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15% of global electricity is generated from Hydropower

14.88 % Share of global electricity
24 gCO2eq/kWh Carbon Intensity

Country/Region Watts / person % TWh
Iceland 34997.4 W 70.2% 13.6 TWh
Norway 24888.2 W 89.1% 137.4 TWh
Bhutan 11524.9 W 91.6% 9.0 TWh
Canada 8630.9 W 57.1% 339.2 TWh
Greenland 7676.7 W 76.8% 0.4 TWh
Paraguay 6489.2 W 99.7% 43.9 TWh
Sweden 6372.1 W 41.8% 67.2 TWh
Austria 4910.0 W 66.7% 44.8 TWh
New Zealand 4681.9 W 54.1% 24.2 TWh
Laos 4418.6 W 72.7% 33.4 TWh
Georgia 3067.6 W 79.6% 11.7 TWh
Switzerland 2825.6 W 47.5% 25.1 TWh
Finland 2669.0 W 18.4% 14.9 TWh
Slovenia 2633.3 W 38.6% 5.6 TWh
Albania 2461.4 W 87.9% 7.0 TWh
Portugal 2380.9 W 41.1% 24.8 TWh
Venezuela 2328.0 W 77.6% 65.7 TWh
Montenegro 2276.7 W 37.9% 1.4 TWh
Panama 2099.6 W 69.2% 9.2 TWh
Brazil 2071.0 W 60.7% 437.3 TWh
Faroe Islands 2035.6 W 26.2% 0.1 TWh
French Guiana 2013.5 W 58.4% 0.6 TWh
Uruguay 1886.0 W 47.9% 6.4 TWh
Latvia 1881.3 W 51.4% 3.5 TWh
Tajikistan 1832.6 W 89.4% 18.7 TWh
Croatia 1735.2 W 36.4% 6.8 TWh
Kyrgyzstan 1710.8 W 73.5% 11.9 TWh
Costa Rica 1594.4 W 64.4% 8.1 TWh
Suriname 1588.6 W 47.4% 1.0 TWh
Serbia 1526.8 W 32.1% 10.3 TWh
Russia 1436.8 W 18.0% 209.0 TWh
Ecuador 1403.2 W 68.8% 25.2 TWh
Chile 1394.9 W 30.6% 27.4 TWh
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1344.5 W 36.0% 4.3 TWh
Slovakia 1134.4 W 20.7% 6.3 TWh
France 1119.5 W 14.4% 74.4 TWh
Spain 1042.6 W 19.2% 50.0 TWh
Colombia 999.8 W 56.5% 52.3 TWh
People's Republic of China 970.3 W 14.6% 1380.4 TWh
EU 958.8 W 16.7% 432.1 TWh
Argentina 897.6 W 28.3% 40.9 TWh
Malaysia 897.0 W 16.8% 31.5 TWh
Italy 892.4 W 18.5% 53.1 TWh
Peru 882.8 W 50.4% 29.9 TWh
Vietnam 869.8 W 29.5% 87.3 TWh
Zambia 848.0 W 87.8% 17.1 TWh
Turkey 830.5 W 22.2% 72.5 TWh
Romania 788.0 W 27.6% 15.1 TWh
New Caledonia 766.2 W 8.0% 0.2 TWh
United States 714.9 W 5.6% 245.6 TWh
Armenia 694.2 W 22.8% 2.0 TWh
Japan 652.9 W 8.4% 81.2 TWh
French Polynesia 642.0 W 25.7% 0.2 TWh
Fiji 620.0 W 54.8% 0.6 TWh
Lithuania 605.1 W 12.3% 1.7 TWh
Dominica 598.4 W 23.5% 0.0 TWh
North Macedonia 554.9 W 17.1% 1.0 TWh
The World 536.6 W 14.9% 4341.7 TWh
Australia 527.3 W 5.3% 13.9 TWh
Germany 518.7 W 9.3% 43.9 TWh
Kazakhstan 487.5 W 8.6% 9.9 TWh
North Korea 486.9 W 57.5% 12.8 TWh
Mozambique 474.3 W 81.4% 15.5 TWh
Bulgaria 460.3 W 8.3% 3.1 TWh
Czechia 446.9 W 6.8% 4.8 TWh
Greece 418.7 W 8.8% 4.3 TWh
Réunion 414.7 W 11.7% 0.4 TWh
Gabon 407.3 W 33.9% 1.0 TWh
St. Vincent & Grenadines 391.9 W 23.5% 0.0 TWh
Honduras 382.3 W 32.7% 4.0 TWh
Zimbabwe 365.9 W 55.0% 5.9 TWh
Angola 354.7 W 74.6% 12.6 TWh
Nepal 325.4 W 87.4% 9.7 TWh
Republic of China (Taiwan) 314.0 W 2.6% 7.3 TWh
