Data for 2013

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2013

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2013
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Figures for 2013, 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, 2013 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 13.32. Against 2012, 119 values changed (59 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2013

Highest4 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
2013the year it describes
120distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by Ember.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.00	100.00	6.96
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.00	7.53
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.00	0.14
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.51
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	99.94	100.00	15.36
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.88	99.88	8.16
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	99.85	99.85	13.30
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.79	100.00	60.51
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	99.77	99.77	17.11
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	99.14	99.71	3.50
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	98.59	98.59	14.87
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.25	97.96	133.14
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	94.07	95.56	1.35
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	93.49	100.00	3.07
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	93.39	93.39	13.92
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	90.73	93.66	2.05
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	82.35	88.24	0.17
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	82.06	82.06	9.98
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	80.44	80.44	0.46
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	79.52	80.97	10.35
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	77.48	80.18	1.11
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.85	73.85	0.65
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.87	100.00	17.99
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	70.79	72.55	12.46
Uruguay`URY`South America	70.41	84.13	11.66
Belize`BLZ`Central America	70.27	94.60	0.37
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	68.30	69.40	6.34
Colombia`COL`South America	67.69	69.22	73.51
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	66.54	88.22	10.19
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	65.10	78.23	64.55
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	63.45	63.45	3.94
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	62.74	62.90	12.99
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.63	62.68	21.97
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.50	62.50	0.16
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	61.84	66.57	13.94
Venezuela`VEN`South America	61.82	61.89	135.13
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.09	63.64	0.88
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	57.91	58.04	8.15
Panama`PAN`Central America	57.54	57.88	8.95
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.30	57.87	1.78
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	55.49	57.23	1.73
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.40	74.19	42.70
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.41	53.77	9.54
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	51.67	93.33	0.60
Peru`PER`South America	51.28	53.94	43.51
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	50.46	54.09	2.20
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	48.49	50.30	1.65
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	48.39	78.34	8.08
Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.19	47.63	23.16
Suriname`SUR`South America	47.16	47.16	1.76
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	46.94	56.94	6.20
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	45.95	67.59	10.12
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	44.50	44.98	2.09
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	40.54	40.54	0.37
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	40.10	54.04	153.03
Honduras`HND`Central America	33.01	44.09	8.21
Bolivia`BOL`South America	32.14	33.80	7.81
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31.03	37.93	0.29
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	30.39	32.19	104.88
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	29.41	29.41	0.85
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.30	32.34	15.80
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.27	60.76	6.32
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	28.72	30.05	5.99
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.71	28.71	7.49
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	27.27	58.53	50.35
Chile`CHL`South America	27.02	35.70	72.84
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	26.67	26.67	0.15
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	26.00	26.05	39.23
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	25.94	26.11	6.09
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.71	34.63	58.19
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25.00	25.00	0.12
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.74	28.82	240.15
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.69	35.16	4.01
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	22.06	25.00	0.68
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.84	21.76	7.63
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	18.45	39.16	286.02
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.42	18.56	28.93
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.33	20.32	2.51
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.02	35.97	71.26
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.35	21.43	0.98
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	17.02	22.32	28.50
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.78	20.00	5,420.96
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	14.67	16.00	0.75
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	14.29	14.29	0.14
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	14.29	14.29	0.07
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.33	13.33	1.05
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	13.32	26.41	75.23
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	13.10	39.58	281.46
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	12.50	12.50	0.32
France`FRA`Western Europe	12.47	17.24	576.75
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	12.41	36.52	4.19
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	11.92	12.04	25.17
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	11.27	25.48	56.37
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	11.03	52.28	4.17
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	10.61	13.04	17.72
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.44	10.44	54.61
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	9.39	16.06	43.02
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.14	9.71	3.81
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	8.08	8.17	58.90
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	6.87	6.87	4.51
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	6.70	6.70	18.80
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	6.52	19.57	1.84
United States`USA`Northern America	6.51	12.83	4,055.61
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.32	6.71	23.25
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.18	10.83	85.91
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.15	20.28	2.86
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.80	9.32	4.29
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.34	22.29	25.62
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.76	2.01	53.34
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.49	10.42	163.78
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.20	2.39	5.02
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.69	9.18	30.27
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.68	4.88	19.25
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.55	0.55	59.89
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.46	14.30	81.95
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.44	0.95	31.51
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.37	1.35	21.48
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.33	2.37	18.14
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.29	0.35	17.26
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.23	9.26	13.28
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.11	12.03	100.56
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.05	0.93	61.32
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.03	46.11	34.61
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.15
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.33
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	15.96	0.94
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	1.88
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	25.91
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	1.01
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.13
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.92
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.20
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.00	4.40
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	21.95	0.41
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.62
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	3.57	0.28
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	7.69	4.29
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.43
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.27
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	1.74
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.02
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	4.08	0.98
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.10	39.01
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.00	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.02	60.99
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.00	0.30
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.03	37.93
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	58.54	0.41
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	0.00	0.42
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	1.77	2.26
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	0.44
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	26.24
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	0.53
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.23	34.75
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	2.27	0.44
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.00	0.08
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.35
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.00	0.47
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	0.00	0.05
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	9.50
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.00	18.87
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.21
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	0.00	0.82
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	14.29	0.07
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	0.00	8.50

02In 2013

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
Central African Republicshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00
Laos99.94

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest36 share it
Middle country: 21.76
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina5,420.96
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.20

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 173 in both
59 · 60rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Cambodia36.36 → 57.30+20.94
Uruguay51.13 → 70.41+19.28
Central African Republic83.33 → 100.00+16.67
Croatia45.79 → 61.84+16.05
Belize55.26 → 70.27+15.01

Fell most

Togo28.13 → 12.50−15.63
Latvia60.13 → 46.94−13.20
Angola70.86 → 57.91−12.94
Samoa36.36 → 25.00−11.36
Burundi93.33 → 82.35−10.98

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

04Caveats

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120 distinct values among 173
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 (2013). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2013

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