Data for 2024

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2024

Name: Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2024
Creator: Ember
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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, 2024 covers 164 countries on 3 measures. Bhutan is highest, at 100.000; 44 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 12.854. Against 2023, 108 values changed (47 up, 61 down), 8 left.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2024

HighestBhutan

100.000

Lowest44 countries share it

0.000

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

164countries
3measures per country
2024the 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by Ember.

Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	100.000	100.000	11.00
Paraguay`PRY`South America	99.434	100.000	42.41
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	98.832	100.000	11.13
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	95.923	100.000	8.34
Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	94.595	94.595	22.20
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	92.350	95.628	1.83
Venezuela`VEN`South America	91.102	91.139	80.13
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	88.826	98.606	157.11
Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	88.776	88.776	15.77
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	86.207	87.475	19.72
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	86.059	97.074	5.81
Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	85.714	95.238	0.21
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	84.171	100.000	15.92
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	82.365	83.426	19.79
Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	78.966	79.828	13.93
Greenland`GRL`Northern America	78.333	83.333	0.60
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	77.861	79.689	14.77
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	76.467	76.716	52.31
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	75.758	86.869	0.99
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	74.442	75.186	4.03
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	73.469	75.510	0.49
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	72.727	99.909	11.00
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	72.039	73.140	7.26
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	70.656	100.000	19.05
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	70.558	73.701	15.59
Ecuador`ECU`South America	70.423	72.443	32.66
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	62.731	63.358	27.10
Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	60.976	97.561	1.64
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	58.247	86.226	78.48
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	57.377	96.721	0.61
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.556	57.115	10.26
Colombia`COL`South America	54.835	61.342	89.14
Peru`PER`South America	53.972	60.111	59.29
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	53.283	85.980	44.01
Panama`PAN`Central America	53.090	67.982	13.43
Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	52.632	54.386	0.57
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	52.174	63.478	1.15
Suriname`SUR`South America	51.724	52.874	1.74
Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.064	87.234	0.47
Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	50.621	73.503	6.34
Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	50.142	59.490	3.53
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	46.062	47.858	21.71
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	46.018	49.558	1.13
Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	44.040	73.435	15.28
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	39.899	68.334	15.79
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	37.559	69.335	172.02
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	37.037	42.387	2.43
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	35.435	36.218	24.27
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	35.000	35.385	2.60
Uruguay`URY`South America	33.657	98.878	13.37
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	32.627	90.835	6.53
Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	31.954	41.121	16.71
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	31.674	32.919	8.84
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	31.487	85.197	47.29
Honduras`HND`Central America	30.449	55.449	12.48
Chile`CHL`South America	29.339	70.041	88.62
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	28.230	35.659	15.48
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	27.804	28.916	10.79
Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	27.327	32.062	36.96
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	26.914	46.513	52.72
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.846	26.846	1.49
French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	26.389	34.722	0.72
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	25.402	41.130	151.01
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	24.494	25.000	37.56
Bolivia`BOL`South America	24.390	33.999	13.53
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.379	91.478	13.26
Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	22.148	31.894	9.03
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	21.853	45.614	341.23
North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	21.712	39.461	6.31
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	21.142	23.679	4.73
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	20.147	20.879	5.46
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	19.857	50.173	267.56
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	18.750	43.750	0.16
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	18.605	18.605	0.86
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	17.354	55.777	82.40
New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	17.308	26.923	3.12
Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	16.362	24.051	29.52
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	15.436	19.463	5.96
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	14.381	62.389	4.52
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	13.604	33.158	10,025.01
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	13.333	13.333	0.15
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	13.109	43.820	5.34
France`FRA`Western Europe	12.599	27.526	564.49
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	12.249	57.333	280.92
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	11.268	29.577	0.71
Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	10.776	11.746	27.84
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	10.145	22.705	2.07
Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	10.061	15.951	81.50
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	8.126	20.472	124.17
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	7.289	29.876	38.28
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	7.285	90.728	1.51
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6.272	49.230	57.08
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6.117	18.851	24.03
Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	5.947	84.323	7.40
United States`USA`Northern America	5.398	24.063	4,391.02
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.325	17.160	1.69
Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	5.272	10.708	6.07
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.063	19.790	7.63
Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	3.652	16.914	72.83
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.226	17.889	3.41
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.014	3.537	24.88
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.478	46.513	31.07
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.439	12.602	4.92
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	1.336	1.623	149.73
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.226	31.136	172.09
Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.873	3.077	45.82
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.724	35.205	75.98
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.688	1.887	101.74
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.680	8.844	8.82
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.618	4.014	19.43
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.606	31.425	37.97
Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.480	55.659	6.25
Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	0.250	6.000	20.00
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.084	24.081	23.67
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.074	50.745	122.34
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.057	89.233	35.20
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.047	4.399	21.37
Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.030	0.030	33.01
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.021	1.069	96.36
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.012	13.806	80.40
American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.000	5.556	0.18
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000	8.108	0.37
Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	0.000	17.000	1.00
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	0.000	0.889	2.25
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.000	0.264	37.95
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.000	9.009	1.11
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.000	3.960	1.01
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.000	0.292	3.43
Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	0.000	0.180	5.56
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.000	30.769	0.52
Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	0.000	4.225	0.71
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.000	5.405	0.37
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	0.000	50.000	0.04
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.000	23.823	5.78
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.000	35.000	0.20
Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.000	11.111	0.45
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.51
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.24
Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.000	8.602	1.86
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.000	0.000	0.08
Guyana`GUY`South America	0.000	2.899	1.38
Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.000	1.042	37.44
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000	25.000	0.04
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.000	2.238	92.49
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.000	0.029	34.59
Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.000	30.769	0.78
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.000	7.059	0.85
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.000	15.525	2.19
Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	0.000	0.000	0.01
Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	0.000	20.000	0.05
Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.000	3.158	0.95
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.000	4.888	49.10
Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	39.394	0.99
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.000	4.023	56.68
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	8.696	0.23
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	0.000	2.500	0.40
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.000	15.873	0.63
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000	9.091	0.11
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.000	20.930	0.43
South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.000	1.786	0.56
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	0.000	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.000	0.105	9.55
Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	3.704	0.27
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.000	11.238	5.25

02In 2024

At either end

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

Highest

Bhutan100.000
Paraguay99.434
Nepal98.832
Albania95.923
Tajikistan94.595

Lowest

Yemenshared0.000
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.000
Tongashared0.000
Chadshared0.000
Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.854. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest6 share it
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 32.491
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina10,025.01
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 8.93

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

+0 / −8countries joined / left
108values changed, of 164 in both
47 · 61rose · fell
56unchanged

Rose most

El Salvador24.916 → 32.627+7.711
Uruguay27.457 → 33.657+6.200
Panama46.911 → 53.090+6.179
Tanzania25.544 → 31.674+6.130
Portugal26.094 → 31.487+5.393

Fell most

Colombia64.272 → 54.835−9.437
Namibia69.841 → 60.976−8.865
Latvia59.404 → 50.621−8.783
New Zealand61.017 → 53.283−7.734
Cambodia35.588 → 28.230−7.358

− Central African Republic

− Comoros

− Dominica

− Faroe Islands

− São Tomé and Príncipe

− British Virgin Islands

− United States Virgin Islands

− Vanuatu

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

04Caveats

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121 distinct values among 164
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 44 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

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Ember (2024). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2024

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