Data for 2010

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2010

Figures for 2010, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 covers 199 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13.196. Against 2009, 145 values changed (74 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2010

Highest5 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. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

199countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
144distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 29, 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by Ember.

AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	100.000	100.00	7.57
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.000	100.00	7.26
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	100.000	100.00	8.36
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.69
ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.000	100.00	54.06
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.904	99.90	10.45
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	99.880	99.88	16.67
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	99.757	99.76	16.44
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	99.686	100.00	3.18
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	98.851	98.85	7.83
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	97.405	99.00	5.01
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	95.420	96.18	1.31
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	94.803	95.79	123.14
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	93.166	93.17	9.95
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	91.743	91.74	11.99
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	90.625	93.75	1.92
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	87.500	87.50	0.16
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	85.714	85.71	0.14
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	85.227	85.23	0.88
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	81.250	81.25	0.16
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	81.003	82.85	7.58
UruguayURYSouth America	78.305	89.20	10.74
BrazilBRASouth America	78.187	84.80	515.80
GuineaGINWestern Africa	76.190	76.19	0.63
Costa RicaCRICentral America	75.605	93.27	9.51
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	74.731	100.00	16.74
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	72.014	73.04	5.86
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	71.810	71.81	8.62
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	70.732	70.73	0.41
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	68.478	68.68	10.12
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	68.408	68.41	4.02
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	67.766	67.95	5.46
VenezuelaVENSouth America	67.493	67.49	113.76
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	67.130	67.94	8.64
ColombiaCOLSouth America	66.412	70.51	60.23
BelizeBLZCentral America	61.905	88.10	0.42
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	61.731	62.88	14.79
SurinameSURSouth America	61.224	61.22	1.96
CanadaCANNorthern America	57.887	61.06	607.03
PanamaPANCentral America	56.775	57.05	7.38
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	56.561	66.34	67.82
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	56.300	56.30	23.57
PeruPERSouth America	55.837	57.70	35.89
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	55.247	73.12	44.31
SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	54.595	56.73	66.05
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	54.380	59.49	2.74
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	53.846	54.62	1.30
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	53.092	54.90	6.63
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	53.086	56.79	0.81
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	52.612	53.45	10.72
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	50.657	52.16	5.33
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	47.431	47.43	16.93
KenyaKENEastern Africa	47.346	74.44	7.16
GabonGABMiddle Africa	46.632	47.15	1.93
MaliMLIWestern Africa	46.610	49.15	2.36
FijiFJIMelanesia	46.591	52.27	0.88
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	44.729	55.30	148.45
EcuadorECUSouth America	44.027	44.13	19.42
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	43.100	63.69	8.84
HondurasHNDCentral America	42.361	48.61	7.20
SamoaWSMPolynesia	41.667	41.67	0.12
TogoTGOWestern Africa	40.909	40.91	0.22
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	40.351	40.51	6.27
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	39.286	39.29	0.28
ChileCHLSouth America	35.917	40.20	60.25
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	35.537	65.46	6.05
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	34.177	34.18	0.79
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	33.647	34.72	94.54
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	33.471	33.47	7.26
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	32.903	33.60	60.42
BoliviaBOLSouth America	32.481	33.68	6.65
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	32.432	97.30	0.74
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	31.774	31.77	37.42
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	31.095	31.20	91.72
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	30.198	53.01	53.48
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	27.798	29.21	16.26
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	26.891	28.07	5.95
ArgentinaARGSouth America	26.476	27.60	126.00
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	25.000	28.57	0.28
HaitiHTICaribbean	25.000	25.00	0.68
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	24.529	26.39	211.18
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	24.378	24.42	26.13
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	24.217	35.61	3.51
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	20.690	22.41	0.58
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	20.000	20.00	0.15
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	19.155	21.67	27.46
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	18.265	18.27	18.67
ItalyITASouthern Europe	17.234	25.95	296.63
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	16.952	18.57	4,196.37
RussiaRUSEastern Europe	16.038	16.09	1,038.02
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	16.022	29.99	80.64
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	15.886	18.78	22.85
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	15.759	15.76	51.97
DominicaDMACaribbean	14.286	14.29	0.14
SpainESPSouthern Europe	14.204	32.83	297.80
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	14.118	14.12	0.85
NicaraguaNICCentral America	13.699	36.71	3.65
