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14% of global electricity is generated from Hydropower

14.20 % Share of global electricity
24 gCO2eq/kWh Carbon Intensity
Hydropower
Country/Region kWh/person % TWh
Iceland 33867.6 W 72.2% 13.6 TWh
Norway 24504.6 W 88.9% 137.0 TWh
Bhutan 14192.5 W 93.1% 11.2 TWh
Montana 9429.5 W 37.5% 10.9 TWh
Washington 9207.3 W 67.5% 73.6 TWh
Canada 8632.1 W 55.1% 345.1 TWh
Greenland 8397.5 W 87.0% 0.5 TWh
Oregon 7572.3 W 47.4% 32.3 TWh
Sweden 6517.1 W 41.8% 69.7 TWh
Paraguay 6428.9 W 99.5% 44.0 TWh
South Dakota 5745.8 W 24.2% 5.4 TWh
Idaho 5278.4 W 36.7% 10.8 TWh
Laos 5218.6 W 76.5% 40.0 TWh
New Zealand 4726.7 W 58.3% 24.9 TWh
Switzerland 4135.5 W 55.2% 37.3 TWh
Austria 3799.3 W 46.1% 35.1 TWh
Albania 3097.9 W 96.7% 8.7 TWh
North Dakota 3056.4 W 5.8% 2.4 TWh
Georgia 2900.3 W 73.5% 11.0 TWh
Montenegro 2800.0 W 52.2% 1.8 TWh
Alaska 2497.7 W 27.5% 1.8 TWh
Faroe Islands 2407.9 W 27.1% 0.1 TWh
Venezuela 2296.0 W 78.3% 65.0 TWh
Finland 2131.0 W 13.6% 12.0 TWh
Tajikistan 2045.3 W 92.9% 22.1 TWh
Wyoming 2035.3 W 2.7% 1.2 TWh
French Guiana 2011.5 W 61.2% 0.6 TWh
Costa Rica 1901.2 W 74.8% 9.8 TWh
New Caledonia 1880.9 W 17.5% 0.5 TWh
Brazil 1823.3 W 51.2% 388.4 TWh
Maine 1821.4 W 15.6% 2.6 TWh
Vermont 1812.6 W 18.8% 1.2 TWh
Uruguay 1796.8 W 45.9% 6.1 TWh
Slovenia 1660.7 W 25.8% 3.6 TWh
Bosnia & Herzegovina 1648.6 W 38.3% 5.1 TWh
Latvia 1642.9 W 41.6% 3.1 TWh
Portugal 1607.8 W 26.5% 16.8 TWh
Alabama 1597.1 W 5.8% 8.3 TWh
Kyrgyzstan 1575.5 W 67.9% 11.6 TWh
Ecuador 1539.5 W 72.5% 28.2 TWh
Croatia 1439.5 W 28.1% 5.5 TWh
Suriname 1431.2 W 42.1% 0.9 TWh
Panama 1379.3 W 47.8% 6.2 TWh
Russia 1357.1 W 17.0% 196.5 TWh
Serbia 1342.8 W 24.5% 8.9 TWh
New York 1269.6 W 15.4% 25.0 TWh
Colombia 1235.1 W 73.5% 66.1 TWh
People's Republic of China 1040.5 W 13.9% 1481.2 TWh
Tennessee 1038.3 W 6.5% 7.6 TWh
Arkansas 1006.6 W 4.6% 3.1 TWh
Luxembourg 988.1 W 12.6% 0.7 TWh
Chile 957.2 W 21.2% 19.0 TWh
France 948.7 W 11.3% 63.4 TWh
Peru 944.0 W 52.7% 32.6 TWh
Malaysia 935.8 W 17.8% 33.6 TWh
New Hampshire 925.6 W 6.5% 1.3 TWh
North Macedonia 867.5 W 22.8% 1.6 TWh
Vietnam 858.4 W 33.7% 87.6 TWh
Armenia 854.6 W 25.1% 2.5 TWh
Kentucky 849.3 W 4.7% 3.9 TWh
Zambia 824.7 W 87.8% 17.1 TWh
United States 822.2 W 6.2% 284.4 TWh
