All⚡ Hydropower Electricity Share
Hydroelectricity as a share of electricity generation.
ParaguayEthiopiaTajikistanNorwayKyrgyzstanGeorgiaEcuadorCosta RicaColombiaPeruNew ZealandCanadaBrazilLatviaSri LankaVietnamNigeriaEl SalvadorPortugalBoliviaUruguayChileKenyaPakistanMalaysiaRussiaItalyFinlandChinaFranceIndiaKazakhstanMexicoJapanEgyptUnited StatesAustraliaIrelandMoroccoTaiwanSouth AfricaPuerto RicoCyprusOmanQatar
1
🇵🇾Paraguay
99.5%
2
🇪🇹Ethiopia
96.5%
3
🇹🇯Tajikistan
94.4%
4
🇳🇴Norway
90.0%
5
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan
84.7%
6
🇬🇪Georgia
78.8%
7
🇪🇨Ecuador
77.9%
8
🇨🇷Costa Rica
74.8%
9
🇨🇴Colombia
69.2%
10
🇲🇪Montenegro
58.5%
11
🇵🇪Peru
56.1%
12
🇳🇿New Zealand
54.8%
13
🇨🇦Canada
52.8%
14
🇨🇭Switzerland
52.3%
15
🇦🇹Austria
51.8%
16
🇧🇷Brazil
51.8%
17
🇱🇻Latvia
46.7%
18
🇸🇪Sweden
40.0%
19
🇭🇷Croatia
39.3%
20
🇱🇰Sri Lanka
38.2%
21
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina
36.6%
22
🇻🇳Vietnam
33.0%
23
🇳🇬Nigeria
30.9%
24
🇸🇻El Salvador
30.3%
25
🇰🇭Cambodia
29.9%
26
🇵🇹Portugal
29.7%
27
🇦🇲Armenia
28.0%
28
🇧🇴Bolivia
27.9%
29
🇸🇮Slovenia
27.2%
30
🇺🇾Uruguay
27.2%
31
🇷🇴Romania
24.3%
32
🇨🇱Chile
22.2%
33
🇷🇸Serbia
22.2%
34
🇰🇪Kenya
20.9%
35
🇵🇰Pakistan
20.2%
36
🇲🇰North Macedonia
19.9%
37
🇲🇾Malaysia
17.5%
38
🇦🇷Argentina
17.1%
39
🇷🇺Russia
16.7%
40
🇹🇷Türkiye
16.2%
41
🇮🇹Italy
15.8%
42
🇫🇮Finland
15.1%
43
🇨🇳China
13.2%
44
🇦🇿Azerbaijan
11.5%
45
🇪🇸Spain
11.4%
46
🇸🇰Slovakia
10.9%
47
🇫🇷France
10.4%
48
🇵🇭Philippines
10.3%
49
🇮🇳India
8.6%
50
🇰🇿Kazakhstan
8.5%
Highlights
As of 2025, Paraguay ranks first with 99.5%, followed by Ethiopia (96.5%) and Tajikistan (94.4%).
Across 89 countries and territories, values run from 99.5% (Paraguay) to 0.0% (Qatar), with a median of 11.4%.
By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from the Americas, 3 from Asia, 2 from Europe and 1 from Africa.
Source: Ember, via Our World in Data, 2025. Unit: % of electricity.
Source: Ember, via Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) · fetched Oct 15, 2026 — Country-level share of total electricity generated; latest year with at least 10 countries.