Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity.

📅 2025📏 % of total39 entries

NorwayCosta RicaColombiaIcelandCanadaNew ZealandBrazilLatviaPortugalChileArgentinaTürkiyeItalyFinlandSlovakiaFranceJapanMexicoGreeceUnited StatesAustraliaIrelandSouth Korea

89.6% – 51.7%50.7% – 19.8%15.8% – 8.2%7.6% – 2.2%1.7% – 0.0%No data

🇳🇴Norway

89.6%

🇨🇷Costa Rica

74.3%

🇨🇴Colombia

72.1%

🇮🇸Iceland

69.9%

🇨🇭Switzerland

54.9%

🇨🇦Canada

54.0%

🇳🇿New Zealand

53.6%

🇧🇷Brazil

51.7%

🇦🇹Austria

50.7%

🇱🇻Latvia

46.1%

🇸🇪Sweden

40.2%

🇱🇺Luxembourg

36.3%

🇵🇹Portugal

34.5%

🇸🇮Slovenia

28.5%

🇨🇱Chile

22.7%

🇦🇷Argentina

19.8%

🇹🇷Türkiye

15.8%

🇮🇹Italy

15.7%

🇫🇮Finland

15.0%

🇪🇸Spain

13.4%

🇸🇰Slovakia

11.9%

🇫🇷France

11.5%

🇯🇵Japan

8.7%

🇱🇹Lithuania

8.2%

🇲🇽Mexico

7.6%

🇬🇷Greece

6.6%

🇺🇸United States

5.8%

🇦🇺Australia

5.0%

🇩🇪Germany

4.7%

🇨🇿Czechia

3.5%

🇮🇪Ireland

3.1%

🇬🇧United Kingdom

2.2%

🇧🇪Belgium

1.7%

🇵🇱Poland

1.5%

🇰🇷South Korea

1.3%

🇭🇺Hungary

0.6%

🇪🇪Estonia

0.5%

🇳🇱Netherlands

0.0%

🇩🇰Denmark

0.0%

Highlights

As of 2025, Norway ranks first with 89.6%, followed by Costa Rica (74.3%) and Colombia (72.1%).

Across 39 countries and territories, values run from 89.6% (Norway) to 0.0% (Denmark), with a median of 13.4%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from the Americas and 1 from Oceania.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total), 2025. Unit: % of total.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026

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