Guatemala 284.6 W 38.5% 5.1 TWh
Ukraine 270.4 W 9.8% 11.1 TWh
Namibia 269.9 W 20.5% 0.8 TWh
Equatorial Guinea 266.1 W 32.7% 0.5 TWh
Ireland 262.9 W 4.0% 1.4 TWh
El Salvador 256.8 W 20.5% 1.6 TWh
Sri Lanka 255.1 W 34.7% 5.9 TWh
Eswatini 246.1 W 20.1% 0.3 TWh
Iran 234.4 W 5.4% 21.2 TWh
Cambodia 232.5 W 32.3% 4.0 TWh
Bolivia 227.9 W 23.8% 2.8 TWh
Ghana 226.3 W 33.3% 7.5 TWh
Sudan 222.7 W 58.5% 11.0 TWh
Belgium 222.3 W 3.1% 2.6 TWh
Lesotho 218.7 W 53.8% 0.5 TWh
Belize 198.6 W 13.6% 0.1 TWh
Samoa 185.8 W 21.1% 0.0 TWh
Cameroon 180.9 W 61.6% 5.0 TWh
Myanmar (Burma) 173.1 W 51.6% 9.4 TWh
South Korea 172.1 W 1.6% 8.9 TWh
Pakistan 160.4 W 31.3% 39.7 TWh
Azerbaijan 155.4 W 5.5% 1.6 TWh
Congo - Brazzaville 149.1 W 22.5% 0.9 TWh
Luxembourg 148.8 W 2.1% 0.1 TWh
Guinea 142.3 W 65.8% 2.0 TWh
Uzbekistan 142.2 W 6.3% 5.0 TWh
Mexico 142.1 W 5.3% 18.4 TWh
Egypt 120.7 W 6.3% 13.8 TWh
Ethiopia 117.6 W 95.7% 14.8 TWh
Côte d’Ivoire 110.2 W 30.1% 3.4 TWh
United Kingdom 108.2 W 2.5% 7.4 TWh
Congo - Kinshasa 107.4 W 88.4% 11.0 TWh
Lebanon 106.2 W 5.8% 0.6 TWh
Mauritius 101.9 W 3.7% 0.1 TWh
Uganda 101.7 W 89.2% 4.8 TWh
India 99.2 W 7.5% 142.7 TWh
Liberia 98.6 W 67.1% 0.5 TWh
Nicaragua 89.1 W 11.3% 0.6 TWh
Dominican Republic 89.0 W 4.6% 1.0 TWh
Poland 88.3 W 2.1% 3.4 TWh
Indonesia 87.4 W 7.0% 24.6 TWh
Thailand 86.1 W 2.7% 6.2 TWh
Philippines 85.7 W 8.3% 9.8 TWh
Moldova 78.8 W 4.3% 0.2 TWh
Papua New Guinea 78.4 W 16.6% 0.8 TWh
Kenya 61.3 W 24.9% 3.4 TWh
Mali 60.7 W 35.6% 1.4 TWh
Iraq 60.1 W 2.2% 2.6 TWh
Malawi 51.0 W 77.8% 1.1 TWh
Jamaica 49.3 W 3.1% 0.1 TWh
São Tomé & Príncipe 44.2 W 7.1% 0.0 TWh
Tanzania 43.6 W 30.8% 2.8 TWh
Mauritania 43.1 W 11.1% 0.2 TWh
Belarus 42.5 W 1.0% 0.4 TWh
Rwanda 37.4 W 51.0% 0.5 TWh
Nigeria 35.2 W 24.8% 8.0 TWh
Syria 33.4 W 4.4% 0.8 TWh
Central African Republic 29.4 W 100.0% 0.1 TWh
Madagascar 25.6 W 33.1% 0.8 TWh
Guadeloupe 25.1 W 0.6% 0.0 TWh
Sierra Leone 21.7 W 90.0% 0.2 TWh
Hungary 19.2 W 0.4% 0.2 TWh
South Africa 18.5 W 0.5% 1.2 TWh
Togo 17.6 W 9.5% 0.2 TWh
Senegal 17.6 W 3.8% 0.3 TWh
Burundi 16.5 W 47.8% 0.2 TWh
Afghanistan 15.3 W 9.2% 0.6 TWh
Morocco 14.1 W 1.2% 0.5 TWh
Haiti 12.2 W 13.5% 0.1 TWh
Cuba 10.9 W 0.7% 0.1 TWh
Burkina Faso 5.3 W 5.2% 0.1 TWh
Bangladesh 4.7 W 0.8% 0.8 TWh
Netherlands 4.2 W 0.1% 0.1 TWh
Estonia 3.8 W 0.1% 0.0 TWh
Israel 2.2 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Jordan 1.8 W 0.1% 0.0 TWh
Tunisia 0.8 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Turkmenistan 0.4 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Algeria 0.2 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
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