Statizoid

Canada vs USSR: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Canada
8,684 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
USSR
737.54 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1984
Canada rank
3rd
USSR rank
1st

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

  • Canada
  • USSR
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k196519952025

How they compare

Canada currently reports 8,684 kilowatt-hours per person against 737.54 kilowatt-hours per person in USSR, a difference of 7,947 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Canada's figure about 11.8 times USSR's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.

Canada ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st 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.