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Norway vs USSR: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Norway
25,813 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
USSR
737.54 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1984
Norway rank
2nd
USSR rank
1st

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

  • Norway
  • USSR
010.0k20.0k30.0k196519952025

How they compare

Norway currently reports 25,813 kilowatt-hours per person against 737.54 kilowatt-hours per person in USSR, a difference of 25,076 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Norway's figure about 35.0 times USSR's.

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

Norway ranks 2nd 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.