Spain 776.0 W 13.3% 37.4 TWh
Argentina 760.3 W 23.4% 34.8 TWh
EU 758.7 W 12.7% 342.3 TWh
Turkey 731.1 W 19.1% 64.6 TWh
Réunion 722.9 W 18.7% 0.6 TWh
California 714.9 W 9.5% 28.1 TWh
West Virginia 712.5 W 2.3% 1.3 TWh
Nebraska 700.2 W 3.4% 1.4 TWh
Romania 699.0 W 26.1% 13.2 TWh
Arizona 683.3 W 4.3% 5.2 TWh
French Polynesia 677.8 W 26.8% 0.2 TWh
Italy 668.0 W 12.5% 39.5 TWh
Slovakia 657.1 W 13.0% 3.6 TWh
Fiji 649.3 W 52.2% 0.6 TWh
Japan 647.1 W 8.1% 79.7 TWh
North Korea 630.5 W 62.5% 16.6 TWh
Bulgaria 612.6 W 11.1% 4.1 TWh
Gabon 611.7 W 40.3% 1.5 TWh
Greece 600.6 W 11.1% 6.0 TWh
Belize 583.8 W 32.9% 0.2 TWh
The World 535.4 W 14.2% 4407.4 TWh
Kazakhstan 502.9 W 8.5% 10.5 TWh
Mozambique 480.7 W 82.7% 16.2 TWh
Nevada 474.1 W 3.3% 1.6 TWh
Australia 469.5 W 4.7% 12.6 TWh
Namibia 445.5 W 28.4% 1.3 TWh
Wisconsin 406.4 W 3.1% 2.4 TWh
Oklahoma 399.3 W 1.8% 1.6 TWh
North Carolina 397.1 W 2.9% 4.4 TWh
Iowa 395.2 W 1.7% 1.3 TWh
South Carolina 376.6 W 2.0% 2.1 TWh
Honduras 364.5 W 32.6% 3.9 TWh
Angola 361.1 W 74.0% 13.3 TWh
Nepal 356.4 W 94.6% 10.6 TWh
Republic of China (Taiwan) 352.6 W 2.8% 8.2 TWh
Colorado 346.1 W 3.2% 2.1 TWh
Azerbaijan 339.1 W 13.4% 3.5 TWh
Zimbabwe 334.1 W 53.5% 5.5 TWh
Guatemala 311.7 W 40.6% 5.7 TWh
Dominica 300.9 W 13.3% 0.0 TWh
Sri Lanka 300.8 W 36.7% 7.0 TWh
Cambodia 299.9 W 24.7% 5.3 TWh
Ghana 272.0 W 37.8% 9.2 TWh
Ukraine 270.4 W 9.8% 11.1 TWh
Lithuania 265.5 W 6.2% 0.8 TWh
Equatorial Guinea 265.2 W 31.2% 0.5 TWh
Bolivia 259.8 W 27.3% 3.3 TWh
Maryland 259.2 W 2.4% 1.6 TWh
Eswatini 243.8 W 20.1% 0.3 TWh
Mexico 237.6 W 8.6% 31.3 TWh
Germany 237.5 W 4.3% 20.2 TWh
Utah 230.6 W 2.1% 0.8 TWh
Sudan 229.8 W 65.2% 11.5 TWh
Czechia 229.8 W 3.5% 2.5 TWh
Ireland 225.8 W 3.3% 1.2 TWh
Lesotho 210.0 W 52.7% 0.5 TWh
Guinea 208.3 W 74.1% 3.0 TWh
St. Vincent & Grenadines 197.5 W 13.3% 0.0 TWh
Cameroon 185.4 W 62.7% 5.3 TWh
Uzbekistan 185.1 W 8.3% 6.6 TWh
Missouri 180.3 W 1.3% 1.1 TWh
Louisiana 179.8 W 0.8% 0.8 TWh
Myanmar (Burma) 174.8 W 37.7% 9.5 TWh
Georgia (US) 173.1 W 1.2% 2.0 TWh
Congo - Brazzaville 169.8 W 20.3% 1.1 TWh
Minnesota 160.6 W 1.3% 0.9 TWh
Pakistan 155.7 W 24.5% 39.9 TWh
South Korea 145.1 W 1.2% 7.5 TWh
Egypt 139.9 W 6.7% 16.5 TWh
Samoa 138.5 W 20.0% 0.0 TWh
Ethiopia 136.9 W 96.5% 17.6 TWh
Dominican Republic 134.1 W 6.5% 1.6 TWh
