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Electricity generation from hydropower per person

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•214 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
910.3kilowatt-hours
Median: 95.4kilowatt-hours
Countries Covered
214
with available data
Highest
Iceland
34,214.2kilowatt-hours
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0kilowatt-hours
Top 5 Countries
1Iceland34,214.2kilowatt-hours
2Norway25,745.7kilowatt-hours
3Bhutan13,897.1kilowatt-hours
4Canada8,591.3kilowatt-hours
5Greenland8,413.3kilowatt-hours
By Region
Europe2,800.1kilowatt-hours(32 countries)
Oceania2,489.5kilowatt-hours(2 countries)
North America2,461.9kilowatt-hours(4 countries)
South America1,151.2kilowatt-hours(7 countries)
Other568.9kilowatt-hours(133 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0kilowatt-hours)High (34,214.2kilowatt-hours)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 910.3kilowatt-hours)

Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Other (133)
Asia (27)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Iceland34,214.2kilowatt-hours
2Norway25,745.7kilowatt-hours
3Bhutan13,897.1kilowatt-hours
4Canada8,591.3kilowatt-hours
5Greenland8,413.3kilowatt-hours
6Paraguay6,432.3kilowatt-hours
7Sweden6,403.5kilowatt-hours
8Lao People's Democratic Republic5,148.1kilowatt-hours
9New Zealand4,526.0kilowatt-hours
10Austria4,161.9kilowatt-hours
11Switzerland3,790.4kilowatt-hours
12Albania2,865.6kilowatt-hours
13Georgia2,795.1kilowatt-hours
14Venezuela2,569.9kilowatt-hours
15Faroe Islands2,374.9kilowatt-hours
16Montenegro2,275.9kilowatt-hours
17Finland2,212.2kilowatt-hours
18Tajikistan2,158.2kilowatt-hours
19Slovenia1,908.3kilowatt-hours
20Costa Rica1,859.1kilowatt-hours
21New Caledonia1,845.2kilowatt-hours
22Kyrgyzstan1,832.8kilowatt-hours
23Brazil1,826.2kilowatt-hours
24French Guiana1,713.9kilowatt-hours
25Bosnia and Herzegovina1,684.7kilowatt-hours
26Latvia1,580.7kilowatt-hours
27Panama1,579.0kilowatt-hours
28Ecuador1,558.8kilowatt-hours
29Croatia1,499.4kilowatt-hours
30Portugal1,458.0kilowatt-hours
31Suriname1,418.6kilowatt-hours
32Russian Federation1,387.0kilowatt-hours
33Serbia1,216.9kilowatt-hours
34Colombia1,169.9kilowatt-hours
35Vietnam1,007.4kilowatt-hours
36Chile990.9kilowatt-hours
37People's Republic of China986.6kilowatt-hours
38Peru979.9kilowatt-hours
39Malaysia979.5kilowatt-hours
40Uruguay960.2kilowatt-hours
41Armenia921.3kilowatt-hours
42France891.4kilowatt-hours
43Zambia797.6kilowatt-hours
44The Republic of North Macedonia749.8kilowatt-hours
45Italy705.0kilowatt-hours
46United States of America696.0kilowatt-hours
47Spain683.7kilowatt-hours
48French Polynesia674.2kilowatt-hours
49Türkiye653.1kilowatt-hours
50Fiji646.0kilowatt-hours
51North Korea641.5kilowatt-hours
52Romania639.4kilowatt-hours
53Japan600.3kilowatt-hours
54Slovakia577.2kilowatt-hours
55Belize575.4kilowatt-hours
56Argentina572.5kilowatt-hours
57Kazakhstan504.2kilowatt-hours
58Mozambique470.7kilowatt-hours
59Australia453.0kilowatt-hours
60Reunion445.8kilowatt-hours
61Bulgaria376.8kilowatt-hours
62Nepal371.0kilowatt-hours
63Gabon358.4kilowatt-hours
64Honduras351.0kilowatt-hours
65Greece344.1kilowatt-hours
66Zimbabwe342.7kilowatt-hours
67Guatemala342.3kilowatt-hours
68Namibia330.0kilowatt-hours
69Azerbaijan309.7kilowatt-hours
70El Salvador307.9kilowatt-hours
71Bolivia302.0kilowatt-hours
72Dominica300.6kilowatt-hours
73Cambodia297.5kilowatt-hours
74Angola290.3kilowatt-hours
75Sri Lanka283.7kilowatt-hours
76Eswatini281.6kilowatt-hours
77Ukraine268.5kilowatt-hours
78Ghana249.8kilowatt-hours
79Taiwan, Province of China238.4kilowatt-hours
80Ethiopia237.6kilowatt-hours
81Germany232.6kilowatt-hours
82Sudan228.0kilowatt-hours
83Mexico217.9kilowatt-hours
84Equatorial Guinea211.4kilowatt-hours
85Guinea203.3kilowatt-hours
86Saint Vincent and the Grenadines198.7kilowatt-hours
87Myanmar183.5kilowatt-hours
88Cameroon179.6kilowatt-hours
89Republic of the Congo173.7kilowatt-hours
90Uzbekistan170.0kilowatt-hours
91Czech Republic161.2kilowatt-hours
92Pakistan154.2kilowatt-hours
