Data for 2020

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2020

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2020
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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, 2020 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 48 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 11.858. Against 2019, 115 values changed (67 up, 48 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2020

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

Lowest48 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2020the year it describes
124distinct 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, 2020, 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, 2020: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.00	11.37
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.00	0.15
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.43
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	99.680	99.92	12.49
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.442	100.00	46.63
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	99.435	100.00	5.31
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.544	100.00	6.18
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	96.000	99.43	1.75
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	91.887	98.52	154.32
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	90.779	90.78	15.40
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.100	90.10	20.10
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.000	95.00	0.20
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	88.696	97.39	4.60
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	83.979	85.49	15.23
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	83.898	89.83	1.18
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	82.692	82.69	0.52
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.545	83.49	19.02
Ecuador`ECU`South America	77.756	79.64	31.29
Venezuela`VEN`South America	77.643	77.68	80.51
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	75.193	75.61	16.81
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	75.000	96.50	2.00
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	73.925	74.73	11.16
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	72.973	75.68	0.37
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	71.346	71.60	39.96
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	70.734	99.83	11.72
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	68.396	100.00	18.89
Panama`PAN`Central America	67.185	75.69	10.94
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	64.012	64.83	17.20
Colombia`COL`South America	62.302	65.33	77.75
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60.843	80.28	69.03
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	60.081	60.89	2.48
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	59.551	62.92	0.89
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	59.432	60.11	8.80
Peru`PER`South America	57.558	63.48	52.99
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	56.781	58.57	6.71
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	55.433	80.92	43.35
Belize`BLZ`Central America	54.545	88.64	0.44
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	53.112	53.53	24.10
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	51.852	62.96	1.08
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	51.330	55.19	7.52
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	48.464	48.81	2.93
Suriname`SUR`South America	47.317	48.29	2.05
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	46.939	95.92	0.49
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.858	48.67	18.78
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	46.538	75.77	12.42
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	45.455	63.64	5.72
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	44.200	68.47	163.78
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	42.782	64.63	13.23
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	42.773	52.21	3.39
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	40.102	41.38	7.83
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.963	40.74	2.16
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	36.949	37.35	19.73
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	36.548	40.86	3.94
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	36.216	93.58	11.68
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	34.752	34.75	1.41
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.193	84.76	6.43
Uruguay`URY`South America	30.140	94.03	13.57
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	29.751	30.55	11.26
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	29.189	33.04	16.89
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	28.889	28.89	0.45
Bolivia`BOL`South America	28.627	35.64	10.27
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.857	44.58	55.21
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	27.778	38.89	0.18
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	26.829	39.02	0.41
Honduras`HND`Central America	26.627	54.64	10.14
Chile`CHL`South America	26.238	48.45	83.58
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	26.185	26.93	4.01
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	25.781	42.16	302.00
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.762	30.39	135.57
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	24.634	27.32	4.10
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	24.242	30.30	0.66
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.153	27.33	37.18
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	23.970	27.72	5.34
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	23.507	58.59	51.39
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	23.298	25.13	7.64
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	22.935	51.89	69.24
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	20.237	20.55	38.00
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	17.178	42.23	276.81
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	17.064	27.63	7,745.56
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	15.854	24.03	28.51
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.040	69.92	3.79
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	14.286	14.29	0.14
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	13.725	13.73	1.02
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.33	0.15
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.115	14.75	0.61
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.883	28.83	1.63
France`FRA`Western Europe	11.858	23.71	527.25
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	11.759	43.86	259.47
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	11.111	33.33	0.09
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	9.568	15.74	3.24
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	9.091	9.09	0.11
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	7.515	7.53	66.53
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.377	79.51	1.22
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	7.066	21.23	101.75
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.030	36.94	47.51
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.025	18.61	40.14
United States`USA`Northern America	6.924	20.32	4,043.18
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.918	18.87	1.59
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.619	16.16	19.49
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	6.383	54.68	4.70
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	5.753	6.74	18.25
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.116	16.83	6.06
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	4.531	5.83	6.18
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	4.155	5.13	25.75
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.138	24.14	2.90
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.566	3.80	21.03
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.552	3.88	117.12
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	3.271	13.79	4.28
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.892	42.44	32.16
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.672	12.91	80.10
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.349	17.96	157.15
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.205	10.24	6.64
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.012	3.50	38.54
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.913	1.46	85.46
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.687	15.81	34.92
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.578	4.73	19.03
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.493	48.85	6.08
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.306	26.56	88.29
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.262	3.99	19.07
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.234	3.13	21.38
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.097	18.94	20.70
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.070	82.05	28.58
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.063	1.11	79.37
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.041	26.84	121.96
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.027	6.10	72.74
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	0.00	0.17
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	5.71	0.35
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	17.17	0.99
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.49	2.03
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.06	33.38
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	6.60	1.06
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	1.01	0.99
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.46	2.18
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.16
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.00	5.74
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	16.67	0.42
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	2.90	0.69
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	5.71	0.35
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.13
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	25.00	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	12.37	4.85
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.00	0.13
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	12.20	0.41
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.48
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.22
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	4.68	1.71
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.00	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	2.63	1.14
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.55	34.35
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	25.00	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	0.12	74.64
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.03	29.50
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	33.93	0.56
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	4.88	0.82
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	11.63	2.15
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	0.26	38.20
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	21.43	0.84
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	0.28	49.40
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	4.55	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	2.63	0.38
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	11.86	0.59
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	0.00	0.10
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	8.11	0.37
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.79	0.56
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	14.29	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.11	9.23
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.000	0.00	25.76
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.25
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	1.56	0.64
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	16.67	2.94

02In 2020

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 Congo99.680
Paraguay99.442

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest7 share it
Lowest13 share it
Middle country: 27.32
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina7,745.56
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.18

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

+0 / −0countries joined / left
115values changed, of 173 in both
67 · 48rose · fell
58unchanged

Rose most

Panama43.814 → 67.185+23.371
Venezuela58.297 → 77.643+19.346
Latvia32.764 → 45.455+12.691
Rwanda47.059 → 59.551+12.492
Guatemala35.197 → 46.538+11.341

Fell most

Uruguay50.467 → 30.140−20.327
Armenia31.375 → 23.298−8.077
Myanmar54.451 → 46.858−7.593
Togo19.672 → 13.115−6.557
Ghana41.908 → 36.949−4.959

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

04Caveats

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124 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 48 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2020). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2020

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