Data for 2010

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2010

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2010
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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, 2010 covers 172 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 13.909. Against 2009, 118 values changed (58 up, 60 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.

172countries
3measures per country
2010the year it describes
118distinct 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, 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.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000	100.00	7.57
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.00	7.26
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.000	100.00	8.36
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.69
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.000	100.00	54.06
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.904	99.90	10.45
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.880	99.88	16.67
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.757	99.76	16.44
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.686	100.00	3.18
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	98.851	98.85	7.83
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	95.420	96.18	1.31
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	94.803	95.79	123.14
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	93.166	93.17	9.95
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.743	91.74	11.99
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.625	93.75	1.92
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	87.500	87.50	0.16
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.714	85.71	0.14
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	85.227	85.23	0.88
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	81.250	81.25	0.16
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	81.003	82.85	7.58
Uruguay`URY`South America	78.305	89.20	10.74
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	76.190	76.19	0.63
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	75.605	93.27	9.51
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	74.731	100.00	16.74
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.014	73.04	5.86
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	71.810	71.81	8.62
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	70.732	70.73	0.41
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	68.478	68.68	10.12
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	68.408	68.41	4.02
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	67.766	67.95	5.46
Venezuela`VEN`South America	67.493	67.49	113.76
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.130	67.94	8.64
Colombia`COL`South America	66.412	70.51	60.23
Belize`BLZ`Central America	61.905	88.10	0.42
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	61.731	62.88	14.79
Suriname`SUR`South America	61.224	61.22	1.96
Panama`PAN`Central America	56.775	57.05	7.38
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	56.561	66.34	67.82
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.300	56.30	23.57
Peru`PER`South America	55.837	57.70	35.89
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.247	73.12	44.31
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	54.380	59.49	2.74
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	53.846	54.62	1.30
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	53.092	54.90	6.63
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	53.086	56.79	0.81
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	50.657	52.16	5.33
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	47.346	74.44	7.16
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.632	47.15	1.93
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	46.610	49.15	2.36
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.591	52.27	0.88
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.729	55.30	148.45
Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.027	44.13	19.42
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.100	63.69	8.84
Honduras`HND`Central America	42.361	48.61	7.20
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	41.667	41.67	0.12
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	40.909	40.91	0.22
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.351	40.51	6.27
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	39.286	39.29	0.28
Chile`CHL`South America	35.917	40.20	60.25
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.537	65.46	6.05
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	34.177	34.18	0.79
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	33.647	34.72	94.54
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	33.471	33.47	7.26
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.903	33.60	60.42
Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.481	33.68	6.65
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.432	97.30	0.74
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.774	31.77	37.42
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	30.198	53.01	53.48
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	27.798	29.21	16.26
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.891	28.07	5.95
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	25.000	28.57	0.28
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	25.000	25.00	0.68
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.529	26.39	211.18
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.378	24.42	26.13
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.217	35.61	3.51
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	20.690	22.41	0.58
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.000	20.00	0.15
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	19.155	21.67	27.46
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	18.265	18.27	18.67
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.234	25.95	296.63
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.952	18.57	4,196.37
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	16.022	29.99	80.64
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	15.759	15.76	51.97
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.286	14.29	0.14
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	14.204	32.83	297.80
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.118	14.12	0.85
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.699	36.71	3.65
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	13.636	13.64	0.22
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	13.196	18.60	56.61
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	12.264	14.62	2.12
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	11.516	26.30	67.73
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	10.951	12.54	45.93
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.883	13.64	562.36
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.800	18.20	5.00
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.753	9.75	48.91
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	9.675	10.76	14.78
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.740	9.91	3.23
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.547	6.55	6.11
United States`USA`Northern America	6.191	10.32	4,113.94
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.577	5.64	46.44
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.283	5.28	15.71
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.717	24.16	2.69
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.472	7.64	4.32
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.395	8.33	3.24
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.274	6.94	85.22
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	3.093	4.12	0.97
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.131	13.39	28.16
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.863	6.94	156.77
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.860	2.03	40.86
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.926	1.16	4.32
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.688	0.69	23.25
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.575	3.28	17.40
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.509	8.08	37.36
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.406	0.47	14.78
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.372	0.37	45.73
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.333	7.06	93.04
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.315	1.20	15.89
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.231	8.10	12.97
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.143	0.40	34.90
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.085	9.48	118.10
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.052	32.08	38.75
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.051	0.29	58.55
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	11.70	0.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	2.01
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	23.82
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	1.03
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.11
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.53
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	3.79
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.34
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.62
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.19
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	1.50	5.33
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.38
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.31
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	1.87
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	4.44	0.90
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.11	38.23
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	57.03
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.25
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.03	32.56
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	18.52	1.08
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	0.00	0.35
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	0.00	2.11
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.02
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.29
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	19.81
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	0.47
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	28.14
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.38
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.00	0.05
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.38
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.33
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	8.48
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	16.66
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.21
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.96
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western 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 13.909. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest44 share it
Middle country: 18.59
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,196.37
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.00

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 172 in both
58 · 60rose · 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.

04Caveats

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Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 50 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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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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