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Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
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Key Insights
Global Average
24.8%
Median: 9.3%
Countries Covered
207
with available data
Highest
Bhutan
100.0%
Lowest
Brunei Darussalam
0.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Bhutan100.0%
2Lesotho99.6%
3Paraguay99.6%
4Democratic Republic of the Congo99.5%
5Nepal99.1%
By Region
South America45.0%(7 countries)
Africa29.7%(9 countries)
Oceania29.0%(2 countries)
Other26.7%(127 countries)
North America24.5%(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0%)High (100.0%)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 24.8%)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Oceania (2)
Other (127)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (26)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% |
| 2 | Lesotho | 99.6% |
| 3 | Paraguay | 99.6% |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 99.5% |
| 5 | Nepal | 99.1% |
| 6 | Albania | 96.7% |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 96.5% |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 96.2% |
| 9 | Tajikistan | 94.4% |
| 10 | Venezuela | 90.0% |
| 11 | Uganda | 89.8% |
| 12 | Norway | 88.9% |
| 13 | Zambia | 87.8% |
| 14 | Guinea | 87.4% |
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 86.7% |
| 16 | Mozambique | 82.8% |
| 17 | Sudan | 79.9% |
| 18 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 75.9% |
| 19 | Andorra | 75.9% |
| 20 | Georgia | 75.5% |
| 21 | Cameroon | 74.7% |
| 22 | Greenland | 74.5% |
| 23 | Malawi | 72.5% |
| 24 | Ecuador | 71.7% |
| 25 | Afghanistan | 71.7% |
| 26 | Angola | 71.5% |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 70.5% |
| 28 | Namibia | 70.0% |
| 29 | Iceland | 68.2% |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 66.6% |
| 31 | North Korea | 62.8% |
| 32 | Suriname | 61.0% |
| 33 | Austria | 59.9% |
| 34 | Burundi | 59.6% |
| 35 | Switzerland | 59.1% |
| 36 | Colombia | 58.3% |
| 37 | Mali | 56.6% |
| 38 | Brazil | 56.1% |
| 39 | Liberia | 55.7% |
| 40 | Canada | 55.4% |
| 41 | Eswatini | 53.9% |
| 42 | Montenegro | 53.1% |
| 43 | New Zealand | 52.6% |
| 44 | Latvia | 50.8% |
| 45 | Fiji | 50.1% |
| 46 | Rwanda | 49.7% |
| 47 | Luxembourg | 48.9% |
| 48 | Peru | 47.8% |
| 49 | Croatia | 47.0% |
| 50 | Panama | 46.9% |
| 51 | Gabon | 46.2% |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 45.1% |
| 53 | Myanmar | 44.2% |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39.3% |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 38.0% |
| 56 | Ghana | 37.9% |
| 57 | Sweden | 37.7% |
| 58 | Madagascar | 37.2% |
| 59 | Portugal | 36.4% |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 35.3% |
| 61 | Republic of the Congo | 35.0% |
| 62 | Cambodia | 34.5% |
| 63 | Belize | 33.4% |
| 64 | Slovenia | 33.1% |
| 65 | Serbia | 32.7% |
| 66 | Romania | 32.2% |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 31.8% |
| 68 | Guatemala | 30.6% |
| 69 | Chile | 29.6% |
| 70 | Vietnam | 29.4% |
| 71 | Samoa | 28.8% |
| 72 | Kenya | 28.3% |
| 73 | Uruguay | 27.2% |
| 74 | Honduras | 27.0% |
| 75 | Pakistan | 26.8% |
| 76 | United Republic of Tanzania | 25.5% |
| 77 | Argentina | 24.5% |
| 78 | Faroe Islands | 23.7% |
| 79 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 23.6% |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 23.5% |
| 81 | French Polynesia | 23.1% |
| 82 | Nigeria | 22.2% |
| 83 | Türkiye | 21.5% |
| 84 | Italy | 20.2% |
| 85 | Dominica | 19.5% |
| 86 | Bolivia | 19.4% |
| 87 | El Salvador | 18.8% |
| 88 | Armenia | 18.7% |
| 89 | Slovakia | 18.0% |
| 90 | Haiti | 17.9% |
| 91 | Russian Federation | 17.4% |
| 92 | Finland | 17.2% |
| 93 | Malaysia | 16.5% |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 14.6% |
| 95 | Spain | 14.2% |
| 96 | France | 13.6% |
| 97 | People's Republic of China | 13.5% |
| 98 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.4% |
