Data for 2017

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017

Figures for 2017, as Ember published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 covers 173 countries on 3 measures. 4 countries share the highest reading, 100.00; 52 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 11.30. Against 2016, 118 values changed (46 up, 72 down), the same countries are covered.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation · Data for 2017

Highest4 countries share it

100.00

Lowest52 countries share it

0.00

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end. Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score.

173countries
3measures per country
2017the year it describes
119distinct values3 decimals, as published
Oct 2, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Values only

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Every country and every column of Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017: every country, as published by Ember.

AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	100.00	100.000	4.53
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.00	100.000	7.65
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	100.00	100.000	0.15
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.00	100.000	0.54
ParaguayPRYSouth America	99.77	100.000	59.82
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	99.68	99.894	9.42
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	98.04	100.000	4.58
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	96.02	98.118	148.27
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	95.29	100.000	1.91
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	94.59	94.589	18.11
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	91.48	91.477	15.37
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	91.01	98.148	3.78
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	89.83	96.045	1.77
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	85.78	86.332	14.56
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	83.33	86.508	1.26
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	79.72	80.507	11.44
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	79.71	80.499	17.64
ColombiaCOLSouth America	77.28	79.100	78.47
Costa RicaCRICentral America	76.15	99.645	11.28
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	76.00	76.000	0.50
IcelandISLNorthern Europe	72.84	100.000	19.07
EcuadorECUSouth America	71.47	73.518	27.83
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	70.77	71.415	10.81
GuineaGINWestern Africa	68.36	69.492	1.77
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	67.86	75.000	0.28
BelizeBLZCentral America	67.50	95.000	0.40
PanamaPANCentral America	65.67	71.830	11.04
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	64.69	64.821	31.07
CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	62.61	63.354	8.05
SudanSDNNorthern Africa	59.55	60.510	15.70
VenezuelaVENSouth America	58.30	58.391	103.80
LatviaLVANorthern Europe	58.17	72.510	7.53
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	57.10	81.219	43.66
AustriaAUTWestern Europe	57.07	76.092	67.09
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	56.52	60.870	0.23
PeruPERSouth America	55.13	58.604	52.71
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	52.58	54.702	7.55
UruguayURYSouth America	52.40	98.467	14.35
MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	51.95	53.327	21.04
SurinameSURSouth America	50.83	51.934	1.81
North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	50.28	50.491	23.43
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	48.84	95.349	0.43
FijiFJIMelanesia	48.04	50.000	1.02
GuatemalaGTMCentral America	47.08	68.639	12.34
CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	45.12	60.493	11.77
RwandaRWAEastern Africa	43.08	46.154	0.65
MaliMLIWestern Africa	43.02	45.640	3.44
GhanaGHAWestern Africa	42.26	42.632	13.30
GabonGABMiddle Africa	41.52	41.964	2.24
MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	41.13	45.161	2.48
CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	40.88	41.780	6.63
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	39.93	40.940	2.98
SwedenSWENorthern Europe	39.66	57.882	164.23
MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	39.39	41.919	1.98
Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	33.33	51.515	0.33
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	33.24	34.795	7.07
Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	32.84	32.836	1.34
HondurasHNDCentral America	31.66	57.356	9.38
El SalvadorSLVCentral America	30.81	74.775	5.55
ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	29.88	29.880	7.53
KenyaKENEastern Africa	29.27	80.886	10.83
ChileCHLSouth America	26.47	43.545	78.93
French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	26.09	31.884	0.69
TogoTGOWestern Africa	25.93	25.926	0.81
SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	25.11	25.494	36.44
SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	24.11	27.664	16.05
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	24.04	24.194	32.24
DominicaDMACaribbean	23.08	23.077	0.13
BoliviaBOLSouth America	23.05	25.130	9.59
RomaniaROUEastern Europe	22.81	38.228	63.54
FinlandFINNorthern Europe	21.88	46.608	67.52
PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	21.42	25.038	130.36
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	20.06	21.245	10.12
North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	19.82	23.036	5.60
TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	19.58	29.345	297.29
SamoaWSMPolynesia	18.75	31.250	0.16
Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	18.16	27.816	4.35
ChinaCHNEastern Asia	17.73	25.024	6,571.65
LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	16.85	71.067	3.56
SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	15.76	23.851	27.42
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	13.33	13.333	0.15
UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	13.03	13.051	60.84
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.59	24.444	1.35
ItalyITASouthern Europe	12.39	35.568	292.09
HaitiHTICaribbean	12.26	12.264	1.06
Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	11.61	14.286	1.12
Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	11.30	15.833	19.20
New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	11.15	13.622	3.23
NicaraguaNICCentral America	10.40	55.973	4.52
