Canada vs Norway: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Canada
8,684 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Norway
25,813 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
Canada rank
3rd
Norway rank
2nd

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

  • Canada
  • Norway
10.0k20.0k30.0k196519952025

How they compare

Norway currently reports 25,813 kilowatt-hours per person against 8,684 kilowatt-hours per person in Canada, a difference of 17,129 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Norway's figure about 3.0 times Canada's.

Across all 61 years both countries report, Norway has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 3rd and Norway ranks 2nd of 79 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Primary energy from hydropower per person
Unit
kilowatt-hours per person
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
80 places, 4,564 data points, 1965–2025
Last refreshed

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.