2.670	160.70
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.689	0.995	13.07
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.624	0.624	35.23
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.561	0.561	24.97
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.546	3.036	16.47
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.530	4.156	35.85
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.450	0.540	11.12
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.432	3.552	83.34
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.126	0.126	31.81
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.113	8.265	97.52
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.103	1.336	9.73
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.044	20.224	45.44
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.020	0.040	50.56
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.19
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.91
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	2.12
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	21.04
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	1.02
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.15
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.99
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.30
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	4.000	0.25
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.56
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	4.65
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.31
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.27
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.22
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	1.89
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	1.515	0.66
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	38.54
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	47.60
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.20
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.000	24.75
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	10.180	1.67
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.000	0.31
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.000	2.26
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	3.53
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.02
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.22
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	13.29
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	0.35
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.000	17.08
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.19
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.33
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.32
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.05
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.07
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.30
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.418	7.17
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	13.65
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.16
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	5.39

02In 2006

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest47 share it
Middle country: 15.491
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,046.94
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 4.95

032005 → 2006

Since 2005

+0 / −0countries joined / left
114values changed, of 172 in both
46 · 68rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Belize43.750 → 85.714+41.964
São Tomé and Príncipe0.000 → 20.000+20.000
Zimbabwe52.457 → 66.541+14.084
Portugal10.280 → 22.727+12.447
Suriname48.521 → 54.777+6.256

Fell most

Sierra Leone25.000 → 0.000−25.000
Uruguay86.979 → 63.734−23.245
Uganda93.878 → 72.500−21.378
Cameroon94.192 → 76.087−18.105
Ghana82.641 → 66.269−16.372

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. 51 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2006). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2006 [data set], describing 2006. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2006

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