93Islamic Republic of Iran141.0kilowatt-hours
94Samoa137.6kilowatt-hours
95Dominican Republic132.8kilowatt-hours
96Egypt127.3kilowatt-hours
97Lithuania123.7kilowatt-hours
98Democratic Republic of the Congo122.6kilowatt-hours
99Ireland122.5kilowatt-hours
100India121.6kilowatt-hours
101Lebanon120.6kilowatt-hours
102Moldova, Republic of116.8kilowatt-hours
103Philippines108.7kilowatt-hours
104Thailand106.4kilowatt-hours
105Belarus103.4kilowatt-hours
106Uganda100.0kilowatt-hours
107Indonesia96.3kilowatt-hours
108Papua New Guinea94.5kilowatt-hours
109Nicaragua94.0kilowatt-hours
110Cote d'Ivoire93.9kilowatt-hours
111Mauritius86.5kilowatt-hours
112United Kingdom79.8kilowatt-hours
113Malawi78.0kilowatt-hours
114South Korea73.5kilowatt-hours
115Luxembourg73.5kilowatt-hours
116Nigeria54.0kilowatt-hours
117Liberia53.4kilowatt-hours
118Kenya51.1kilowatt-hours
119Poland44.6kilowatt-hours
120Iraq43.4kilowatt-hours
121Sao Tome and Principe43.3kilowatt-hours
122Jamaica42.3kilowatt-hours
123United Republic of Tanzania40.8kilowatt-hours
124Mauritania40.6kilowatt-hours
125Mali37.6kilowatt-hours
126Belgium37.4kilowatt-hours
127Rwanda36.5kilowatt-hours
128Vanuatu31.2kilowatt-hours
129Syrian Arab Republic30.4kilowatt-hours
130South Africa28.3kilowatt-hours
131Madagascar28.2kilowatt-hours
132Central African Republic27.2kilowatt-hours
133Guadeloupe26.6kilowatt-hours
134Burundi25.6kilowatt-hours
135Hungary23.9kilowatt-hours
136Morocco23.7kilowatt-hours
137Estonia22.3kilowatt-hours
138Sierra Leone20.8kilowatt-hours
139Afghanistan17.6kilowatt-hours
140Mongolia17.1kilowatt-hours
141Senegal16.8kilowatt-hours
142Puerto Rico15.5kilowatt-hours
143Haiti13.6kilowatt-hours
144Cuba10.9kilowatt-hours
145Togo9.5kilowatt-hours
146Burkina Faso3.8kilowatt-hours
147Bangladesh3.7kilowatt-hours
148Denmark3.3kilowatt-hours
149Netherlands2.7kilowatt-hours
150Jordan1.7kilowatt-hours
151Turkmenistan1.3kilowatt-hours
152Tunisia0.8kilowatt-hours
153Algeria0.4kilowatt-hours
154Cape Verde0.0kilowatt-hours
155Cayman Islands0.0kilowatt-hours
156Chad0.0kilowatt-hours
157Comoros0.0kilowatt-hours
158Cook Islands0.0kilowatt-hours
159Cyprus0.0kilowatt-hours
160Benin0.0kilowatt-hours
161Eritrea0.0kilowatt-hours
162Falkland Islands (Malvinas)0.0kilowatt-hours
163Djibouti0.0kilowatt-hours
164Republic of The Gambia0.0kilowatt-hours
165State of Palestine0.0kilowatt-hours
166Gibraltar0.0kilowatt-hours
167Kiribati0.0kilowatt-hours
168Grenada0.0kilowatt-hours
169Guam0.0kilowatt-hours
170Guyana0.0kilowatt-hours
171Hong Kong0.0kilowatt-hours
172Israel0.0kilowatt-hours
173Kuwait0.0kilowatt-hours
174Lesotho0.0kilowatt-hours
175Libya0.0kilowatt-hours
176Macao0.0kilowatt-hours
177Maldives0.0kilowatt-hours
178Malta0.0kilowatt-hours
179Martinique0.0kilowatt-hours
180Montserrat0.0kilowatt-hours
181Oman0.0kilowatt-hours
182Nauru0.0kilowatt-hours
183Aruba0.0kilowatt-hours
184Niger0.0kilowatt-hours
185Niue0.0kilowatt-hours
186Guinea-Bissau0.0kilowatt-hours
187Timor-Leste0.0kilowatt-hours
188Qatar0.0kilowatt-hours
189Saint Helena0.0kilowatt-hours
190Saint Kitts and Nevis0.0kilowatt-hours
191Saint Lucia0.0kilowatt-hours
192Saint Pierre and Miquelon0.0kilowatt-hours
193Saudi Arabia0.0kilowatt-hours
194Seychelles0.0kilowatt-hours
195Singapore0.0kilowatt-hours
196Somalia0.0kilowatt-hours
197South Sudan0.0kilowatt-hours
198Western Sahara0.0kilowatt-hours
199Tonga0.0kilowatt-hours
200Trinidad and Tobago0.0kilowatt-hours
201United Arab Emirates0.0kilowatt-hours
202Turks and Caicos Islands0.0kilowatt-hours
203Virgin Islands, U.S.0.0kilowatt-hours
204Yemen0.0kilowatt-hours
205American Samoa0.0kilowatt-hours
206Antigua and Barbuda0.0kilowatt-hours
207Bahamas0.0kilowatt-hours
208Bahrain0.0kilowatt-hours
209Barbados0.0kilowatt-hours
210Bermuda0.0kilowatt-hours
211Botswana0.0kilowatt-hours
212Solomon Islands0.0kilowatt-hours
213Virgin Islands, British0.0kilowatt-hours
214Brunei Darussalam0.0kilowatt-hours
Showing 214 of 214 countries

Topics

#environmental#kilowatt-hours#electricity#generation#from#hydropower#per#person

Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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