Sweden vs Switzerland: Primary energy from hydropower per person

Sweden

6,413 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Switzerland

3,599 kilowatt-hours per person

in 2025

Sweden rank

4th

Switzerland rank

7th

Primary energy from hydropower per person over time

Sweden
Switzerland

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 6,413 kilowatt-hours per person against 3,599 kilowatt-hours per person in Switzerland, a difference of 2,814 kilowatt-hours per person.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.8 times Switzerland's.

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

Sweden ranks 4th and Switzerland ranks 7th 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.