Canada vs China: Annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower

Canada

0.5%

in 2025

China

2.1%

in 2025

Canada rank

24th

China rank

21st

Annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower over time

China currently reports 2.1% against 0.5% in Canada, a difference of 1.6%.

That makes China's figure about 4.6 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 25 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 24th and China ranks 21st of 68 countries.

Indicator: Annual percentage change in primary energy from hydropower
Unit: %
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: 73 places, 4,007 data points, 1966–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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