Primary energy from hydropower per person by country

Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.

Countries reporting
71
Highest
33,036 kilowatt-hours per person
Iceland
Lowest
0.4134 kilowatt-hours per person
Turkmenistan
Median
414.43 kilowatt-hours per person
Years covered
61
1965–2025
Data points
4,564

What the numbers show

Primary energy from hydropower per person is currently reported for 71 countries. The highest value is 33,036 kilowatt-hours per person in Iceland; the lowest is 0.4134 kilowatt-hours per person in Turkmenistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 414.43 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 1,704 kilowatt-hours per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79,903.

Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Belarus (up 275.0%), and the largest decrease in Algeria (down 83.1%).

Primary energy from hydropower per person: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Iceland 33,036 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.7% volatile
2 Norway 25,813 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.4% rising
3 Canada 8,684 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.3% rising
4 Sweden 6,413 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.6% flat
5 New Zealand 4,609 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.5% rising
6 Austria 4,038 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.1% rising
7 Switzerland 3,599 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.1% falling
8 Venezuela 2,547 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.2% volatile
9 Finland 2,213 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 27.7% rising
10 Slovenia 1,886 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2.0% rising
11 Brazil 1,870 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 4.8% rising
12 Latvia 1,596 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 69.0% rising
13 Ecuador 1,538 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 91.0% volatile
14 Croatia 1,433 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.2% rising
15 Portugal 1,428 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 71.0% rising
16 Russia 1,389 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 20.1% rising
17 Colombia 1,275 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 34.0% rising
18 Chile 1,037 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.8% rising
19 Vietnam 1,002 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 65.8% volatile
20 Peru 983.21 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 26.4% rising
21 China 983.1 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 23.2% volatile
22 Malaysia 961.67 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 115.7% volatile
23 France 864.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 2.8% falling
24 USSR 737.54 kilowatt-hours per person 1984 up 40.2% rising
25 Spain 704.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 16.9% falling
26 United States 703.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.0% falling
27 Italy 700.34 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.8% falling
28 North Macedonia 699.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.7% rising
29 Turkey 655.1 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.9% volatile
30 Romania 641.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.3% rising
31 Japan 603.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.5% falling
32 Argentina 544.64 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.8% rising
33 Slovakia 540.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.3% rising
34 Kazakhstan 500.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.3% rising
35 Australia 467.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.5% falling
36 Bulgaria 414.43 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% rising
37 Greece 347.47 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.3% rising
38 Sri Lanka 342.08 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 24.3% rising
39 Ukraine 275.8 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 134.0% rising
40 Azerbaijan 273.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 62.8% flat
41 Taiwan 237.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.2% falling
42 Mexico 221.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.0% falling
43 Germany 200.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.1% rising
44 Uzbekistan 170.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.0% falling
45 Pakistan 156.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.8% rising
46 Czechia 150.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.8% rising
47 Iran 129.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.3% rising
48 Egypt 125.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.7% falling
49 Ireland 122.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 28.3% falling
50 India 121.73 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 21.1% rising
51 Philippines 116.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 41.4% rising
52 Lithuania 114.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.1% rising
53 Indonesia 111.48 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 112.4% volatile
54 Thailand 109.37 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 98.9% rising
55 Luxembourg 109.35 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 37.3% falling
56 South Korea 73.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 75.0% rising
57 United Kingdom 73.12 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.1% rising
58 Iraq 52.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% volatile
59 Belarus 43.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 275.0% volatile
60 Poland 40.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.4% rising
61 Belgium 31.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 11.7% rising
62 South Africa 27.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 115.4% volatile
63 Estonia 27.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 34.1% volatile
64 Hungary 25.42 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.9% rising
65 Morocco 10.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 80.7% volatile
66 Bangladesh 5.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.9% rising
67 Netherlands 3.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 42.7% volatile
68 Israel 1.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.5% volatile
69 Denmark 1.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 59.0% falling
70 Algeria 0.6109 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 83.1% volatile
71 Turkmenistan 0.4134 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.5% falling

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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
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Measured in kilowatt-hours of total energy supply per person.