Primary energy from hydropower by country

Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.

Countries reporting
71
Highest
1,392 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
0.0032 terawatt-hours
Turkmenistan
Median
12.13 terawatt-hours
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,686

What the numbers show

Primary energy from hydropower is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 1,392 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is 0.0032 terawatt-hours in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 12.13 terawatt-hours, and the mean is 59.69 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 38 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 USSR 202.99 terawatt-hours 1984 up 53.7% rising
6 Russia 199.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.0% rising
7 India 178.2 terawatt-hours 2025 up 33.5% volatile
8 Norway 145.15 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.7% rising
9 Vietnam 101.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 81.4% volatile
10 Japan 74.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.4% flat
11 Venezuela 72.64 terawatt-hours 2025 down 2.8% volatile
12 Sweden 68.34 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.3% rising
13 Colombia 68.11 terawatt-hours 2025 up 52.4% volatile
14 France 57.61 terawatt-hours 2025 up 5.6% flat
15 Turkey 57.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 14.5% volatile
16 Italy 41.42 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.0% rising
17 Pakistan 39.97 terawatt-hours 2025 up 21.9% volatile
18 Austria 36.8 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.0% rising
19 Malaysia 34.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 148.5% volatile
20 Peru 34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 43.5% volatile
21 Spain 33.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 19.9% flat
22 Switzerland 32.27 terawatt-hours 2025 down 15.7% rising
23 Indonesia 31.85 terawatt-hours 2025 up 131.8% volatile
24 Mexico 29.28 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.4% rising
25 Ecuador 28.13 terawatt-hours 2025 up 114.8% volatile
26 Argentina 24.97 terawatt-hours 2025 down 22.8% volatile
27 New Zealand 24.21 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.5% rising
28 Chile 20.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 12.8% rising
29 Germany 16.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.0% rising
30 Portugal 14.87 terawatt-hours 2025 up 71.7% rising
31 Egypt 14.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 8.5% rising
32 Philippines 13.59 terawatt-hours 2025 up 56.9% rising
33 Iceland 13.16 terawatt-hours 2025 down 4.5% volatile
34 Australia 12.61 terawatt-hours 2025 down 10.5% rising
35 Finland 12.44 terawatt-hours 2025 down 25.8% rising
36 Romania 12.13 terawatt-hours 2025 down 27.1% rising
37 Iran 11.96 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.8% volatile
38 Ukraine 10.75 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.2% falling
39 Kazakhstan 10.44 terawatt-hours 2025 up 12.6% rising
40 Sri Lanka 7.95 terawatt-hours 2025 up 32.9% volatile
41 Thailand 7.83 terawatt-hours 2025 up 102.0% rising
42 Uzbekistan 6.31 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.8% flat
43 Croatia 5.52 terawatt-hours 2025 down 13.7% rising
44 Taiwan 5.5 terawatt-hours 2025 up 23.0% rising
45 United Kingdom 5.09 terawatt-hours 2025 down 19.2% rising
46 Slovenia 3.99 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.9% rising
47 South Korea 3.81 terawatt-hours 2025 up 77.4% rising
48 Greece 3.45 terawatt-hours 2025 down 43.4% rising
49 Latvia 2.96 terawatt-hours 2025 up 58.4% falling
50 Slovakia 2.96 terawatt-hours 2025 down 23.5% rising
51 Azerbaijan 2.84 terawatt-hours 2025 up 73.6% rising
52 Bulgaria 2.78 terawatt-hours 2025 down 50.8% rising
53 Iraq 2.46 terawatt-hours 2025 down 3.4% volatile
54 South Africa 1.79 terawatt-hours 2025 up 145.9% volatile
55 Czechia 1.6 terawatt-hours 2025 down 11.1% rising
56 Poland 1.53 terawatt-hours 2025 down 16.7% rising
57 North Macedonia 1.27 terawatt-hours 2025 down 32.0% rising
58 Bangladesh 0.882 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1.8% rising
59 Ireland 0.6525 terawatt-hours 2025 down 19.1% flat
60 Morocco 0.4033 terawatt-hours 2025 down 78.6% volatile
61 Belarus 0.3947 terawatt-hours 2025 up 255.6% volatile
62 Belgium 0.3711 terawatt-hours 2025 up 16.5% rising
63 Lithuania 0.3231 terawatt-hours 2025 down 7.6% rising
64 Hungary 0.2449 terawatt-hours 2025 up 4.6% rising
65 Luxembourg 0.0744 terawatt-hours 2025 down 25.0% rising
66 Netherlands 0.057 terawatt-hours 2025 down 38.5% volatile
67 Estonia 0.037 terawatt-hours 2025 up 37.1% volatile
68 Algeria 0.029 terawatt-hours 2025 down 80.0% volatile
69 Israel 0.0184 terawatt-hours 2025 down 24.9% volatile
70 Denmark 0.0078 terawatt-hours 2025 down 56.7% falling
71 Turkmenistan 0.0032 terawatt-hours 2025 down 0.1% falling

Regions and income groups

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

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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
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Measured in terawatt-hours of total energy supply.