Hydroelectric generation

billion kilowatt hours, 1980–2015

Info Edit

Download Share

    1980 Ranking
    1. United States 279.18
    2. Canada 251.00
    3. Soviet Union 184.03
    4. Brazil 128.44
    5. Japan 87.78
    6. Norway 82.72
    7. France 68.25
    8. Sweden 58.13
    9. China 57.62
    10. India 46.54
    11. Italy 45.00
    12. Switzerland 32.48
    13. Spain 29.16
    14. Austria 28.50
    15. Yugoslavia 27.87
    16. New Zealand 19.48
    17. Argentina 17.31
    18. West Germany 17.13
    19. Mexico 16.73
    20. Venezuela 14.44
    21. Colombia 14.30
    22. Mozambique 13.41
    23. Australia 12.81
    24. Romania 12.51
    25. Turkey 11.16
    26. North Korea 10.49
    27. Finland 10.12
    28. Egypt 9.70
    29. Zambia 9.01
    30. Pakistan 8.63
    31. Portugal 7.87
    32. Chile 7.34
    33. Peru 7.01
    34. Iran 5.56
    35. Ghana 5.28
    36. Czechoslovakia 4.80
    37. Congo (Kinshasa) 4.20
    38. Zimbabwe 3.97
    39. United Kingdom 3.92
    40. Bulgaria 3.67
    41. Philippines 3.49
    42. Greece 3.40
    43. Iceland 3.05
    44. Albania 2.92
    45. Taiwan 2.91
    46. Nigeria 2.72
    47. Syria 2.53
    48. Poland 2.33
    49. Uruguay 2.25
    50. Indonesia 2.23
    51. Costa Rica 2.09
    52. East Germany 1.66
    53. South Korea 1.54
    54. Morocco 1.49
    55. Sri Lanka 1.46
    56. Malaysia 1.40
    57. Cameroon 1.35
    58. Ivory Coast 1.35
    59. Thailand 1.26
    60. Vietnam 1.19
    61. Bolivia 1.07
    62. El Salvador 1.07
    63. Kenya 1.05
    64. South Africa 0.99
    65. Tanzania 0.99
    66. Panama 0.95
    67. Laos 0.92
    68. Suriname 0.88
    69. Ecuador 0.88
    70. Lebanon 0.84
    71. Ireland 0.83
    72. Burma (Myanmar) 0.79
    73. Honduras 0.77
    74. Afghanistan 0.71
    75. Iraq 0.68
    76. Paraguay 0.67
    77. Uganda 0.63
    78. Bangladesh 0.63
    79. Dominican Republic 0.57
    80. Angola 0.53
    81. Nicaragua 0.51
    82. Sudan 0.50
    83. Ethiopia 0.47
    84. Malawi 0.39
    85. Liberia 0.33
    86. Papua New Guinea 0.31
    87. Reunion 0.30
    88. New Caledonia 0.28
    89. Guatemala 0.28
    90. Belgium 0.27
    91. Gabon 0.26
    92. Algeria 0.25
    93. Haiti 0.22
    94. Puerto Rico 0.20
    95. Nepal 0.18
    96. Guinea 0.15
    97. Madagascar 0.15
    98. Swaziland 0.13
    99. Jamaica 0.12
    100. Rwanda 0.11
    101. Hungary 0.11
    102. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.10
    103. Cuba 0.10
    104. Luxembourg 0.09
    105. Mali 0.08
    106. Mauritius 0.08
    107. Central African Republic 0.07
    108. Cambodia 0.05
    109. Faroe Islands 0.05
    110. Togo 0.04
    111. Denmark 0.03
    112. Mauritania 0.03
    113. Tunisia 0.02
    114. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.02
    115. Dominica 0.01
    116. Samoa 0.01
    117. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.01
    118. Bhutan 0.01
    119. Guyana 0.01
    120. Comoros 0.00
    121. Burundi 0.00
    122. Equatorial Guinea 0.00
    123. Tajikistan 0.00
    124. Serbia and Montenegro 0.00
    125. Turkmenistan 0.00
    126. Belarus 0.00
    127. Ukraine 0.00
    128. Azerbaijan 0.00
    129. Aruba 0.00
    130. Armenia 0.00
    131. Uzbekistan 0.00
    132. Kazakhstan 0.00
    133. Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.00
    134. Eritrea 0.00
    135. Kosovo 0.00
    136. Kyrgyzstan 0.00
    137. Latvia 0.00
    138. Lithuania 0.00
    139. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 0.00
    140. Czech Republic 0.00
    141. Moldova 0.00
    142. Montenegro 0.00
    143. Namibia 0.00
    144. South Sudan 0.00
    145. Croatia 0.00
    146. Germany 0.00
    147. Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
    148. West Bank and Gaza 0.00
    149. Estonia 0.00
    150. Russia 0.00
    151. Serbia 0.00
    152. Slovakia 0.00
    153. Slovenia 0.00
    154. Georgia 0.00
    2015 Ranking
    1. China 1,103.33
    2. Canada 376.84
    3. Brazil 356.15
