Norway vs Sweden: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Norway

25,813 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Sweden

6,413 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Norway rank

2nd

Sweden rank

4th

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

Norway
Sweden

How they compare

Norway currently reports 25,813 kilowatt-hours per person against 6,413 kilowatt-hours per person in Sweden, a difference of 19,400 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Norway's figure about 4.0 times Sweden's.

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

Norway ranks 2nd 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.