Hydro share of electricity — all countries

Hydro share of electricity — Eastern Europe

Hydro share of electricity in Eastern Europe in 2023 — 14.7%. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 0.52 pp.

2023 14.7% +0.9 pp vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 15.04%2020
Period minimum 11.88%2012

Trend over time

2000–2023 · % of generation

Hydro share of electricity — Eastern Europe, 2000–20231112131415162000200320062009201220152018202120232000: 14.17%2001: 14.7%2002: 13.87%2003: 12.65%2004: 14.23%2005: 14.15%2006: 13.51%2007: 13.14%2008: 12.34%2009: 13.71%2010: 13.1%2011: 12.09%2012: 11.88%2013: 13.5%2014: 13.03%2015: 12.43%2016: 13.43%2017: 13.25%2018: 13.63%2019: 13.51%2020: 15.04%2021: 14.52%2022: 13.8%2023: 14.7%
Change over the period: +0.52 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe 14.7%
World 14.54%
Hydro share of electricity — Eastern Europe, by year Eastern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 14.7 +0.9 pp
2022 13.8 −0.72 pp
2021 14.52 −0.52 pp
2020 15.04 +1.53 pp
2019 13.51 −0.11 pp
2018 13.63 +0.38 pp
2017 13.25 −0.18 pp
2016 13.43 +1 pp
2015 12.43 −0.61 pp
2014 13.03 −0.46 pp
2013 13.5 +1.61 pp
2012 11.88 −0.21 pp
2011 12.09 −1.01 pp
2010 13.1 −0.61 pp
2009 13.71 +1.37 pp
2008 12.34 −0.8 pp
2007 13.14 −0.36 pp
2006 13.51 −0.64 pp
2005 14.15 −0.08 pp
2004 14.23 +1.58 pp
2003 12.65 −1.22 pp
2002 13.87 −0.83 pp
2001 14.7 +0.52 pp
2000 14.17

About the indicator

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.

Source: World Development Indicators (World Bank), license CC BY 4.0.