Spain vs USSR: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Spain
704.65 kilowatt-hours per person
in 2025
USSR
737.54 kilowatt-hours per person
in 1984
Spain rank
25th
USSR rank
24th

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

  • Spain
  • USSR
4006008001.0k1.2k196519952025

How they compare

USSR currently reports 737.54 kilowatt-hours per person against 704.65 kilowatt-hours per person in Spain, a difference of 32.89 kilowatt-hours per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Spain ahead.

Spain ranks 25th and USSR ranks 24th of 80 countries.

Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 758.37 kilowatt-hours per person 408.95 kilowatt-hours per person 349.42 kilowatt-hours per person Spain
1970s 919.98 kilowatt-hours per person 573.88 kilowatt-hours per person 346.1 kilowatt-hours per person Spain
1980s 717.14 kilowatt-hours per person 687.35 kilowatt-hours per person 29.79 kilowatt-hours per person Spain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher primary energy from hydropower per person, Spain or USSR?
USSR, at 737.54 kilowatt-hours per person against 704.65 kilowatt-hours per person in Spain as of 1984.
What is the difference in primary energy from hydropower per person between Spain and USSR?
32.89 kilowatt-hours per person, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and USSR?
20 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 1984.
How do Spain and USSR rank globally for primary energy from hydropower per person?
Spain ranks 25th and USSR ranks 24th of 80 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Primary energy from hydropower per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Spain vs USSR: Primary energy from hydropower per person. Statizoid, drawing on Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-hydro/spain/ussr/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/per-capita-hydro/spain/ussr/">Spain vs USSR: Primary energy from hydropower per person</a> — Statizoid

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.