What share of its electricity a country gets from hydroelectric plants.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2015 to 2024.
Top-20 · % of generation
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Bhutan
|
99.99 | 2021 | 1 | |
| 2 |
Lesotho
|
99.64 | 2021 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Paraguay
|
99.57 | 2023 | 3 | |
| 4 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
99.52 | 2023 | 4 | |
| 5 |
Nepal
|
99.09 | 2023 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Albania
|
96.69 | 2023 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Ethiopia
|
96.49 | 2023 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Central African Republic
|
96.18 | 2021 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Tajikistan
|
94.38 | 2023 | 9 | |
| 10 |
Venezuela
|
89.99 | 2023 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Uganda
|
89.85 | 2023 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Norway
|
88.93 | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Zambia
|
87.79 | 2023 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Guinea
|
87.39 | 2021 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
86.7 | 2023 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Mozambique
|
82.78 | 2023 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Sudan
|
79.93 | 2023 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Laos
|
75.93 | 2023 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Andorra
|
75.86 | 2021 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Georgia
|
75.46 | 2023 | 20 | |
| 21 |
Cameroon
|
74.67 | 2023 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Greenland
|
74.51 | 2021 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Malawi
|
72.45 | 2021 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Ecuador
|
71.68 | 2023 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Afghanistan
|
71.66 | 2021 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Angola
|
71.46 | 2023 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Sierra Leone
|
70.5 | 2021 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Namibia
|
70 | 2023 | 28 | |
| 29 |
Iceland
|
68.18 | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Costa Rica
|
66.61 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
North Korea
|
62.78 | 2023 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Suriname
|
61.04 | 2023 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Austria
|
59.89 | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Burundi
|
59.57 | 2021 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Switzerland
|
59.08 | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Colombia
|
58.28 | 2024 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Mali
|
56.56 | 2021 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Brazil
|
56.14 | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Liberia
|
55.72 | 2021 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Canada
|
55.39 | 2024 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Eswatini
|
53.91 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Montenegro
|
53.06 | 2023 | 42 | |
| 43 |
New Zealand
|
52.63 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Latvia
|
50.75 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
Fiji
|
50.11 | 2021 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Rwanda
|
49.66 | 2023 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Luxembourg
|
48.87 | 2024 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Peru
|
47.81 | 2023 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Croatia
|
47.02 | 2023 | 49 | |
| 50 |
Panama
|
46.89 | 2023 | 50 | |
| 51 |
Gabon
|
46.24 | 2023 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Zimbabwe
|
45.09 | 2023 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Myanmar
|
44.21 | 2023 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
39.34 | 2023 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Sri Lanka
|
38.04 | 2023 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Ghana
|
37.85 | 2023 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Sweden
|
37.7 | 2024 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Madagascar
|
37.24 | 2023 | 58 | |
| 59 |
Portugal
|
36.39 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Papua New Guinea
|
35.29 | 2021 | 60 | |
| 61 |
Republic of the Congo
|
35.01 | 2023 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Cambodia
|
34.49 | 2023 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Belize
|
33.4 | 2021 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Slovenia
|
33.06 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Serbia
|
32.68 | 2023 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Romania
|
32.16 | 2023 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
31.81 | 2023 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Guatemala
|
30.62 | 2023 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Chile
|
29.64 | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Vietnam
|
29.41 | 2023 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Samoa
|
28.76 | 2021 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Kenya
|
28.28 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
Uruguay
|
27.17 | 2023 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Honduras
|
26.98 | 2023 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Pakistan
|
26.79 | 2023 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Tanzania
|
25.52 | 2023 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Argentina
|
24.51 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Faroe Islands
|
23.67 | 2021 | 78 | |
| 79 |
North Macedonia
|
23.59 | 2023 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
23.54 | 2023 | 80 | |
| 81 |
French Polynesia
|
23.11 | 2021 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Nigeria
|
22.23 | 2023 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Türkiye
|
21.46 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Italy
|
20.2 | 2024 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Dominica
|
19.52 | 2021 | 85 | |
| 86 |
Bolivia
|
19.41 | 2023 | 86 | |
| 87 |
El Salvador
|
18.77 | 2023 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Armenia
|
18.68 | 2023 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Slovakia
|
17.99 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Haiti
|
17.9 | 2022 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Russia
|
17.42 | 2023 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Finland
|
17.2 | 2024 | 92 | |
| 93 |
Malaysia
|
16.53 | 2023 | 93 | |
| 94 |
New Caledonia
|
14.6 | 2021 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Spain
|
14.18 | 2024 | 95 | |
| 96 |
France
|
13.6 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
China
|
13.47 | 2023 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
13.39 | 2021 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Togo
|
12.81 | 2023 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Lithuania
|
12.48 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Ukraine
|
11.74 | 2023 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Vanuatu
|
10.73 | 2021 | 102 | |
| 103 |
Nicaragua
|
10.36 | 2023 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Uzbekistan
|
9.34 | 2023 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Lebanon
|
8.76 | 2023 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Philippines
|
8.72 | 2023 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Japan
|
8.69 | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Bulgaria