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	10.25	39.208	57.59
PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	10.18	24.555	94.36
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	10.00	66.667	0.90
FranceFRAWestern Europe	9.00	16.538	555.74
SenegalSENWestern Africa	7.63	11.229	4.72
United StatesUSANorthern America	7.25	17.452	4,052.31
GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	7.23	25.182	54.80
AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	7.14	7.762	24.22
SpainESPSouthern Europe	6.73	32.282	272.38
BulgariaBGREastern Europe	6.31	13.671	44.84
MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	5.65	6.250	4.96
SyriaSYRWestern Asia	4.07	4.230	18.44
JamaicaJAMCaribbean	3.43	11.644	4.38
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	2.89	19.936	3.11
IraqIRQWestern Asia	2.33	2.394	93.58
IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	2.24	29.263	30.79
CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	2.18	11.229	85.76
LebanonLBNWestern Asia	1.93	2.259	21.25
PolandPOLEastern Europe	1.51	14.202	169.91
BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	1.40	1.756	73.45
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1.33	4.146	6.03
BelarusBLREastern Europe	1.16	2.260	34.51
HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.67	10.571	32.92
CubaCUBCaribbean	0.39	3.889	20.57
BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.32	18.514	85.34
Puerto RicoPRICaribbean	0.31	2.259	16.38
EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.23	14.134	13.16
JordanJORWestern Asia	0.19	6.737	20.78
TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.10	2.915	20.58
AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.08	0.841	76.07
DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.07	70.550	30.90
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.05	15.021	116.04
American SamoaASMPolynesia	0.00	0.000	0.16
Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	0.00	2.857	0.35
ArubaABWCaribbean	0.00	14.433	0.97
BahamasBHSCaribbean	0.00	0.000	1.99
BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.00	0.034	29.23
BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.00	2.885	1.04
BeninBENWestern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.32
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.00	0.000	3.02
British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.17
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	0.00	0.000	4.16
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.00	18.605	0.43
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean	0.00	1.471	0.68
ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.00	6.250	0.32
ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.09
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	0.00	25.000	0.04
CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.00	8.600	5.00
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.06
EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.00	2.941	0.34
GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.31
GrenadaGRDCaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.23
GuamGUMMicronesia	0.00	3.390	1.77
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.08
GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.00	3.571	1.12
Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.00	0.406	36.94
IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.00	2.506	67.44
KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.00	0.058	68.89
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.35
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.00	0.030	33.28
MacauMACEastern Asia	0.00	14.286	1.47
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.00	2.740	0.73
MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.00	10.303	1.65
MontserratMSRCaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.01
NauruNRUMicronesia	0.00	0.000	0.03
NigerNERWestern Africa	0.00	1.786	0.56
OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.00	0.055	36.15
PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.00	9.091	0.55
QatarQATWestern Asia	0.00	0.306	45.70
Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.22
Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.40
São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.00	0.000	0.10
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.00	1.961	0.51
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.00	0.000	0.10
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.00	5.405	0.37
South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.00	0.000	0.54
TongaTONPolynesia	0.00	14.286	0.07
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.00	0.107	9.32
TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.00	0.000	23.89
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	0.00	0.000	0.29
United States Virgin IslandsVIRCaribbean	0.00	1.667	0.60
VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.00	0.000	0.06
YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.00	4.691	4.05

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

Albaniashared100.00
Bhutanshared100.00
Central African Republicshared100.00
Lesothoshared100.00
Paraguay99.77

Lowest

Yemenshared0.00
Vanuatushared0.00
United States Virgin Islandsshared0.00
British Virgin Islandsshared0.00
Trinidad and Tobagoshared0.00

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.30. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Renewables (% of generation)
Highest8 share it
Lowest23 share it
Middle country: 24.194
Total generation (TWh)
HighestChina6,571.65
LowestMontserrat0.01
Middle country: 6.03

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 173 in both
46 · 72rose · fell
55unchanged

Rose most

Latvia39.41 → 58.17+18.76
Eswatini33.33 → 48.84+15.50
Ecuador57.73 → 71.47+13.74
Colombia63.62 → 77.28+13.66
Guatemala33.64 → 47.08+13.44

Fell most

Montenegro58.60 → 41.13−17.47
Portugal26.62 → 10.25−16.38
North Macedonia33.75 → 19.82−13.93
Burundi77.78 → 67.86−9.92
Croatia54.37 → 45.12−9.25

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.

04Caveats

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119 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 52 countries share 0.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 173 countries has every column.

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Ember (2017). Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/hydro-electricity/2017

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