Data for 2017

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017
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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, 2017 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 52 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 11.30. Against 2016, 118 values changed (46 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

Highest4 countries share it

100.00

Lowest52 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

173countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
119distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.00	100.000	4.53
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.00	100.000	7.65
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.00	100.000	0.15
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.54
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.77	100.000	59.82
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.68	99.894	9.42
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.04	100.000	4.58
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	96.02	98.118	148.27
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	95.29	100.000	1.91
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.59	94.589	18.11
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.48	91.477	15.37
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	91.01	98.148	3.78
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	89.83	96.045	1.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	85.78	86.332	14.56
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.33	86.508	1.26
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	79.72	80.507	11.44
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	79.71	80.499	17.64
Colombia`COL`South America	77.28	79.100	78.47
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	76.15	99.645	11.28
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	76.00	76.000	0.50
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	72.84	100.000	19.07
Ecuador`ECU`South America	71.47	73.518	27.83
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	70.77	71.415	10.81
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	68.36	69.492	1.77
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	67.86	75.000	0.28
Belize`BLZ`Central America	67.50	95.000	0.40
Panama`PAN`Central America	65.67	71.830	11.04
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.69	64.821	31.07
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	62.61	63.354	8.05
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	59.55	60.510	15.70
Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.30	58.391	103.80
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	58.17	72.510	7.53
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.10	81.219	43.66
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.07	76.092	67.09
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	56.52	60.870	0.23
Peru`PER`South America	55.13	58.604	52.71
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	52.58	54.702	7.55
Uruguay`URY`South America	52.40	98.467	14.35
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	51.95	53.327	21.04
Suriname`SUR`South America	50.83	51.934	1.81
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	50.28	50.491	23.43
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.84	95.349	0.43
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	48.04	50.000	1.02
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	47.08	68.639	12.34
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	45.12	60.493	11.77
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	43.08	46.154	0.65
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43.02	45.640	3.44
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	42.26	42.632	13.30
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	41.52	41.964	2.24
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	41.13	45.161	2.48
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	40.88	41.780	6.63
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	39.93	40.940	2.98
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	39.66	57.882	164.23
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	39.39	41.919	1.98
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	33.33	51.515	0.33
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	33.24	34.795	7.07
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.84	32.836	1.34
Honduras`HND`Central America	31.66	57.356	9.38
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	30.81	74.775	5.55
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	29.88	29.880	7.53
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.27	80.886	10.83
Chile`CHL`South America	26.47	43.545	78.93
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	26.09	31.884	0.69
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	25.93	25.926	0.81
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.11	25.494	36.44
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	24.11	27.664	16.05
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.04	24.194	32.24
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	23.08	23.077	0.13
Bolivia`BOL`South America	23.05	25.130	9.59
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	22.81	38.228	63.54
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	21.88	46.608	67.52
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.42	25.038	130.36
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	20.06	21.245	10.12
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.82	23.036	5.60
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.58	29.345	297.29
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.75	31.250	0.16
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.16	27.816	4.35
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.73	25.024	6,571.65
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	16.85	71.067	3.56
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.76	23.851	27.42
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.33	13.333	0.15
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	13.03	13.051	60.84
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.59	24.444	1.35
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	12.39	35.568	292.09
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.26	12.264	1.06
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	11.61	14.286	1.12
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.30	15.833	19.20
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	11.15	13.622	3.23
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	10.40	55.973	4.52
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	10.25	39.208	57.59
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	10.18	24.555	94.36
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.00	66.667	0.90
France`FRA`Western Europe	9.00	16.538	555.74
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.63	11.229	4.72
United States`USA`Northern America	7.25	17.452	4,052.31
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.23	25.182	54.80
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.14	7.762	24.22
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.73	32.282	272.38
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.31	13.671	44.84
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.65	6.250	4.96
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	4.07	4.230	18.44
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.43	11.644	4.38
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	2.89	19.936	3.11
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.33	2.394	93.58
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.24	29.263	30.79
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.18	11.229	85.76
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.93	2.259	21.25
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.51	14.202	169.91
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.40	1.756	73.45
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.33	4.146	6.03
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.16	2.260	34.51
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.67	10.571	32.92
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.39	3.889	20.57
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.32	18.514	85.34
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.31	2.259	16.38
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.23	14.134	13.16
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.19	6.737	20.78
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.10	2.915	20.58
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.08	0.841	76.07
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.07	70.550	30.90
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.05	15.021	116.04
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.00	0.000	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.00	2.857	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.00	14.433	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	1.99
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.00	0.034	29.23
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.00	2.885	1.04
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.32
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.00	0.000	3.02
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.16
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.00	18.605	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.00	1.471	0.68
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.00	6.250	0.32
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.09
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.00	25.000	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.00	8.600	5.00
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.06
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.00	2.941	0.34
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.31
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.00	3.390	1.77
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.00	3.571	1.12
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.00	0.406	36.94
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.00	2.506	67.44
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.00	0.058	68.89
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.00	0.000	0.35
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.00	0.030	33.28
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.00	14.286	1.47
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.00	2.740	0.73
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.00	10.303	1.65
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.00	1.786	0.56
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.00	0.055	36.15
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.00	9.091	0.55
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.00	0.306	45.70
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.40
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.00	1.961	0.51
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.00	5.405	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.54
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.00	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.00	0.107	9.32
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.00	0.000	23.89
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.00	0.000	0.29
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.00	1.667	0.60
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.00	0.000	0.06
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.00	4.691	4.05

02In 2017

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
Paraguay99.77

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 24.194
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.03

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 173 in both
46 · 72rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Latvia39.41 → 58.17+18.76
Eswatini33.33 → 48.84+15.50
Ecuador57.73 → 71.47+13.74
Colombia63.62 → 77.28+13.66
Guatemala33.64 → 47.08+13.44

Fell most

Montenegro58.60 → 41.13−17.47
Portugal26.62 → 10.25−16.38
North Macedonia33.75 → 19.82−13.93
Burundi77.78 → 67.86−9.92
Croatia54.37 → 45.12−9.25

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

04Caveats

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119 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 52 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2017). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2017

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