Data for 2008

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2008

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2008
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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, 2008 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 6 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 13.34. Against 2007, 113 values changed (65 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2008

Highest6 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.

172countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
116distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
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01Values only

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Every country and every column of Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2008, 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, 2008: every country, as published by Ember.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.00	100.000	3.76
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.000	6.89
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.11
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.000	3.72
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.58
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.000	55.46
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.93	99.933	14.97
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.90	99.895	9.53
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.64	99.642	2.79
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.67	98.668	7.51
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.48	99.405	141.19
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	97.83	97.833	16.15
Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.24	95.238	0.21
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	89.41	92.941	1.70
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	88.54	88.535	1.57
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	87.50	87.500	0.16
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	85.71	85.714	11.69
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	84.61	84.606	8.38
Colombia`COL`South America	82.81	83.886	55.48
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	80.44	80.435	0.46
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	77.78	77.778	4.05
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	77.77	92.766	9.40
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	75.28	100.000	16.34
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	74.84	75.885	7.63
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	74.29	75.709	5.64
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	73.68	73.918	8.32
Venezuela`VEN`South America	72.79	72.791	119.30
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	69.96	74.249	2.33
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	69.23	69.231	0.78
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	69.23	69.231	0.13
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	64.20	64.198	0.81
Panama`PAN`Central America	61.74	62.053	6.43
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	61.48	61.480	6.62
Ecuador`ECU`South America	60.47	60.573	18.49
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	60.41	60.408	23.06
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	59.55	60.899	4.45
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	59.54	69.167	64.38
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.52	67.857	0.84
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	59.01	60.911	5.27
Peru`PER`South America	58.71	60.130	32.43
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	58.48	59.322	1.18
Suriname`SUR`South America	56.95	56.954	1.51
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	55.17	55.172	0.29
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	54.42	54.417	2.83
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	54.05	54.054	0.37
Uruguay`URY`South America	51.31	61.231	8.77
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	50.98	64.231	43.39
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.62	49.171	1.81
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	46.08	54.310	149.90
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	45.85	72.683	6.15
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	45.46	45.455	0.11
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.23	45.696	12.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	41.94	54.954	8.68
Chile`CHL`South America	40.28	45.526	59.46
Bolivia`BOL`South America	38.68	39.696	5.92
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	36.84	36.842	0.57
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	36.74	36.735	0.49
Honduras`HND`Central America	35.03	38.117	6.48
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	34.43	63.279	6.10
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.33	37.037	0.27
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	33.33	33.333	0.06
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.47	34.542	5.79
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	31.49	34.254	1.81
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.17	30.169	5.90
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	29.87	31.244	93.01
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	27.08	27.131	21.12
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.52	26.549	64.86
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.96	25.964	36.82
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	25.71	28.369	5.64
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	25.00	25.000	0.20
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.93	36.657	3.41
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	24.50	26.264	16.41
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	24.19	25.806	1.86
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	23.19	97.101	0.69
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22.12	35.902	77.35
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	21.31	21.311	0.61
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	20.00	20.000	0.05
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	18.22	19.025	3,495.76
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	16.77	17.351	198.37
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	16.18	33.903	60.82
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.77	35.417	3.36
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	15.39	15.385	0.13
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	15.00	32.289	45.34
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.29	14.286	0.14
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.08	15.923	28.70
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	13.36	18.667	311.57
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	13.31	13.312	6.31
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.96	12.757	566.98
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.22	10.222	21.62
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.45	10.541	14.61
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.44	9.436	36.88
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.94	8.941	50.22
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.33	8.333	0.72
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.77	9.122	2.96
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	7.54	20.062	309.79
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.99	7.063	41.06
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.32	6.323	6.01
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.27	6.586	44.49
United States`USA`Northern America	6.05	9.181	4,107.53
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.32	9.247	62.18
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.78	10.294	2.72
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.30	23.438	2.56
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.78	6.147	4.23
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.38	3.378	1.48
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	3.24	12.162	29.93
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	3.00	4.501	13.33
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.97	2.972	12.45
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.75	2.805	34.23
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.43	4.467	83.28
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.39	4.278	154.50
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.79	3.959	17.68
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.70	0.696	40.23
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.69	0.688	23.25
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.53	5.872	40.02
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.49	5.321	83.06
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.42	0.495	14.15
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.28	1.890	10.58
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.21	0.487	14.37
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.11	0.200	35.05
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.09	8.973	106.21
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.08	27.686	36.48
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.04	0.070	56.79
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.19
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.30
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.91
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	22.82
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	1.05
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.23
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.70
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.18
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	3.42
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	3.448	0.29
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.62
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.14
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	0.197	5.07
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.34
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.28
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.24
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.19
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	1.408	0.71
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	37.93
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	51.75
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.000	28.67
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	14.876	1.21
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.000	0.41
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	0.000	2.31
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.250	4.00
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.02
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.22
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	16.05
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	0.43
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	21.62
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.20
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.35
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.34
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.32
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.259	7.73
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	15.04
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.19
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.97
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.000	6.55

02In 2008

At either end

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

Highest

Albaniashared100.00
Burundishared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Laosshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest44 share it
Middle country: 16.637
Total generation (TWh)
HighestUnited States4,107.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.46

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

+0 / −0countries joined / left
113values changed, of 172 in both
65 · 48rose · fell
59unchanged

Rose most

Togo47.37 → 69.23+21.86
Ghana53.02 → 73.68+20.66
Equatorial Guinea7.69 → 25.00+17.31
Belize81.82 → 95.24+13.42
Ecuador51.88 → 60.47+8.58

Fell most

Uruguay85.50 → 51.31−34.19
Namibia98.09 → 88.54−9.55
Iraq17.27 → 9.44−7.83
Peru65.32 → 58.71−6.61
Portugal21.60 → 15.00−6.60

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

04Caveats

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116 distinct values among 172
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 (2008). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2008

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