Norway vs United States: Annual change in primary energy from hydropower

Norway

5.6 terawatt-hours

in 2025

United States

4.71 terawatt-hours

in 2025

Norway rank

5th

United States rank

8th

Annual change in primary energy from hydropower over time

Norway currently reports 5.6 terawatt-hours against 4.71 terawatt-hours in United States, a difference of 0.8938 terawatt-hours.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.2 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 37 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was United States ahead.

Norway ranks 5th and United States ranks 8th of 77 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in primary energy from hydropower
Unit: terawatt-hours
Source: Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 82 places, 4,604 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.