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	13.636	13.64	0.22
MexicoMEXCentral America	13.499	16.86	275.57
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	13.196	18.60	56.61
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	12.264	14.62	2.12
IndiaINDSouthern Asia	11.613	15.11	936.39
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	11.516	26.30	67.73
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	10.951	12.54	45.93
FranceFRAWestern Europe	10.883	13.64	562.36
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	10.800	18.20	5.00
IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	10.255	20.31	235.29
IraqIRQWestern Asia	9.753	9.75	48.91
KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	9.704	9.70	82.65
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	9.675	10.76	14.78
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	8.966	9.96	144.43
SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.740	9.91	3.23
JapanJPNEastern Asia	7.655	10.23	1,156.04
UkraineUKREastern Europe	6.964	7.09	188.82
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	6.547	6.55	6.11
United StatesUSANorthern America	6.191	10.32	4,113.94
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	5.577	5.64	46.44
AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	5.479	8.83	250.97
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	5.283	5.28	15.71
MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	5.087	6.10	125.05
IranIRNSouthern Asia	4.349	4.43	235.68
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.717	24.16	2.69
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.472	7.64	4.32
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	3.395	8.33	3.24
ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.395	5.57	157.57
GermanyDEUWestern Europe	3.356	16.89	624.21
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	3.274	6.94	85.22
KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	3.095	3.10	5.17
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	3.093	4.12	0.97
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.131	13.39	28.16
PolandPOLEastern Europe	1.863	6.94	156.77
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.860	2.03	40.86
TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	1.696	2.86	247.05
United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.940	6.85	382.06
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.926	1.16	4.32
South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.743	1.15	495.03
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.688	0.69	23.25
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.575	3.28	17.40
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.509	8.08	37.36
South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.439	0.61	259.59
JordanJORWestern Asia	0.406	0.47	14.78
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.372	0.37	45.73
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.333	7.06	93.04
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.315	1.20	15.89
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.231	8.10	12.97
BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.143	0.40	34.90
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.085	9.48	118.10
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.052	32.08	38.75
IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.051	0.29	58.55
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.33
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.000	11.70	0.94
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.000	0.00	2.01
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	23.82
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.000	0.00	1.03
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.11
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.53
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.79
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.34
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.62
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.19
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.000	1.50	5.33
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.38
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.31
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.000	0.00	1.87
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.000	4.44	0.90
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.000	0.11	38.23
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	57.03
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.000	0.03	32.56
MacauMACEastern Asia	0.000	18.52	1.08
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.35
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.000	0.00	2.11
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.29
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	19.81
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.47
QatarQATWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	28.14
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.05
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.38
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.000	0.00	0.08
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.33
TongaTONPolynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.000	0.00	8.48
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.000	0.00	16.66
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.000	0.00	0.96
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.000	0.00	7.76

02In 2010

At either end

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

Highest

Albaniashared100.000
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 13.196. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest44 share it
Middle country: 18.20
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.58

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
145values changed, of 199 in both
74 · 71rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone33.333 → 85.714+52.381
Sudan48.411 → 81.003+32.592
Uruguay58.362 → 78.305+19.943
North Macedonia18.622 → 33.471+14.849
Kenya32.824 → 47.346+14.522

Fell most

Togo73.333 → 40.909−32.424
Belize79.167 → 61.905−17.262
São Tomé and Príncipe16.667 → 0.000−16.667
Burundi100.000 → 87.500−12.500
Rwanda51.613 → 39.286−12.327

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

144 distinct values among 199
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 50 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Which end is better
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 199 countries has every column.

05The files

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Ember (2010). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2010

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