Electricity production from hydroelectric sources - by country

Worldmap of all countries colored to reflect the values of Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Major world economies by its current Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Major world economies by historical values of its Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

SummaryThe world's average Electricity production from hydroelectric sources is equal to 15.7 % of total
Paraguay's Electricity production from hydroelectric sources is 6 times higher than the average Electricity production from hydroelectric sources of the world.
The countries with the highest Electricity production from hydroelectric sources are Paraguay, Albania, Nepal, Mozambique, Zambia with a(n) Electricity production from hydroelectric sources of (100), (100), (100), (100), (100) % of total respectively.
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List of countries by Electricity production from hydroelectric sources
Country Name	View Data	Global Rank	Region & Regional Rank	Electricity production from hydroelectric sources % of total	Year	Growth/Decline % during the Great Recession
Paraguay		1	Latin America & Caribbean \| 1	100	31-12-2011	0.0
Albania		2	Europe & Central Asia \| 1	100.0	31-12-2011	1.7
Nepal		3	South Asia \| 1	99.9	31-12-2011	0.1
Mozambique		4	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 1	99.9	31-12-2011	0.1
Zambia		5	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 2	99.7	31-12-2011	0.2
Ethiopia		6	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 3	99.0	31-12-2011	-11.5
Tajikistan		7	Europe & Central Asia \| 2	98.8	31-12-2011	-0.6
Namibia		8	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 4	98.2	31-12-2011	1.8
Norway		9	Europe & Central Asia \| 3	96.6	31-12-2012	-2.9
Kyrgyz Republic		10	Europe & Central Asia \| 4	93.3	31-12-2011	7.3
Brazil		11	Latin America & Caribbean \| 2	80.6	31-12-2011	0.8
Colombia		12	Latin America & Caribbean \| 3	79.1	31-12-2011	-9.7
Georgia		13	Europe & Central Asia \| 5	77.4	31-12-2011	19
Sudan		14	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 5	75.2	31-12-2011	64
Togo		15	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 6	74.1	31-12-2011	80
Zimbabwe		16	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 7	73.6	31-12-2011	13
Cameroon		17	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 8	73.3	31-12-2011	-8.9
Costa Rica		18	Latin America & Caribbean \| 4	72.6	31-12-2011	2.2
Angola		19	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 9	70.9	31-12-2011	-18.9
Myanmar		20	East Asia & Pacific \| 1	70.3	31-12-2011	40
Iceland		21	Europe & Central Asia \| 6	70.3	31-12-2012	-0.7
Venezuela		22	Latin America & Caribbean \| 5	68.6	31-12-2011	-1.0
Ghana		23	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 10	67.5	31-12-2011	15
Uruguay		24	Latin America & Caribbean \| 6	62.6	31-12-2011	-7.3
Austria		25	Europe & Central Asia \| 7	61.4	31-12-2012	6.8
Congo		26	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 11	61.2	31-12-2011	-25.4
North Korea		27	East Asia & Pacific \| 2	61.0	31-12-2011	5.2
Canada		28	North America \| 1	58.9	31-12-2012	4.4
Switzerland		29	Europe & Central Asia \| 8	56.8	31-12-2012	7.5
Peru		30	Latin America & Caribbean \| 7	55.0	31-12-2011	-17.3
Ecuador		31	Latin America & Caribbean \| 8	54.9	31-12-2011	-1.8
Panama		32	Latin America & Caribbean \| 9	52.2	31-12-2011	-6.2
New Zealand		33	East Asia & Pacific \| 3	51.5	31-12-2012	3.1
Tanzania		34	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 12	49.3	31-12-2011	41
Sweden		35	Europe & Central Asia \| 9	47.5	31-12-2012	12
Latvia		36	Europe & Central Asia \| 10	47.4	31-12-2011	13
Gabon		37	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 13	45.7	31-12-2011	-16.8
Montenegro		38	Europe & Central Asia \| 11	45.3	31-12-2011	27
Kenya		39	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 14	44.0	31-12-2011	-37.7
Croatia		40	Europe & Central Asia \| 12	42.0	31-12-2011	8.8
Guatemala		41	Latin America & Caribbean \| 10	39.8	31-12-2011	-36.3
Sri Lanka		42	South Asia \| 2	39.7	31-12-2011	-19.6
Honduras		43	Latin America & Caribbean \| 11	39.5	31-12-2011	23
El Salvador		44	Latin America & Caribbean \| 12	34.6	31-12-2011	-25.1
Armenia		45	Europe & Central Asia \| 13	33.5	31-12-2011	16
Bolivia		46	Latin America & Caribbean \| 13	32.5	31-12-2011	-7.9
Vietnam		47	East Asia & Pacific \| 4	30.1	31-12-2011	6.8
Pakistan		48	South Asia \| 3	29.9	31-12-2011	-9.4
