Data for 2018

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2018

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2018
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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, 2018 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 50 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 12.649. Against 2017, 118 values changed (58 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2018

Highest4 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.

173countries
3measures per country
2018the year it describes
121distinct 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, 2018, 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, 2018: every country, as published by Ember.

Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	100.000	100.000	8.55
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	6.89
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.15
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.52
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.781	100.000	59.34
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.713	99.904	10.46
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.140	100.000	4.84
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	95.231	98.020	145.94
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	93.161	93.161	19.74
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.834	91.834	15.43
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	84.651	92.791	4.30
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	84.214	84.644	16.28
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	81.811	82.475	12.04
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	81.097	81.797	17.14
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.851	98.582	1.41
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	80.769	80.769	0.52
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	79.487	82.906	1.17
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	78.919	79.452	13.14
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	78.453	81.768	1.81
Colombia`COL`South America	74.402	76.333	78.21
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.203	98.601	11.44
Panama`PAN`Central America	70.179	77.768	11.20
Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.031	71.912	29.23
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	69.477	100.000	19.69
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	68.571	71.429	0.35
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	64.875	65.078	34.42
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	62.963	66.667	0.27
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	61.340	62.371	1.94
Belize`BLZ`Central America	60.976	92.683	0.41
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.524	83.398	43.73
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	58.902	59.756	16.40
Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.319	58.369	99.71
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.203	77.408	64.67
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	58.197	58.899	8.54
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	57.946	58.924	8.18
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	56.953	72.337	13.52
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	56.701	58.179	21.64
Peru`PER`South America	56.243	61.131	54.62
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	55.526	59.211	3.80
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	55.102	95.918	0.49
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.552	55.673	9.43
Suriname`SUR`South America	52.105	53.158	1.90
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	51.027	51.269	24.83
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	50.909	59.091	1.10
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.763	47.122	2.78
Uruguay`URY`South America	44.901	97.536	14.61
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.376	40.711	14.91
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	40.336	43.277	2.38
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.075	66.113	13.25
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	38.082	55.797	163.36
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	37.805	41.463	0.82
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.673	40.166	3.61
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	36.161	51.935	6.72
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	35.310	86.283	11.30
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	34.091	35.065	3.08
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	33.333	35.000	0.60
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.593	32.593	1.35
Honduras`HND`Central America	32.441	62.822	9.71
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	31.907	34.938	5.61
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	31.707	31.707	0.41
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	31.429	48.571	0.35
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	30.506	31.737	7.31
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.171	30.435	7.59
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	29.963	77.941	5.44
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.183	29.880	10.04
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.156	32.382	16.12
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	29.016	29.725	36.67
Chile`CHL`South America	28.009	45.866	81.76
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.564	40.877	64.07
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	26.667	40.000	0.15
Bolivia`BOL`South America	25.996	29.582	10.04
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	23.529	29.412	0.68
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	21.234	50.403	58.35
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	21.191	25.678	129.02
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.975	21.166	36.71
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.907	32.257	300.15
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.495	22.936	4.36
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.938	45.764	70.23
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.269	18.269	1.04
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	18.182	18.182	0.11
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.056	39.995	286.06
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	16.807	25.332	7,133.23
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	14.726	75.342	2.92
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.466	21.793	26.66
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.15
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	13.014	30.137	1.46
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.649	38.272	271.40
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.500	25.000	0.08
France`FRA`Western Europe	11.299	19.757	576.24
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	11.073	20.168	46.51
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	10.910	30.679	52.61
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.404	23.371	99.74
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	9.375	70.833	0.96
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	9.343	9.359	63.15
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.143	12.000	3.50
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	8.980	13.776	19.60
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	8.817	58.710	4.65
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.287	14.170	4.94
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	6.964	7.760	25.13
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.952	14.439	1.87
United States`USA`Northern America	6.822	17.450	4,201.55
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.019	5.948	5.38
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	4.545	14.646	3.96
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.846	20.513	3.12
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.360	3.495	22.32
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.223	33.312	31.04
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.877	10.859	86.84
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.849	1.910	98.41
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	1.598	2.209	21.28
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1.364	1.769	79.15
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.218	6.697	6.57
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.163	12.760	169.43
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.821	2.077	38.99
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.686	11.763	32.05
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.673	3.462	20.80
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.393	23.230	73.87
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.226	2.657	17.69
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.156	1.068	76.75
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.098	10.604	20.37
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.096	2.629	20.92
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.081	16.087	12.37
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.062	16.693	113.10
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.033	68.686	30.21
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.000	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	2.778	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	16.495	0.97
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	2.00
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.034	29.55
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	2.885	1.04
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.19
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.322	3.11
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	4.30
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	20.930	0.43
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	1.493	0.67
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	5.882	0.34
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.10
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	40.000	0.05
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	9.486	5.06
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.05
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	12.821	0.39
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.39
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.23
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	4.046	1.73
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	2.632	1.14
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.410	36.57
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000	2.724	69.02
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.03
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.121	74.13
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.029	34.18
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	27.692	0.65
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	3.797	0.79
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	10.152	1.97
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	1.887	0.53
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.132	37.76
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	14.286	0.42
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.312	48.06
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	4.348	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	2.439	0.41
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.000	0.000	0.10
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.923	0.52
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.000	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.405	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.54
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.108	9.23
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.000	25.36
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	1.613	0.62
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	13.754	3.49

02In 2018

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
Central African Republicshared100.000
Lesothoshared100.000
Paraguay99.781

Lowest

Yemenshared0.000
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.000
British Virgin Islandsshared0.000
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000
Tongashared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest18 share it
Middle country: 25.678
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,133.23
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.72

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 173 in both
58 · 60rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Liberia0.000 → 31.707+31.707
Cambodia40.875 → 57.946+17.071
Montenegro41.129 → 55.526+14.397
Vanuatu0.000 → 12.500+12.500
North Macedonia19.821 → 31.907+12.086

Fell most

Latvia58.167 → 36.161−22.006
Malawi95.288 → 78.453−16.835
Namibia89.831 → 80.851−8.980
Uruguay52.404 → 44.901−7.503
Guinea68.362 → 61.340−7.022

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

04Caveats

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121 distinct values among 173
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 (2018). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2018

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