Data for 2022

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2022

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2022
Creator: Ember
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Figures for 2022, 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, 2022 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 3 countries share the highest reading, 100.000; 47 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 12.500. Against 2021, 119 values changed (48 up, 71 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2022

Highest3 countries share it

100.000

Lowest47 countries share it

0.000

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

173countries
3measures per country
2022the 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, 2022, 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, 2022: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	10.77
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	100.000	100.000	0.14
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.48
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.456	100.000	44.11
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.972	100.000	10.70
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	97.704	100.000	6.97
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.694	92.694	21.49
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.350	95.628	1.83
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	90.000	95.000	0.20
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88.186	98.645	145.42
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	87.776	88.906	19.47
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	87.037	87.037	0.54
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.609	97.391	5.75
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	86.153	100.000	15.31
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	86.107	86.107	13.82
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.669	83.691	19.56
Venezuela`VEN`South America	78.327	78.363	82.36
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	77.083	86.458	0.96
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	75.965	100.000	12.44
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	75.901	76.136	51.04
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	75.579	76.211	14.25
Ecuador`ECU`South America	74.531	76.013	33.06
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	73.750	74.500	4.00
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	73.021	75.563	17.31
Colombia`COL`South America	70.879	74.354	82.86
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	70.322	71.752	16.78
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.156	100.000	19.87
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	66.667	69.231	0.39
Panama`PAN`Central America	66.286	77.224	12.25
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	65.772	67.338	8.94
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	64.172	64.908	8.15
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.524	63.089	26.55
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	59.792	86.936	43.25
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	59.091	98.485	1.32
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	58.416	65.446	10.10
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	56.075	60.748	1.07
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	54.672	75.944	5.03
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	54.545	96.364	0.55
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	53.846	57.692	1.04
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	53.715	78.191	64.47
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	52.226	84.644	13.48
Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.064	87.234	0.47
Peru`PER`South America	49.633	55.242	59.90
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	47.649	47.962	3.19
Suriname`SUR`South America	43.602	44.550	2.11
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	43.505	53.172	3.31
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	40.376	68.321	173.05
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	39.011	40.860	23.25
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	38.723	63.475	14.10
Uruguay`URY`South America	38.291	90.781	14.86
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	37.788	42.857	4.34
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.271	36.047	23.22
Honduras`HND`Central America	34.245	59.665	11.33
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	33.786	90.799	6.63
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	33.333	33.333	0.39
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	31.788	31.788	1.51
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	31.061	35.227	2.64
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	29.314	30.353	9.62
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	28.846	34.109	9.88
Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	27.083	45.833	0.48
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	26.761	33.803	0.71
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	26.566	27.359	12.61
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.539	43.149	54.74
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	25.000	43.750	0.16
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	24.684	28.186	34.84
Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.422	35.733	11.67
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.289	24.711	38.00
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	23.578	30.464	13.36
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.457	87.809	12.96
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.808	31.294	152.01
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	22.727	27.104	5.94
Chile`CHL`South America	22.715	55.327	91.04
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	21.212	21.818	4.95
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.795	41.911	320.56
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.812	18.812	1.01
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	18.692	53.568	72.17
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	18.519	21.133	4.59
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.476	26.214	3.09
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	15.789	45.538	4.37
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	14.816	29.576	8,800.42
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	14.116	59.594	46.33
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	13.889	64.120	4.32
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	13.866	21.929	26.54
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.15
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.15
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.805	27.439	1.64
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	12.500	25.000	0.08
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	11.386	74.752	4.04
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	11.111	11.111	0.09
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	10.137	35.857	280.17
France`FRA`Western Europe	9.710	24.188	468.37
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	9.045	22.160	111.55
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.889	20.000	0.90
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	8.632	9.218	75.07
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.558	19.153	50.28
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	7.470	43.449	51.67
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.631	18.448	22.17
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	6.126	42.803	287.15
United States`USA`Northern America	5.803	22.350	4,286.89
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	5.529	6.358	28.94
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.441	9.568	5.33
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	4.959	85.950	1.21
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.734	15.385	1.69
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.330	19.693	7.16
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	4.167	19.551	3.12
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.735	4.382	20.08
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.673	12.918	4.49
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.496	12.863	83.73
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.072	39.213	33.79
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.980	2.264	133.86
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.103	21.103	178.60
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.995	3.389	37.18
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.774	9.806	7.75
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.767	4.281	15.65
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.694	1.555	102.25
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.503	21.409	35.78
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.286	25.898	94.33
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.251	5.377	19.90
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.224	31.991	8.94
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.089	23.128	22.57
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.047	3.036	21.41
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.042	40.097	119.96
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.031	0.031	32.60
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.028	80.859	35.16
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.026	9.718	76.87
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.022	0.940	91.47
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	5.556	0.18
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	5.556	0.36
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	17.000	1.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.976	2.05
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.224	35.68
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	7.339	1.09
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	2.020	0.99
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.391	2.56
British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.17
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.000	5.60
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	28.000	0.50
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	2.857	0.70
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	5.128	0.39
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.000	0.000	0.14
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	50.000	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	16.730	5.26
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	35.000	0.20
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	11.364	0.44
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	7.778	1.80
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	2.344	1.28
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	0.914	36.10
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	2.228	85.29
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.028	35.11
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	40.816	0.49
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	7.059	0.85
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	13.043	2.30
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	0.000	0.04
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	2.532	0.79
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	4.481	42.40
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	33.333	1.02
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	1.315	54.75
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	4.545	0.22
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	2.500	0.40
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	14.516	0.62
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	9.091	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	19.048	0.42
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.961	0.51
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	12.500	0.08
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.105	9.50
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.26
United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.000	2.941	0.68
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	16.832	3.03

02In 2022

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
Paraguay99.456
Nepal98.972

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

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest9 share it
Lowest9 share it
Middle country: 29.576
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina8,800.42
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 7.16

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 173 in both
48 · 71rose · fell
54unchanged

Rose most

Lebanon5.899 → 15.789+9.890
Guatemala43.051 → 52.226+9.175
Sudan61.864 → 70.322+8.458
Latvia46.325 → 54.672+8.347
El Salvador25.670 → 33.786+8.116

Fell most

Portugal24.197 → 14.116−10.081
Montenegro53.316 → 43.505−9.811
Myanmar47.598 → 39.011−8.587
Croatia47.187 → 38.723−8.464
Slovenia30.212 → 23.578−6.634

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. 47 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Ember (2022). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2022

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