Hydropower Share of Electricity by Country 2023

About This Dataset

Share of each country's electricity generated by hydropower in 2023, measured by Ember from reported national grid data. Covers countries that generated at least 10 TWh of electricity in the year, so very small island grids do not dominate the ranking.

✨ AI Insight

Bhutan, Nepal and Paraguay all sat above 98% hydropower in 2023, with Bhutan highest at 100.0%. Norway at 89.0% is the only wealthy industrial economy in the group. What separates 2023 from 2024 is rainfall rather than construction: several of these countries moved by a point or more between the two years with no meaningful change in installed capacity, which is the defining weakness of a hydro-dominated grid.

Source: Ember - Yearly Electricity Data

Key Findings

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Bhutan leads with 100 in 2023.

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Average value in 2023: 88 · median: 88.

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Gap in 2023: Bhutan is 1.4× larger than Costa Rica.