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Hydro Power Around the World: Generation by Country

Hydro generated 4,447 TWh worldwide in 2025, 13.9% of all electricity. The largest producers are China, Brazil and Canada. Figures are Ember annual statistics. Hydro is conventional hydroelectric generation; Ember excludes pumped storage, which moves electricity rather than making it.

Key Facts

  • Hydro generated 4,447 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 13.9% of the total.
  • China was the largest hydro power producer, with 1,392 TWh in 2025.
  • Brazil was the second largest hydro power producer, with 398 TWh in 2025.
  • Canada was the third largest hydro power producer, with 348 TWh in 2025.
  • Hydro was the largest source of electricity in 57 countries in their latest Ember year.
  • Hydro's share of world electricity peaked at 17.2% in 2000.
  • Bhutan got the highest share of its electricity from hydro among countries producing at least 1 TWh, 100.0% in 2024.

Where Hydro Is Used

Each country's own latest Ember year
Share of electricity from hydro by country, each country's own latest Ember year.
CountryYearShare
Bhutan2024100.0%
Central African Republic2023100.0%
Paraguay202599.5%
Nepal202498.8%
Ethiopia202596.5%
Tajikistan202594.4%
Albania202594.3%
Kyrgyzstan202593.5%
Malawi202492.4%
Venezuela202491.1%
Norway202590.0%
Zambia202486.2%
Uganda202486.1%
Sierra Leone202485.7%
Democratic Republic of the Congo202484.2%
Mozambique202482.4%
Georgia202578.8%
Greenland202478.3%
Ecuador202578.0%
Sudan202477.9%
Laos202476.5%
Afghanistan202475.8%
Costa Rica202574.9%
Guinea202474.4%
Burundi202473.5%
Cameroon202472.0%
Iceland202571.2%
Angola202470.6%
Colombia202569.1%
North Korea202462.7%
Namibia202461.0%
Montenegro202559.2%
Eswatini202457.4%
Peru202556.0%
Zimbabwe202455.6%
New Zealand202554.0%
Panama202453.1%
French Guiana202353.1%
Canada202552.8%
Liberia202452.6%
Switzerland202552.3%
Fiji202452.2%
Brazil202552.1%
Austria202551.9%
Suriname202451.7%
Belize202451.1%
Latvia202547.6%
Myanmar202446.1%
Rwanda202446.0%
Sri Lanka202541.5%
Sweden202540.1%
Guatemala202439.9%
Croatia202539.3%
Madagascar202437.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina202536.4%
Ghana202435.4%
Gabon202435.0%
El Salvador202532.1%
Tanzania202431.7%
Nigeria202531.5%
Vietnam202531.0%
Honduras202430.5%
Cambodia202529.9%
Portugal202529.7%
Bolivia202527.9%
Cote d'Ivoire202427.8%
Slovenia202527.5%
Uruguay202527.3%
Equatorial Guinea202426.9%
Faroe Islands202326.5%
French Polynesia202426.4%
Romania202524.3%
Pakistan202523.1%
Chile202522.2%
Serbia202522.2%
Papua New Guinea202421.1%
Kenya202520.9%
Armenia202520.3%
Republic of the Congo202420.2%
Samoa202418.8%
Haiti202418.6%
North Macedonia202517.9%
New Caledonia202417.3%
Russia202516.7%
Malaysia202516.5%
Argentina202516.3%
Turkey202516.2%
Italy202515.7%
Mali202415.4%
Finland202515.1%
Nicaragua202414.4%
Dominica202313.3%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines202413.3%
China202513.3%
Lebanon202413.1%
Reunion202312.7%
Vanuatu202312.5%
Moldova202511.8%
Spain202511.4%
Togo202411.3%
Sao Tome and Principe202311.1%
Slovakia202510.8%
France202510.3%
Philippines202510.3%
Azerbaijan202510.2%
Mauritania202410.1%
Ukraine20229.9%
India20258.6%
Kazakhstan20258.4%
Mexico20257.5%
Uzbekistan20257.3%
Japan20257.2%
Dominican Republic20256.8%
Indonesia20256.7%
Bulgaria20256.7%
Egypt20256.1%
Greece20255.9%
United States20255.4%
Burkina Faso20245.3%
Luxembourg20254.8%
Australia20254.4%
Senegal20244.1%
Kosovo20254.0%
Thailand20253.9%
Lithuania20253.9%
Germany20253.7%
Mauritius20243.2%
Syria20243.0%
Iran20253.0%
Jamaica20242.4%
Czechia20252.3%
Morocco20252.1%
Ireland20252.1%
Taiwan20251.9%
United Kingdom20251.8%
Iraq20241.3%
Poland20251.0%
South Africa20250.8%
Belarus20250.7%
Bangladesh20250.6%
Cuba20240.6%
Hungary20250.6%
Mongolia20250.6%
South Korea20250.6%
Guadeloupe20230.6%
Estonia20250.5%
Belgium20250.4%
Jordan20240.1%
Netherlands20250.1%
Denmark20250.0%
Tunisia20250.0%
Turkmenistan20240.0%
Algeria20240.0%
Puerto Rico20250.0%
American Samoa20240.0%
Antigua and Barbuda20240.0%
Aruba20240.0%
Bahamas20240.0%
Bahrain20240.0%
Barbados20240.0%
Benin20240.0%
Bermuda20240.0%
Botswana20240.0%
British Virgin Islands20230.0%
Brunei20240.0%
Cabo Verde20240.0%
Cayman Islands20240.0%
Chad20240.0%
Comoros20230.0%
Cook Islands20240.0%
Cyprus20250.0%
Djibouti20240.0%
Eritrea20240.0%
Falkland Islands20230.0%
Gambia20240.0%
Gibraltar20240.0%
Grenada20240.0%
Guam20240.0%
Guinea-Bissau20240.0%
Guyana20240.0%
Hong Kong20240.0%
Israel20250.0%
Kiribati20240.0%
Kuwait20250.0%
Libya20240.0%
Macao20240.0%
Maldives20240.0%
Malta20250.0%
Martinique20230.0%
Montserrat20240.0%
Nauru20240.0%
Niger20240.0%
Oman20250.0%
Palestine20240.0%
Qatar20250.0%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha20230.0%
Saint Kitts and Nevis20240.0%
Saint Lucia20240.0%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon20230.0%
Seychelles20240.0%
Solomon Islands20240.0%
Somalia20240.0%
South Sudan20240.0%
Timor-Leste20240.0%
Tonga20240.0%
Trinidad and Tobago20240.0%
Turks and Caicos Islands20240.0%
United Arab Emirates20250.0%
US Virgin Islands20230.0%
Western Sahara20090.0%
Yemen20240.0%

