Hydro share of electricity in upper-middle-income countries in 2023 — 16.48%. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 10.03 pp.
2000–2023 · % of generation
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 16.48 | −1.52 pp |
| 2022 | 18 | +0.17 pp |
| 2021 | 17.83 | −2.01 pp |
| 2020 | 19.83 | −0.11 pp |
| 2019 | 19.94 | −0 pp |
| 2018 | 19.94 | −0.44 pp |
| 2017 | 20.39 | −1.08 pp |
| 2016 | 21.47 | +0.1 pp |
| 2015 | 21.36 | +0.54 pp |
| 2014 | 20.83 | +0.26 pp |
| 2013 | 20.56 | −0.95 pp |
| 2012 | 21.51 | +1.15 pp |
| 2011 | 20.36 | −1.86 pp |
| 2010 | 22.22 | +0.22 pp |
| 2009 | 22.01 | −0.19 pp |
| 2008 | 22.19 | +0.91 pp |
| 2007 | 21.28 | −1.05 pp |
| 2006 | 22.33 | −0.71 pp |
| 2005 | 23.04 | −0.41 pp |
| 2004 | 23.45 | +0.3 pp |
| 2003 | 23.15 | −1.97 pp |
| 2002 | 25.12 | −0.58 pp |
| 2001 | 25.71 | −0.8 pp |
| 2000 | 26.51 | — |
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.
What share of electricity comes from solar, wind, biomass and geothermal — hydro aside.
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