    4. United States 249.08
    5. Russia 166.31
    6. Norway 137.31
    7. India 120.27
    8. Japan 84.85
    9. Sweden 74.73
    10. Venezuela 74.15
    11. Turkey 65.86
    12. Vietnam 55.56
    13. Paraguay 55.19
    14. France 53.77
    15. Italy 45.02
    16. Colombia 44.39
    17. Switzerland 37.88
    18. Austria 34.92
    19. Argentina 33.67
    20. Pakistan 33.66
    21. Mexico 30.61
    22. Spain 27.66
    23. New Zealand 24.29
    24. Peru 23.47
    25. Chile 23.40
    26. Germany 18.67
    27. Mozambique 17.04
    28. Tajikistan 16.73
    29. Finland 16.58
    30. Romania 16.47
    31. Iran 13.95
    32. Malaysia 13.79
    33. Indonesia 13.60
    34. Iceland 13.54
    35. Australia 13.36
    36. Egypt 13.30
    37. Ecuador 12.97
    38. Zambia 12.91
    39. Uzbekistan 11.70
    40. Laos 11.06
    41. Kyrgyzstan 10.99
    42. Serbia 9.98
    43. North Korea 9.90
    44. Ethiopia 9.58
    45. Burma (Myanmar) 9.31
    46. Kazakhstan 9.18
    47. Congo (Kinshasa) 8.83
    48. Portugal 8.62
    49. Philippines 8.58
    50. Georgia 8.37
    51. Sudan 8.34
    52. Uruguay 8.18
    53. Costa Rica 7.99
    54. Bhutan 7.73
    55. Croatia 6.33
    56. United Kingdom 6.24
    57. Panama 6.19
    58. Sri Lanka 5.91
    59. Albania 5.87
    60. Ghana 5.79
    61. Greece 5.78
    62. Nigeria 5.66
    63. Bulgaria 5.60
    64. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.50
    65. Ukraine 5.34
    66. Angola 5.14
    67. Cameroon 5.02
    68. Zimbabwe 4.94
    69. Thailand 4.69
    70. Taiwan 4.43
    71. Guatemala 3.84
    72. Slovenia 3.75
    73. Kenya 3.75
    74. Slovakia 3.70
    75. Nepal 3.46
    76. Uganda 2.62
    77. Iraq 2.55
    78. Bolivia 2.44
    79. Honduras 2.32
    80. Armenia 2.18
    81. South Korea 2.12
    82. Malawi 2.10
    83. Tanzania 2.09
    84. Cambodia 1.98
    85. Morocco 1.87
    86. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 1.85
    87. Latvia 1.84
    88. Poland 1.81
    89. Czech Republic 1.78
    90. Azerbaijan 1.62
    91. Namibia 1.49
    92. Montenegro 1.48
    93. El Salvador 1.35
    94. Suriname 1.34
    95. Ivory Coast 1.34
    96. Mali 1.17
    97. Dominican Republic 0.93
    98. Congo (Brazzaville) 0.92
    99. Gabon 0.91
    100. Madagascar 0.90
    101. Afghanistan 0.89
    102. Papua New Guinea 0.86
    103. Ireland 0.80
    104. South Africa 0.79
    105. Lesotho 0.60
    106. Bangladesh 0.56
    107. Guinea 0.50
    108. Reunion 0.50
    109. French Guiana 0.49
    110. Lebanon 0.47
    111. Greenland 0.42
    112. Syria 0.41
    113. Fiji 0.41
    114. Lithuania 0.35
    115. New Caledonia 0.34
    116. Senegal 0.34
    117. Belgium 0.32
    118. Moldova 0.31
    119. Rwanda 0.30
    120. Nicaragua 0.29
    121. Belize 0.24
    122. Swaziland 0.23
    123. Hungary 0.23
    124. French Polynesia 0.23
    125. Puerto Rico 0.20
    126. Burundi 0.20
    127. Equatorial Guinea 0.20
    128. Mauritania 0.18
    129. Central African Republic 0.15
    130. Algeria 0.14
    131. Kosovo 0.14
    132. Faroe Islands 0.13
    133. Jamaica 0.13
    134. Mauritius 0.12
    135. Sierra Leone 0.11
    136. Belarus 0.11
    137. Luxembourg 0.10
    138. Burkina Faso 0.09
    139. Netherlands 0.09
    140. Haiti 0.08
    141. Tunisia 0.07
    142. Togo 0.06
    143. Jordan 0.05
    144. Cuba 0.05
    145. Samoa 0.04
    146. Estonia 0.03
    147. Saint Vincent and Grenadines 0.03
    148. Israel 0.02
    149. Dominica 0.02
    150. Denmark 0.02
    151. Saint Thomas and Principe 0.01
    152. Turkmenistan 0.00
    153. Comoros 0.00
    154. Benin 0.00
    155. Serbia and Montenegro 0.00
    156. Northern Mariana Islands 0.00
    157. West Germany 0.00
    158. East Germany 0.00
    159. Soviet Union 0.00
    160. Yugoslavia 0.00
    161. Czechoslovakia 0.00

    Related Energy Production Datasets

    Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage and consists of both utility and non-utility sources.

    Source: EIA