Annual change in primary energy from hydropower by country

Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.

Countries reporting
71
Highest
28.35 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-23.9 terawatt-hours
Brazil
Median
-0.0978 terawatt-hours
Years covered
60
1966–2025
Data points
4,604

What the numbers show

Annual change in primary energy from hydropower is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 28.35 terawatt-hours in China; the lowest is -23.9 terawatt-hours in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is -0.0978 terawatt-hours, and the mean is -0.0301 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 40 fell. The largest increase was in Colombia (up 22,774.3%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 5,592.2%).

Annual change in primary energy from hydropower: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 28.35 terawatt-hours 2025 down 48.3% volatile
2 USSR 22.63 terawatt-hours 1984 up 133.6% volatile
3 India 21.55 terawatt-hours 2025 up 490.2% volatile
4 Colombia 13.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 22,774.3% volatile
5 Vietnam 13.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 316.9% volatile
6 Norway 5.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 205.0% volatile
7 Ecuador 5.51 terawatt-hours 2025 up 236.6% volatile
8 Mexico 5.25 terawatt-hours 2025 up 164.3% volatile
9 United States 4.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 150.6% volatile
10 Indonesia 4.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 421.1% volatile
11 Sweden 3.8 terawatt-hours 2025 down 67.1% volatile
12 Philippines 2.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 655.9% volatile
13 Peru 1.96 terawatt-hours 2025 up 33.0% volatile
14 Canada 1.57 terawatt-hours 2025 up 610.2% volatile
15 Taiwan 1.29 terawatt-hours 2025 up 747.8% volatile
16 Thailand 1.22 terawatt-hours 2025 up 195.2% volatile
17 Sri Lanka 1.11 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.8% volatile
18 Pakistan 0.9761 terawatt-hours 2025 up 142.1% volatile
19 Malaysia 0.9019 terawatt-hours 2025 up 68.3% volatile
20 South Africa 0.7203 terawatt-hours 2025 up 167.6% volatile
21 New Zealand 0.4799 terawatt-hours 2025 up 121.8% volatile
22 Morocco 0.0823 terawatt-hours 2025 down 66.8% volatile
23 Belarus 0.0711 terawatt-hours 2025 up 810.5% volatile
24 Hungary 0.0139 terawatt-hours 2025 up 120.7% volatile
25 Estonia 0.007 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
35 Turkmenistan -0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
36 Israel -0.0025 terawatt-hours 2025 down 121.1% volatile
37 Bulgaria -0.0045 terawatt-hours 2025 down 100.4% volatile
38 Algeria -0.012 terawatt-hours 2025 up 75.0% volatile
39 Denmark -0.0148 terawatt-hours 2025 down 603.8% volatile
40 Portugal -0.022 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.7% volatile
41 Netherlands -0.0284 terawatt-hours 2025 down 47.7% volatile
42 Ukraine -0.0295 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.0% volatile
43 Luxembourg -0.0308 terawatt-hours 2025 down 260.5% volatile
44 Azerbaijan -0.071 terawatt-hours 2025 down 121.0% volatile
45 North Macedonia -0.0978 terawatt-hours 2025 down 114.9% volatile
46 Bangladesh -0.1118 terawatt-hours 2025 down 133.7% volatile
47 Lithuania -0.1134 terawatt-hours 2025 down 133.3% volatile
48 Ireland -0.1136 terawatt-hours 2025 down 216.1% volatile
49 Greece -0.1283 terawatt-hours 2025 down 107.9% volatile
50 Belgium -0.1746 terawatt-hours 2025 down 766.6% volatile
51 Venezuela -0.199 terawatt-hours 2025 up 96.5% volatile
52 Latvia -0.2504 terawatt-hours 2025 down 98.7% volatile
53 Iceland -0.4471 terawatt-hours 2025 down 149.2% volatile
54 South Korea -0.4949 terawatt-hours 2025 up 18.3% volatile
55 Poland -0.588 terawatt-hours 2025 down 67.5% volatile
56 Egypt -0.6183 terawatt-hours 2025 down 740.7% volatile
57 Spain -0.6693 terawatt-hours 2025 up 93.9% volatile
58 United Kingdom -0.7098 terawatt-hours 2025 down 273.4% volatile
59 Australia -0.7263 terawatt-hours 2025 down 82.7% volatile
60 Kazakhstan -0.8452 terawatt-hours 2025 down 184.0% volatile
61 Iraq -1.03 terawatt-hours 2025 down 254.9% volatile
62 Czechia -1.07 terawatt-hours 2025 down 833.1% volatile
63 Croatia -1.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 53.7% volatile
64 Slovenia -1.34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.2% volatile
65 Finland -1.85 terawatt-hours 2025 down 155.0% volatile
66 Slovakia -1.87 terawatt-hours 2025 down 444.9% volatile
67 Uzbekistan -1.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1,046.6% volatile
68 Romania -2.06 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.0% volatile
69 Argentina -4.51 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5,592.2% volatile
70 Japan -5.23 terawatt-hours 2025 down 228.9% volatile
71 Germany -5.58 terawatt-hours 2025 down 814.1% volatile
72 Chile -6.24 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1,183.0% volatile
73 Iran -6.92 terawatt-hours 2025 down 452.3% volatile
74 Austria -8.91 terawatt-hours 2025 down 131.3% volatile
75 Russia -10.59 terawatt-hours 2025 down 96.0% volatile
76 Switzerland -11.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5,172.1% volatile
77 Italy -11.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 10.0% volatile
78 France -12.78 terawatt-hours 2025 down 54.5% volatile
79 Turkey -17.41 terawatt-hours 2025 down 165.7% volatile
80 Brazil -23.9 terawatt-hours 2025 down 74.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute – Statistical Review of World Energy (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
82 places, 4,604 data points, 1966–2025
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Change in total energy supply relative to the previous year, measured in terawatt-hours.