Sources: Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Map outlines: Natural Earth. (Public domain) Data as of 2025. Each country uses its own latest available year.

World Hydro Generation

2000 to 2025, TWh
World hydro electricity generation, 2000 to 2025 Hydro generated 4,447 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 13.9% of the total. 0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 200020052010201520202025
Hydro generated 4,447 TWh of electricity worldwide in 2025, 13.9% of the total.
Annual statistics through 2025, TWh
World hydro electricity generation, 2000 to 2025
YearHydro
20002,630 TWh
20012,564 TWh
20022,612 TWh
20032,612 TWh
20042,803 TWh
20052,912 TWh
20063,018 TWh
20073,063 TWh
20083,245 TWh
20093,241 TWh
20103,428 TWh
20113,488 TWh
20123,660 TWh
20133,791 TWh
20143,871 TWh
20153,882 TWh
20164,015 TWh
20174,054 TWh
20184,177 TWh
20194,228 TWh
20204,347 TWh
20214,290 TWh
20224,330 TWh
20234,247 TWh
20244,444 TWh
20254,447 TWh
YearWorld generationShare of world electricity
20254,447 TWh13.9%
20244,444 TWh14.4%
20234,247 TWh14.3%
20224,330 TWh15.0%
20214,290 TWh15.2%
20204,347 TWh16.3%
20194,228 TWh15.8%
20184,177 TWh15.8%
20174,054 TWh16.0%
20164,015 TWh16.3%

Largest Hydro Power Producers

Each country's latest Ember year
CountryYearGenerationShare of the country's electricity
China20251,392 TWh13.3%
Brazil2025398 TWh52.1%
Canada2025348 TWh52.8%
United States2025242 TWh5.4%
Russia2025200 TWh16.7%
India2025178 TWh8.6%
Norway2025145 TWh90.0%
Vietnam2025102 TWh31.0%
Japan202574.3 TWh7.2%
Venezuela202473.0 TWh91.1%
Sweden202568.2 TWh40.1%
Colombia202562.5 TWh69.1%
France202559.4 TWh10.3%
Turkey202557.3 TWh16.2%
Paraguay202545.1 TWh99.5%
Italy202541.8 TWh15.7%
Laos202440.0 TWh76.5%
Pakistan202539.4 TWh23.1%
Austria202538.0 TWh51.9%
Indonesia202535.6 TWh6.7%
Malaysia202534.6 TWh16.5%
Switzerland202534.0 TWh52.3%
Peru202533.9 TWh56.0%
Spain202532.8 TWh11.4%
Ethiopia202532.2 TWh96.5%
Mexico202529.3 TWh7.5%
Ecuador202528.5 TWh78.0%
Argentina202525.0 TWh16.3%
New Zealand202523.8 TWh54.0%
Tajikistan202522.7 TWh94.4%

Highest Share of Hydro

Countries generating at least 1 TWh from hydro
CountryYearShareGeneration
Bhutan2024100.0%11.0 TWh
Paraguay202599.5%45.1 TWh
Nepal202498.8%11.0 TWh
Ethiopia202596.5%32.2 TWh
Tajikistan202594.4%22.7 TWh
Albania202594.3%6.71 TWh
Kyrgyzstan202593.5%12.0 TWh
Malawi202492.4%1.69 TWh
Venezuela202491.1%73.0 TWh
Norway202590.0%145 TWh
Zambia202486.2%17.0 TWh
Uganda202486.1%5.00 TWh
Democratic Republic of the Congo202484.2%13.4 TWh
Mozambique202482.4%16.3 TWh
Georgia202578.8%10.6 TWh
Ecuador202578.0%28.5 TWh
Sudan202477.9%11.5 TWh
Laos202476.5%40.0 TWh
Costa Rica202574.9%9.69 TWh
Guinea202474.4%3.00 TWh

Source: Ember (ember-energy.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Data as of 2025. Country rows use each country's latest available year, which can differ between countries.

Download the Data

The figures on this page come from Ember's annual dataset, which covers every fuel including hydro, for 215 countries, 1985 to 2025. Free CSV and JSON downloads:

The long CSV has one row per country, year, metric and fuel: filter its fuel column to hydro for hydro alone. Full dataset page.

Cite this page
APA 7

World Power Monitor. (2025). Hydro Power Around the World: Generation by Country. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/hydro/

Plain text

World Power Monitor. Hydro Power Around the World: Generation by Country. Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth. https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/hydro/

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@misc{wpm_fuels_hydro_2025,
  title = {{Hydro Power Around the World: Generation by Country}},
  author = {{World Power Monitor}},
  year = {2025},
  note = {Data as of 2025. Data from Ember and Natural Earth.},
  url = {https://worldpowermonitor.com/fuels/hydro/}
}

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