| 99 | Togo | 12.8% |
| 100 | Lithuania | 12.5% |
| 101 | Ukraine | 11.7% |
| 102 | Vanuatu | 10.7% |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 10.4% |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 9.3% |
| 105 | Lebanon | 8.8% |
| 106 | Philippines | 8.7% |
| 107 | Japan | 8.7% |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 7.8% |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 7.8% |
| 110 | Greece | 7.4% |
| 111 | India | 7.2% |
| 112 | Egypt | 7.2% |
| 113 | Mexico | 6.2% |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 6.0% |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 5.9% |
| 116 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.9% |
| 117 | United States of America | 5.8% |
| 118 | Indonesia | 5.7% |
| 119 | Germany | 5.7% |
| 120 | Australia | 5.3% |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 5.0% |
| 122 | Czech Republic | 4.8% |
| 123 | Moldova, Republic of | 4.7% |
| 124 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 4.4% |
| 125 | Ireland | 3.5% |
| 126 | Thailand | 3.4% |
| 127 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.0% |
| 128 | South Africa | 2.9% |
| 129 | Mauritius | 2.9% |
| 130 | United Kingdom | 2.8% |
| 131 | Jamaica | 2.4% |
| 132 | Belgium | 2.1% |
| 133 | Poland | 1.9% |
| 134 | South Korea | 1.5% |
| 135 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.4% |
| 136 | Morocco | 1.2% |
| 137 | Iraq | 1.0% |
| 138 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% |
| 139 | Mongolia | 0.8% |
| 140 | Belarus | 0.7% |
| 141 | Bangladesh | 0.6% |
| 142 | Hungary | 0.6% |
| 143 | Cuba | 0.5% |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.5% |
| 145 | Timor-Leste | 0.3% |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% |
| 147 | Jordan | 0.1% |
| 148 | Netherlands | 0.1% |
| 149 | Denmark | 0.1% |
| 150 | Tunisia | 0.0% |
| 151 | Algeria | 0.0% |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% |
| 153 | Benin | 0.0% |
| 154 | Hong Kong | 0.0% |
| 155 | Guyana | 0.0% |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 0.0% |
| 157 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% |
| 158 | Chad | 0.0% |
| 159 | Comoros | 0.0% |
| 160 | Cyprus | 0.0% |
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.0% |
| 162 | Djibouti | 0.0% |
| 163 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.0% |
| 164 | State of Palestine | 0.0% |
| 165 | Kiribati | 0.0% |
| 166 | Grenada | 0.0% |
| 167 | Guam | 0.0% |
| 168 | Israel | 0.0% |
| 169 | Kuwait | 0.0% |
| 170 | Libya | 0.0% |
| 171 | Maldives | 0.0% |
| 172 | Malta | 0.0% |
| 173 | Mauritania | 0.0% |
| 174 | Oman | 0.0% |
| 175 | Nauru | 0.0% |
| 176 | Curaçao | 0.0% |
| 177 | Aruba | 0.0% |
| 178 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0% |
| 179 | Niger | 0.0% |
| 180 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% |
| 181 | Palau | 0.0% |
| 182 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% |
| 183 | Qatar | 0.0% |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% |
| 185 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% |
| 186 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0% |
| 187 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% |
| 188 | Senegal | 0.0% |
| 189 | Seychelles | 0.0% |
| 190 | Singapore | 0.0% |
| 191 | Somalia | 0.0% |
| 192 | South Sudan | 0.0% |
| 193 | Tonga | 0.0% |
| 194 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% |
| 195 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% |
| 196 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.0% |
| 198 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0% |
| 199 | Yemen | 0.0% |
| 200 | American Samoa | 0.0% |
| 201 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% |
| 202 | Bahamas | 0.0% |
| 203 | Bahrain | 0.0% |
| 204 | Barbados | 0.0% |
| 205 | Botswana | 0.0% |
| 206 | Virgin Islands, British | 0.0% |
| 207 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
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