Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2000

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2000: every country, as published by Ember.

Country	Hydro (% of generation)	Renewables (% of generation)	Total generation (TWh)
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.00	100.000	1.79
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.10
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	100.00	100.000	5.94
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.29
ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.00	100.000	53.49
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	100.00	100.000	0.29
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	99.90	99.896	9.57
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	99.51	99.712	142.52
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.48	99.481	7.71
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	98.84	98.841	3.45
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	98.46	98.455	14.24
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	98.18	98.182	1.65
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	97.48	99.371	1.59
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	97.22	97.222	1.44
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	96.20	96.195	4.73
UruguayURYSouth America	92.89	93.412	7.59
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	91.21	91.353	7.17
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	89.86	89.863	3.65
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	85.49	85.489	15.85
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	85.20	86.400	2.50
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	84.30	90.083	1.21
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	82.65	100.000	7.61
Costa RicaCRICentral America	81.92	99.125	6.86
PeruPERSouth America	81.18	81.978	19.92
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	80.00	80.000	0.10

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.79. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Renewables (% of generation)

  Highest7 share it

  Lowest47 share it

  Middle country: 16.126

• Total generation (TWh)

  HighestUnited States3,802.10

  Lowest2 share it

  Middle country: 3.55

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