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
77
Highest
28.35 terawatt-hours
China
Lowest
-23.9 terawatt-hours
Brazil
Median
-0.022 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 77 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 -0.022 terawatt-hours, and the mean is -0.3197 terawatt-hours.

Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 38 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 India 21.55 terawatt-hours 2025 up 490.2% volatile
3 Colombia 13.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 22,774.3% volatile
4 Vietnam 13.1 terawatt-hours 2025 up 316.9% volatile
5 Norway 5.6 terawatt-hours 2025 up 205.0% volatile
6 Ecuador 5.51 terawatt-hours 2025 up 236.6% volatile
7 Mexico 5.25 terawatt-hours 2025 up 164.3% volatile
8 United States 4.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 150.6% volatile
9 Indonesia 4.56 terawatt-hours 2025 up 421.1% volatile
10 Sweden 3.8 terawatt-hours 2025 down 67.1% volatile
11 Philippines 2.62 terawatt-hours 2025 up 655.9% volatile
12 Peru 1.96 terawatt-hours 2025 up 33.0% volatile
13 Canada 1.57 terawatt-hours 2025 up 610.2% volatile
14 Taiwan 1.29 terawatt-hours 2025 up 747.8% volatile
15 Thailand 1.22 terawatt-hours 2025 up 195.2% volatile
16 Sri Lanka 1.11 terawatt-hours 2025 down 21.8% volatile
17 Pakistan 0.9761 terawatt-hours 2025 up 142.1% volatile
18 Malaysia 0.9019 terawatt-hours 2025 up 68.3% volatile
19 South Africa 0.7203 terawatt-hours 2025 up 167.6% volatile
20 New Zealand 0.4799 terawatt-hours 2025 up 121.8% volatile
21 Morocco 0.0823 terawatt-hours 2025 down 66.8% volatile
22 Belarus 0.0711 terawatt-hours 2025 up 810.5% volatile
23 Hungary 0.0139 terawatt-hours 2025 up 120.7% volatile
24 Estonia 0.007 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
25 Hong Kong 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Oman 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Trinidad and Tobago 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Kuwait 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 United Arab Emirates 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Qatar 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Saudi Arabia 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Singapore 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
25 Cyprus 0 terawatt-hours 2025 flat
34 Turkmenistan -0 terawatt-hours 2025 volatile
35 Israel -0.0025 terawatt-hours 2025 down 121.1% volatile
36 Bulgaria -0.0045 terawatt-hours 2025 down 100.4% volatile
37 Algeria -0.012 terawatt-hours 2025 up 75.0% volatile
38 Denmark -0.0148 terawatt-hours 2025 down 603.8% volatile
39 Portugal -0.022 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.7% volatile
40 Netherlands -0.0284 terawatt-hours 2025 down 47.7% volatile
41 Ukraine -0.0295 terawatt-hours 2025 up 99.0% volatile
42 Azerbaijan -0.071 terawatt-hours 2025 down 121.0% volatile
43 North Macedonia -0.0978 terawatt-hours 2025 down 114.9% volatile
44 Bangladesh -0.1118 terawatt-hours 2025 down 133.7% volatile
45 Lithuania -0.1134 terawatt-hours 2025 down 133.3% volatile
46 Greece -0.1283 terawatt-hours 2025 down 107.9% volatile
47 Belgium -0.1746 terawatt-hours 2025 down 766.6% volatile
48 Venezuela -0.199 terawatt-hours 2025 up 96.5% volatile
49 Latvia -0.2504 terawatt-hours 2025 down 98.7% volatile
50 Iceland -0.4471 terawatt-hours 2025 down 149.2% volatile
51 South Korea -0.4949 terawatt-hours 2025 up 18.3% volatile
52 Poland -0.588 terawatt-hours 2025 down 67.5% volatile
53 Egypt -0.6183 terawatt-hours 2025 down 740.7% volatile
54 Spain -0.6693 terawatt-hours 2025 up 93.9% volatile
55 United Kingdom -0.7098 terawatt-hours 2025 down 273.4% volatile
56 Australia -0.7263 terawatt-hours 2025 down 82.7% volatile
57 Kazakhstan -0.8452 terawatt-hours 2025 down 184.0% volatile
58 Iraq -1.03 terawatt-hours 2025 down 254.9% volatile
59 Czechia -1.07 terawatt-hours 2025 down 833.1% volatile
60 Croatia -1.21 terawatt-hours 2025 up 53.7% volatile
61 Slovenia -1.34 terawatt-hours 2025 up 41.2% volatile
62 Finland -1.85 terawatt-hours 2025 down 155.0% volatile
63 Slovakia -1.87 terawatt-hours 2025 down 444.9% volatile
64 Uzbekistan -1.89 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1,046.6% volatile
65 Romania -2.06 terawatt-hours 2025 down 9.0% volatile
66 Argentina -4.51 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5,592.2% volatile
67 Japan -5.23 terawatt-hours 2025 down 228.9% volatile
68 Germany -5.58 terawatt-hours 2025 down 814.1% volatile
69 Chile -6.24 terawatt-hours 2025 down 1,183.0% volatile
70 Iran -6.92 terawatt-hours 2025 down 452.3% volatile
71 Austria -8.91 terawatt-hours 2025 down 131.3% volatile
72 Russia -10.59 terawatt-hours 2025 down 96.0% volatile
73 Switzerland -11.25 terawatt-hours 2025 down 5,172.1% volatile
74 Italy -11.71 terawatt-hours 2025 up 10.0% volatile
75 France -12.78 terawatt-hours 2025 down 54.5% volatile
76 Turkey -17.41 terawatt-hours 2025 down 165.7% volatile
77 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.

About this data

Indicator
Annual change in primary energy from hydropower
Unit
terawatt-hours
Source
Energy Institute - Statistical Review of World Energy (2026); Smil (2017) – 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
Last refreshed

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