|
7.78 | 2023 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Kazakhstan
|
7.76 | 2023 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Greece
|
7.39 | 2024 | 110 | |
| 111 |
India
|
7.24 | 2023 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Egypt
|
7.19 | 2023 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Mexico
|
6.2 | 2024 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Azerbaijan
|
6.02 | 2023 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Dominican Republic
|
5.93 | 2023 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
5.85 | 2021 | 116 | |
| 117 |
United States
|
5.83 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Indonesia
|
5.67 | 2023 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Germany
|
5.66 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Australia
|
5.35 | 2024 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Burkina Faso
|
4.96 | 2023 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Czechia
|
4.85 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Moldova
|
4.73 | 2023 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Iran
|
4.4 | 2023 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Kosovo
|
4.31 | 2021 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Ireland
|
3.49 | 2024 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Thailand
|
3.45 | 2023 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Syria
|
3.02 | 2023 | 128 | |
| 129 |
South Africa
|
2.91 | 2023 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Mauritius
|
2.88 | 2023 | 130 | |
| 131 |
United Kingdom
|
2.75 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Jamaica
|
2.35 | 2023 | 132 | |
| 133 |
Belgium
|
2.09 | 2024 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Poland
|
1.85 | 2024 | 134 | |
| 135 |
South Korea
|
1.48 | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Micronesia
|
1.42 | 2021 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Morocco
|
1.18 | 2023 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Iraq
|
0.96 | 2023 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Solomon Islands
|
0.86 | 2021 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Mongolia
|
0.76 | 2023 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Belarus
|
0.72 | 2023 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Bangladesh
|
0.64 | 2023 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Hungary
|
0.61 | 2024 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Cuba
|
0.53 | 2023 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Estonia
|
0.53 | 2024 | 145 | |
| 146 |
Timor-Leste
|
0.27 | 2021 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Puerto Rico
|
0.2 | 2021 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Jordan
|
0.09 | 2023 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Netherlands
|
0.07 | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Denmark
|
0.06 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Tunisia
|
0.04 | 2023 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Algeria
|
0.02 | 2023 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Turkmenistan
|
0.02 | 2023 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Benin
|
0.01 | 2021 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Hong Kong
|
0 | 2023 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Guyana
|
0 | 2021 | 156 | |
| 157 |
American Samoa
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 159 |
Aruba
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 160 |
Bahamas
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 161 |
Bahrain
|
0 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 162 |
Barbados
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 163 |
Botswana
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 164 |
British Virgin Islands
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 165 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 166 |
Cabo Verde
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 167 |
Cayman Islands
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 168 |
Chad
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 169 |
Comoros
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 170 |
Curaçao
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 171 |
Cyprus
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 172 |
Djibouti
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 173 |
Eritrea
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 174 |
Gambia
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 175 |
Gibraltar
|
0 | 2015 | 157 | |
| 176 |
Grenada
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 177 |
Guam
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 178 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 179 |
Israel
|
0 | 2023 | 157 | |
| 180 |
Kiribati
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 181 |
Kuwait
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 182 |
Libya
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 183 |
Maldives
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 184 |
Malta
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 185 |
Marshall Islands
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 186 |
Mauritania
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 187 |
Nauru
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 188 |
Niger
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 189 |
Oman
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 190 |
Palau
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 191 |
Palestine
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 192 |
Qatar
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 193 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 194 |
Saint Lucia
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 195 |
Saint Martin
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 196 |
Saudi Arabia
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 197 |
Senegal
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 198 |
Seychelles
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 199 |
Singapore
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 200 |
Sint Maarten
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 201 |
Somalia
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 202 |
South Sudan
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 203 |
Tonga
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 204 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 205 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 206 |
Tuvalu
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 207 |
United Arab Emirates
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 208 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
0 | 2021 | 157 | |
| 209 |
Yemen
|
0 | 2021 | 157 |
The share of electricity generated at hydroelectric plants. The oldest of the renewable sources and still the largest: hydro yields more electricity than solar and wind together. The share is set by terrain and water availability rather than by policy, so in a number of countries it exceeds ninety percent — and that makes them vulnerable to drought: in a dry year such a country has to burn fuel or buy electricity.
Important: Aggregates are weighted by generation in terawatt-hours and computed from 2000 onward. The series swings noticeably from year to year with water availability, and that is not a data error.
What share of electricity comes from solar, wind, biomass and geothermal — hydro aside.
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