Data for 2012

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2012
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Figures for 2012, 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, 2012 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 5 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 12.55. Against 2011, 117 values changed (60 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2012

Highest5 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.

173countries
3measures per country
2012the year it describes
116distinct 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, 2012, 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, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.00	100.00	4.72
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	6.74
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	100.00	100.00	12.93
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.49
Paraguay`PRY`South America	100.00	100.00	60.23
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.87	99.87	7.52
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.84	99.84	12.37
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.59	99.59	16.97
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	99.27	99.27	14.97
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.15	99.43	3.53
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.95	98.23	146.18
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	96.41	97.01	1.67
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.41	93.41	15.03
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	93.33	100.00	0.15
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.73	93.66	2.05
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.48	90.00	2.90
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	83.33	83.33	0.18
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	80.68	84.09	0.88
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	77.53	78.64	5.43
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	75.56	75.56	0.45
Colombia`COL`South America	74.71	77.89	63.06
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	74.32	74.32	9.62
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	70.86	70.98	7.72
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.82	91.79	10.11
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.62	100.00	17.29
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	69.62	71.33	11.16
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	68.95	70.32	9.50
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	67.12	67.12	0.73
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	66.67	66.67	0.18
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	65.76	65.93	12.15
Venezuela`VEN`South America	63.92	63.95	128.31
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	63.88	74.77	68.65
Panama`PAN`Central America	62.60	62.95	8.61
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.55	62.55	21.36
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	60.47	66.28	0.86
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	60.13	66.61	6.17
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	58.91	60.22	9.15
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	56.98	58.72	1.72
Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.26	92.11	0.38
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	53.68	57.14	2.31
Peru`PER`South America	53.43	55.26	39.96
Ecuador`ECU`South America	53.32	53.41	22.73
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	52.14	77.48	8.17
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	51.93	51.93	2.85
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	51.82	71.73	43.75
Uruguay`URY`South America	51.13	64.62	10.60
Suriname`SUR`South America	49.10	49.10	1.67
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.08	49.36	1.56
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.65	66.67	9.36
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	47.42	59.07	166.44
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.15	92.31	0.52
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.15	46.15	0.39
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.79	49.76	10.57
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.67	42.13	2.16
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	36.36	37.06	1.43
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	36.36	36.36	0.11
Honduras`HND`Central America	35.20	46.43	7.84
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	34.48	37.93	0.29
Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.44	32.52	7.41
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.22	32.45	5.67
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.44	31.71	98.10
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.32	60.64	6.30
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.41	29.41	7.82
Chile`CHL`South America	28.72	36.28	69.57
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	28.13	28.13	0.32
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	27.78	29.17	0.72
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	26.01	36.73	3.73
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.67	25.70	36.19
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.29	26.29	7.00
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	25.08	27.85	15.55
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.16	27.23	239.49
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23.95	40.56	70.41
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	20.62	25.50	58.54
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	0.15
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	1.10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	20.00	20.00	0.15
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	19.69	19.80	28.74
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.47	20.09	2.29
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.33	19.94	4,978.24
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	16.61	16.61	6.26
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.63	17.19	0.64
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.82	14.82	0.54
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.58	14.58	0.96
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	14.49	19.33	28.30
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	14.18	31.24	295.25
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.06	28.45	72.89
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	12.55	12.55	53.00
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	12.50	12.50	0.08
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	12.37	42.63	45.44
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.54	15.02	567.59
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.53	12.13	16.90
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.42	42.68	4.03
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	9.54	9.54	46.02
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	9.33	26.22	4.50
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.17	9.27	32.27
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.01	9.39	3.62
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.84	7.84	22.97
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.33	16.91	59.91
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.99	29.59	293.95
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.85	11.30	46.46
United States`USA`Northern America	6.71	12.18	4,040.67
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.08	6.08	16.46
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.65	4.65	5.81
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.62	11.23	2.76
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.48	10.21	4.31
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.95	19.59	27.16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.51	20.43	2.79
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.46	9.32	86.58
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.69	1.87	48.62
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.26	10.45	161.48
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	1.08	1.08	57.40
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.04	1.25	4.81
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.62	1.74	17.84
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.61	7.63	34.62
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.60	3.74	18.43
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.44	12.89	81.51
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.40	0.54	22.30
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.36	0.42	16.59
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.33	12.29	11.96
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.23	0.68	30.81
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.10	12.19	102.27
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.07	48.54	30.57
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.05	0.78	63.01
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	15.22	0.92
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	1.90
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	24.77
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	1.13
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.05
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.35
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	3.93
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	18.42	0.38
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.61
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	4.17	0.24
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.06
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.03
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	5.51	4.72
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.39
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.32
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.25
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.20
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	1.78
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.03
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	4.17	0.96
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.10	38.53
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.02
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	61.12
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.03	34.29
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	41.07	0.56
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.40
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	1.30	2.30
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.02
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.39
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	25.02
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.46
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.03	34.80
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	4.55	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.38
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.41
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.34
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.44
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	9.12
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	17.75
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.21
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.87
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	7.07

02In 2012

At either end

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

Highest

Albaniashared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Laosshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00
Paraguayshared100.00

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest39 share it
Middle country: 19.94
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina4,978.24
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 5.81

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

+1 / −0countries joined / left
117values changed, of 172 in both
60 · 57rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia4.90 → 36.36+31.46
Uganda57.52 → 84.48+26.96
Latvia47.46 → 60.13+12.68
Panama52.43 → 62.60+10.17
Austria55.05 → 63.88+8.83

Fell most

Sierra Leone88.24 → 66.67−21.57
Belize75.76 → 55.26−20.49
Togo47.62 → 28.13−19.49
Suriname67.32 → 49.10−18.22
Uruguay62.67 → 51.13−11.54

+ South Sudan

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 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2012). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2012

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