Congo - Kinshasa 129.2 W 79.0% 13.7 TWh
Pennsylvania 121.9 W 0.6% 1.6 TWh
India 121.7 W 9.0% 178.0 TWh
Lebanon 121.2 W 15.5% 0.7 TWh
Sub-Saharan Africa 119.7 W 28.6% 147.3 TWh
Belarus 118.6 W 2.4% 1.1 TWh
El Salvador 115.0 W 17.2% 0.7 TWh
Philippines 113.4 W 11.1% 13.3 TWh
Côte d’Ivoire 107.5 W 30.1% 3.4 TWh
Thailand 106.2 W 3.4% 7.6 TWh
Uganda 105.3 W 86.6% 5.0 TWh
Papua New Guinea 96.3 W 21.1% 1.0 TWh
Nicaragua 95.3 W 11.8% 0.7 TWh
Belgium 91.9 W 1.4% 1.1 TWh
Connecticut 91.4 W 0.7% 0.3 TWh
Indonesia 87.4 W 7.0% 24.6 TWh
United Kingdom 84.4 W 1.9% 5.9 TWh
Michigan 82.8 W 0.7% 0.8 TWh
Malawi 82.2 W 92.3% 1.7 TWh
Mauritius 70.7 W 2.8% 0.1 TWh
Mali 69.0 W 35.8% 1.6 TWh
Poland 66.8 W 1.6% 2.6 TWh
Kenya 60.3 W 23.3% 3.5 TWh
Moldova 55.5 W 3.5% 0.2 TWh
Nigeria 50.9 W 35.2% 12.1 TWh
Massachusetts 49.5 W 0.6% 0.4 TWh
Indiana 49.4 W 0.3% 0.3 TWh
São Tomé & Príncipe 44.2 W 11.1% 0.0 TWh
Mauritania 43.1 W 10.4% 0.2 TWh
Jamaica 42.3 W 2.7% 0.1 TWh
Iran 40.8 W 3.5% 3.8 TWh
Tanzania 40.5 W 24.2% 2.7 TWh
Rwanda 40.1 W 51.9% 0.6 TWh
Texas 37.0 W 0.2% 1.2 TWh
Ohio 35.2 W 0.2% 0.4 TWh
Syria 33.4 W 3.7% 0.8 TWh
Vanuatu 31.2 W 12.5% 0.0 TWh
Iraq 30.6 W 0.9% 1.4 TWh
South Africa 27.7 W 0.8% 1.8 TWh
Central African Republic 27.5 W 100.0% 0.1 TWh
Madagascar 26.9 W 31.1% 0.8 TWh
Guadeloupe 26.0 W 0.6% 0.0 TWh
Liberia 23.7 W 33.3% 0.1 TWh
Hungary 23.0 W 0.5% 0.2 TWh
Sierra Leone 21.3 W 85.7% 0.2 TWh
Morocco 20.5 W 1.9% 0.8 TWh
Estonia 19.6 W 0.3% 0.0 TWh
Burundi 19.0 W 53.1% 0.3 TWh
Afghanistan 18.1 W 10.4% 0.8 TWh
Senegal 17.1 W 3.6% 0.3 TWh
Hawaii 16.7 W 0.2% 0.0 TWh
Haiti 16.5 W 18.8% 0.2 TWh
Cuba 10.9 W 0.8% 0.1 TWh
Togo 8.6 W 4.0% 0.1 TWh
Kansas 8.3 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Bangladesh 5.8 W 1.0% 1.0 TWh
Burkina Faso 5.2 W 3.6% 0.1 TWh
Florida 2.8 W 0.0% 0.1 TWh
Illinois 2.4 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Netherlands 2.2 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Jordan 1.8 W 0.1% 0.0 TWh
Turkmenistan 1.4 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Denmark 0.8 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Rhode Island 0.5 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
Algeria 0.4 W 0.0% 0.0 TWh
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