Canada vs Sweden: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Canada

8,684 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Sweden

6,413 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Canada rank

3rd

Sweden rank

4th

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

Canada
Sweden

How they compare

Canada currently reports 8,684 kilowatt-hours per person against 6,413 kilowatt-hours per person in Sweden, a difference of 2,272 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.4 times Sweden's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Sweden ahead.

Canada ranks 3rd and Sweden ranks 4th 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: 07 August 2026

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