Hydropower Share of Electricity by Country 2024
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Hydropower Share of Electricity by Country 2024Bhutan runs on 100.0% hydropower, with Paraguay at 99.4% and Nepal at 98.8% close behind. Hydro is the one clean source that can carry an entire national grid on its own, which is why this list overlaps almost completely with the cleanest-grid ranking. Geography decides membership: mountains and large rivers, not wealth. Norway at 88.8% is the only high-income country in the top ten, while the largest system here is Venezuela at 91.1%. Six of the fifteen are in Africa or Central Asia.
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Methodology & source
- Data source
- Ember - Yearly Electricity Data
- Coverage
- 15 entities · 2024 · 15 observations
- Measure
- Hydropower Share of Electricity Generation
- Last updated
- 15 August 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
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- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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