Primary energy from hydropower by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
77
Highest
1,392 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
0 terawatt-hours
Kuwait
Median
7.95 terawatt-hours
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,686

What the numbers show

Primary energy from hydropower is currently reported for 77 countries. The highest value is 1,392 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is 0 terawatt-hours in Kuwait.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.95 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 52.39 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 36 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 255.6%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 80.0%).

Primary energy from hydropower: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 1,392 terawatt-hours 2025 up 24.9% volatile
2 Brazil 397.9 terawatt-hours 2025 up 10.6% volatile
3 Canada 348.47 terawatt-hours 2025 down 8.8% rising
4 United States 244.14 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.9% flat
5 Russia 199.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.0% rising
6 India 178.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 33.5% volatile
7 Norway 145.15 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.7% rising
8 Vietnam 101.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 81.4% volatile
9 Japan 74.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.4% flat
10 Venezuela 72.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.8% volatile
11 Sweden 68.34 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.3% rising
12 Colombia 68.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.4% volatile
13 France 57.61 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.6% flat
14 Turkey 57.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.5% volatile
15 Italy 41.42 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.0% rising
16 Pakistan 39.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 21.9% volatile
17 Austria 36.8 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.0% rising
18 Malaysia 34.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 148.5% volatile
19 Peru 34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 43.5% volatile
20 Spain 33.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.9% flat
21 Switzerland 32.27 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.7% rising
22 Indonesia 31.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 131.8% volatile
23 Mexico 29.28 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.4% rising
24 Ecuador 28.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 114.8% volatile
25 Argentina 24.97 terawatt-hours 2025 down 22.8% volatile
26 New Zealand 24.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.5% rising
27 Chile 20.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
28 Germany 16.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.0% rising
29 Portugal 14.87 terawatt-hours 2025 up 71.7% rising
30 Egypt 14.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 8.5% rising
31 Philippines 13.59 terawatt-hours 2025 up 56.9% rising
32 Iceland 13.16 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.5% volatile
33 Australia 12.61 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.5% rising
34 Finland 12.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 25.8% rising
35 Romania 12.13 terawatt-hours 2025 down 27.1% rising
36 Iran 11.96 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.8% volatile
37 Ukraine 10.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.2% falling
38 Kazakhstan 10.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.6% rising
39 Sri Lanka 7.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 32.9% volatile
40 Thailand 7.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 102.0% rising
41 Uzbekistan 6.31 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.8% flat
42 Croatia 5.52 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.7% rising
43 Taiwan 5.5 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.0% rising
44 United Kingdom 5.09 terawatt-hours 2025 down 19.2% rising
45 Slovenia 3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.9% rising
46 South Korea 3.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 77.4% rising
47 Greece 3.45 terawatt-hours 2025 down 43.4% rising
48 Latvia 2.96 terawatt-hours 2025 up 58.4% falling
49 Slovakia 2.96 terawatt-hours 2025 down 23.5% rising
50 Azerbaijan 2.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 73.6% rising
51 Bulgaria 2.78 terawatt-hours 2025 down 50.8% rising
52 Iraq 2.46 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.4% volatile
53 South Africa 1.79 terawatt-hours 2025 up 145.9% volatile
54 Czechia 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.1% rising
55 Poland 1.53 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.7% rising
56 North Macedonia 1.27 terawatt-hours 2025 down 32.0% rising
57 Bangladesh 0.882 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.8% rising
59 Morocco 0.4033 terawatt-hours 2025 down 78.6% volatile
60 Belarus 0.3947 terawatt-hours 2025 up 255.6% volatile
61 Belgium 0.3711 terawatt-hours 2025 up 16.5% rising
62 Lithuania 0.3231 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% rising
63 Hungary 0.2449 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.6% rising
65 Netherlands 0.057 terawatt-hours 2025 down 38.5% volatile
66 Estonia 0.037 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.1% volatile
67 Algeria 0.029 terawatt-hours 2025 down 80.0% volatile
68 Israel 0.0184 terawatt-hours 2025 down 24.9% volatile
69 Denmark 0.0078 terawatt-hours 2025 down 56.7% falling
70 Turkmenistan 0.0032 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.1% falling
71 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Oman 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
71 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,686 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.