Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2003

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2003: every country, as published by Ember.

Country	Hydro (% of generation)	Renewables (% of generation)	Total generation (TWh)
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.000	100.000	2.50
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.10
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.000	100.000	0.32
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	100.000	100.000	2.26
ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.000	100.000	51.77
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	99.836	99.836	6.11
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	99.722	99.722	10.79
UruguayURYSouth America	99.417	99.883	8.58
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	99.301	99.301	1.43
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.279	99.279	8.32
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	98.970	98.970	16.51
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	98.884	99.400	106.67
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	97.897	97.897	5.23
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	97.222	99.444	1.80
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	95.616	95.616	3.65
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	94.096	95.941	2.71
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	90.986	90.986	7.10
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	89.841	89.841	3.15
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	87.023	92.366	1.31
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	86.658	86.658	15.44
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	85.000	85.000	0.40
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	83.175	99.882	8.44
PeruPERSouth America	80.811	81.683	22.93
Costa RicaCRICentral America	80.274	97.808	7.30
ColombiaCOLSouth America	77.511	78.615	46.20

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.810. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Renewables (% of generation)

  Highest5 share it

  Lowest47 share it

  Middle country: 16.369

• Total generation (TWh)

  HighestUnited States3,868.94

  LowestMontserrat0.01

  Middle country: 4.05

• +1 / −0countries joined / left
• 108values changed, of 170 in both
• 44 · 64rose · fell
• 62unchanged

+ North Korea

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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