Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2020

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Hydro Share of Electricity Generation, 2020: every country, as published by Ember.

Country	Hydro (% of generation)	Renewables (% of generation)	Total generation (TWh)
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	100.000	100.00	11.37
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	100.000	100.00	0.15
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	100.000	100.00	0.43
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	99.680	99.92	12.49
ParaguayPRYSouth America	99.442	100.00	46.63
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	99.435	100.00	5.31
NepalNPLSouthern Asia	98.544	100.00	6.18
MalawiMWIEastern Africa	96.000	99.43	1.75
NorwayNORNorthern Europe	91.887	98.52	154.32
KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	90.779	90.78	15.40
TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	90.100	90.10	20.10
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	90.000	95.00	0.20
UgandaUGAEastern Africa	88.696	97.39	4.60
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	83.979	85.49	15.23
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	83.898	89.83	1.18
GreenlandGRLNorthern America	82.692	82.69	0.52
MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	82.545	83.49	19.02
EcuadorECUSouth America	77.756	79.64	31.29
VenezuelaVENSouth America	77.643	77.68	80.51
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	75.193	75.61	16.81
NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	75.000	96.50	2.00
GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	73.925	74.73	11.16
BurundiBDIEastern Africa	72.973	75.68	0.37
LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	71.346	71.60	39.96
Costa RicaCRICentral America	70.734	99.83	11.72

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.858. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

• Renewables (% of generation)

  Highest7 share it

  Lowest13 share it

  Middle country: 27.32

• Total generation (TWh)

  HighestChina7,745.56

  LowestMontserrat0.01

  Middle country: 6.18

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• 115values changed, of 173 in both
• 67 · 48rose · fell
• 58unchanged

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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