Data for 2019

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2019

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2019
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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, 2019 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 49 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 10.479. Against 2018, 119 values changed (43 up, 76 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2019

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

Lowest49 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2019the year it describes
123distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.00	8.65
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.00	0.15
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.39
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.746	99.92	11.79
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.718	100.00	49.59
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.615	100.00	5.20
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.537	100.00	6.15
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	93.619	97.94	133.83
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.778	96.11	1.80
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	91.583	91.58	14.97
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.460	91.46	20.96
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.000	95.00	0.20
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	88.210	96.94	4.58
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	83.673	83.67	0.49
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.562	87.67	1.46
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.367	84.65	14.79
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	78.620	79.36	18.99
Ecuador`ECU`South America	75.994	77.78	32.45
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	75.295	76.05	11.86
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	72.756	73.20	15.82
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.853	100.00	19.36
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	68.841	96.38	1.38
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	67.863	99.12	11.42
Colombia`COL`South America	67.251	69.49	78.78
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.667	69.23	0.39
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	63.188	63.48	31.24
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	62.947	63.75	16.22
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	62.927	63.90	2.05
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	60.749	61.47	8.28
Venezuela`VEN`South America	58.297	58.38	85.15
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	57.874	82.42	43.75
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	57.759	77.30	70.69
Belize`BLZ`Central America	55.769	86.54	0.52
Peru`PER`South America	55.302	60.54	56.87
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	54.451	56.26	19.32
Uruguay`URY`South America	50.467	98.26	16.07
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	49.175	51.65	8.48
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	49.123	57.90	1.14
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	47.522	56.27	3.43
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	47.059	50.59	0.85
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.939	91.84	0.49
Suriname`SUR`South America	46.569	47.55	2.04
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	46.482	48.56	8.67
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	46.127	46.48	2.84
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	46.087	66.01	12.65
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.064	46.40	23.88
Panama`PAN`Central America	43.814	52.75	11.64
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	41.908	42.31	17.30
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	38.814	58.75	168.42
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	36.032	38.46	2.47
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	35.958	38.32	3.81
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	35.197	63.86	12.70
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	32.764	49.53	6.44
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.364	33.11	10.66
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	32.143	32.14	1.40
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.918	33.21	7.77
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	31.375	32.18	7.49
Bolivia`BOL`South America	31.340	36.16	10.37
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	30.952	30.95	0.42
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	29.529	43.80	300.18
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	29.412	41.18	0.17
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	28.194	31.72	15.89
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	27.768	88.67	11.56
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.992	27.76	3.89
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.515	41.92	58.76
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	26.316	39.47	0.38
Chile`CHL`South America	26.232	46.21	83.98
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	25.665	28.51	36.86
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.880	30.21	134.97
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	24.797	71.48	6.17
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	23.598	26.40	4.28
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	23.188	28.99	0.69
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	23.121	23.34	36.46
Honduras`HND`Central America	22.795	52.91	10.66
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	19.761	22.83	5.87
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	19.672	21.31	0.61
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.102	46.47	68.61
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	17.093	53.12	51.60
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.032	26.49	7,471.53
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.038	16.04	1.06
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	15.973	39.94	289.99
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.456	23.57	28.21
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.286	14.29	0.14
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.33	0.15
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.739	29.94	1.57
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.111	33.33	0.09
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	10.479	73.95	3.34
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.280	74.77	1.07
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.164	10.18	63.56
France`FRA`Western Europe	10.063	19.96	565.52
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	9.112	37.33	270.52
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	9.09	0.11
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	8.408	13.81	3.33
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	8.342	33.58	47.95
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.573	20.79	106.03
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.875	16.25	1.60
United States`USA`Northern America	6.796	18.30	4,158.38
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	6.702	17.13	43.72
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.109	12.55	21.28
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.973	6.90	25.95
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.326	13.40	5.82
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.272	6.50	5.69
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.022	56.99	4.58
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	4.447	5.19	21.59
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.305	4.36	115.21
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.448	12.72	4.64
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.360	3.50	22.32
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.096	21.67	3.23
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.883	38.71	30.87
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.345	11.74	85.72
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.297	9.94	6.94
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.201	15.60	163.22
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.952	1.40	85.11
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.840	2.57	40.46
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.676	4.30	20.70
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.642	13.71	34.28
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.324	20.98	92.69
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.318	3.13	22.02
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.263	28.12	7.61
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.261	3.81	19.15
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.184	1.07	81.61
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.097	14.42	20.53
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.068	78.55	29.37
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.058	18.99	120.05
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.16
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	2.78	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	17.17	0.99
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	2.01
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.06	33.11
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	3.77	1.06
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	1.85	0.54
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.40	2.51
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	4.93
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	18.18	0.44
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	2.78	0.72
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	5.71	0.35
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.11
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	25.00	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	10.10	5.15
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.09
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	12.50	0.40
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.46
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	4.57	1.75
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	3.48	1.15
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.43	36.94
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.000	4.83	72.71
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	25.00	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.13	75.04
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.03	34.63
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	26.19	0.84
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	3.70	0.81
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	10.15	2.07
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.00	0.04
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	2.99	0.67
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	0.15	38.89
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	14.82	0.81
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.26	50.00
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	4.35	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	2.38	0.42
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	7.02	0.57
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	5.41	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.55
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	14.29	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.11	9.20
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	22.50
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.26
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	1.52	0.66
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	14.63	3.28

02In 2019

At either end

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

Highest

Bhutanshared100.000
Central African Republicshared100.000
Lesothoshared100.000
DR Congo99.746
Paraguay99.718

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest15 share it
Middle country: 26.40
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,471.53
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.44

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 173 in both
43 · 76rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Sierra Leone62.963 → 90.000+27.037
Malawi78.453 → 92.778+14.325
Türkiye19.907 → 29.529+9.622
Rwanda37.805 → 47.059+9.254
São Tomé and Príncipe0.000 → 9.091+9.091

Fell most

Panama70.179 → 43.814−26.365
Togo33.333 → 19.672−13.661
North Macedonia31.907 → 19.761−12.146
Namibia80.851 → 68.841−12.010
Cambodia57.946 → 46.482−11.464

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

04Caveats

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123 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 49 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2019). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2019

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