Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2012

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2012: every country, as published by Ember.

Country	Hydro (% of generation)	Renewables (% of generation)	Total generation (TWh)
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	100.00	100.00	4.72
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.00	100.00	6.74
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	100.00	100.00	12.93
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.00	100.00	0.49
ParaguayPRYSouth America	100.00	100.00	60.23
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	99.87	99.87	7.52
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	99.84	99.84	12.37
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	99.59	99.59	16.97
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	99.27	99.27	14.97
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	99.15	99.43	3.53
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	96.95	98.23	146.18
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	96.41	97.01	1.67
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	93.41	93.41	15.03
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	93.33	100.00	0.15
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	90.73	93.66	2.05
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	84.48	90.00	2.90
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	83.33	83.33	0.18
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	80.68	84.09	0.88
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	77.53	78.64	5.43
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	75.56	75.56	0.45
ColombiaCOLSouth America	74.71	77.89	63.06
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	74.32	74.32	9.62
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	70.86	70.98	7.72
Costa RicaCRICentral America	70.82	91.79	10.11
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	70.62	100.00	17.29

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.55. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Renewables (% of generation)

  Highest7 share it

  Lowest39 share it

  Middle country: 19.94

• Total generation (TWh)

  HighestChina4,978.24

  LowestMontserrat0.01

  Middle country: 5.81

• +1 / −0countries joined / left
• 117values changed, of 172 in both
• 60 · 57rose · fell
• 55unchanged

+ South Sudan

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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