Côte d'Ivoire		49	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 15	29.1	31-12-2011	36
Bosnia and Herzegovina		50	Europe & Central Asia \| 14	28.7	31-12-2011	-9.5
Chile		51	Latin America & Caribbean \| 14	28.1	31-12-2012	-20.9
Slovenia		52	Europe & Central Asia \| 15	25.1	31-12-2012	21
Argentina		53	Latin America & Caribbean \| 15	24.4	31-12-2011	-29.4
Turkey		54	Europe & Central Asia \| 16	24.2	31-12-2012	-26.5
Finland		55	Europe & Central Asia \| 17	23.9	31-12-2012	26
Romania		56	Europe & Central Asia \| 18	23.8	31-12-2011	-8.1
Nigeria		57	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 16	20.9	31-12-2011	-15.5
Macedonia		58	Europe & Central Asia \| 19	20.8	31-12-2011	-21.0
Uzbekistan		59	Europe & Central Asia \| 20	19.5	31-12-2011	3.8
Haiti		60	Latin America & Caribbean \| 16	16.7	31-12-2011	-39.6
Russia		61	Europe & Central Asia \| 21	15.8	31-12-2011	0.9
China		62	East Asia & Pacific \| 5	14.8	31-12-2011	8.3
Slovak Republic		63	Europe & Central Asia \| 22	14.6	31-12-2012	20
Italy		64	Europe & Central Asia \| 23	14.2	31-12-2012	42
Philippines		65	East Asia & Pacific \| 6	14.0	31-12-2011	-9.7
Azerbaijan		66	Europe & Central Asia \| 24	13.2	31-12-2011	19
India		67	South Asia \| 4	12.4	31-12-2011	-23.9
Portugal		68	Europe & Central Asia \| 25	12.2	31-12-2012	-26.1
Dominican Republic		69	Latin America & Caribbean \| 17	11.8	31-12-2011	-20.4
Nicaragua		70	Latin America & Caribbean \| 18	11.6	31-12-2011	-12.5
Lithuania		71	Europe & Central Asia \| 26	11.3	31-12-2011	-11.9
Mexico		72	Latin America & Caribbean \| 19	10.8	31-12-2012	-16.0
France		73	Europe & Central Asia \| 27	10.2	31-12-2012	9.3
Kazakhstan		74	Europe & Central Asia \| 28	9.1	31-12-2011	-19.4
Senegal		75	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 17	8.5	31-12-2011	-12.8
Egypt		76	Middle East & North Africa \| 1	8.3	31-12-2011	-17.4
Syrian Arab Republic		77	Middle East & North Africa \| 2	8.0	31-12-2011	-59.3
Iraq		78	Middle East & North Africa \| 3	7.6	31-12-2011	-60.7
Japan		79	East Asia & Pacific \| 7	7.6	31-12-2012	-7.8
Morocco		80	Middle East & North Africa \| 4	7.5	31-12-2011	142
Greece		81	Europe & Central Asia \| 29	7.5	31-12-2012	-9.7
Spain		82	Europe & Central Asia \| 30	7.0	31-12-2012	3.0
Indonesia		83	East Asia & Pacific \| 8	6.8	31-12-2011	1.2
United States		84	North America \| 2	6.5	31-12-2012	-3.1
Moldova		85	Europe & Central Asia \| 31	6.1	31-12-2011	-6.8
Malaysia		86	East Asia & Pacific \| 9	5.9	31-12-2011	-16.6
Bulgaria		87	Europe & Central Asia \| 32	5.8	31-12-2011	-12.1
Ukraine		88	Europe & Central Asia \| 33	5.6	31-12-2011	3.1
Australia		89	East Asia & Pacific \| 10	5.6	31-12-2012	-30.7
Thailand		90	East Asia & Pacific \| 11	5.2	31-12-2011	-17.7
Iran		91	Middle East & North Africa \| 5	5.0	31-12-2011	-65.5
Lebanon		92	Middle East & North Africa \| 6	4.9	31-12-2011	-24.5
Cambodia		93	East Asia & Pacific \| 12	4.3	31-12-2011	-27.8
Luxembourg		94	Europe & Central Asia \| 34	3.5	31-12-2012	6.9
Germany		95	Europe & Central Asia \| 35	3.5	31-12-2012	0.8
Ireland		96	Europe & Central Asia \| 36	2.9	31-12-2012	21
Czech Republic		97	Europe & Central Asia \| 37	2.6	31-12-2012	-2.5
Bangladesh		98	South Asia \| 5	2.0	31-12-2011	-55.8
Jamaica		99	Latin America & Caribbean \| 20	2.0	31-12-2011	14
Kosovo		100	Europe & Central Asia \| 38	1.8	31-12-2011	5.9
United Kingdom		101	Europe & Central Asia \| 39	1.5	31-12-2012	20
Poland		102	Europe & Central Asia \| 40	1.3	31-12-2012	24
Algeria		103	Middle East & North Africa \| 7	0.98	31-12-2011	28
Benin		104	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 18	0.93	31-12-2005
South Africa		105	Sub-Saharan Africa \| 19	0.79	31-12-2011	-50.9
Korea		106	East Asia & Pacific \| 13	0.69	31-12-2012	-27.8
Hungary		107	Europe & Central Asia \| 41	0.62	31-12-2012	22
Cuba		108	Latin America & Caribbean \| 21	0.56	31-12-2011	49
Belgium		109	Europe & Central Asia \| 42	0.48	31-12-2012	-14.2
Jordan		110	Middle East & North Africa \| 8	0.38	31-12-2011	-9.9
Estonia		111	Europe & Central Asia \| 43	0.35	31-12-2012	153
Tunisia		112	Middle East & North Africa \| 9	0.33	31-12-2011	-26.5
Belarus		113	Europe & Central Asia \| 44	0.13	31-12-2011	32
Netherlands		114	Europe & Central Asia \| 45	0.10	31-12-2012	-19.9
Turkmenistan		115	Europe & Central Asia \| 46	0.06	31-12-1999
Denmark		116	Europe & Central Asia \| 47	0.06	31-12-2012	3.6
Israel		117	Middle East & North Africa \| 10	0.05	31-12-2012	35

Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.

Datasource: Workbank - World Development Indicators