Primary energy from hydropower per person by country

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

Countries reporting
77
Highest
33,036 kilowatt-hours per person
Iceland
Lowest
0 kilowatt-hours per person
United Arab Emirates
Median
273.38 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 77 countries. The highest value is 33,036 kilowatt-hours per person in Iceland; the lowest is 0 kilowatt-hours per person in United Arab Emirates.

The median across all reporting countries is 273.38 kilowatt-hours per person, and the mean is 1,558 kilowatt-hours per person.

Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 39 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 Spain 704.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 16.9% falling
25 United States 703.03 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 7.0% falling
26 Italy 700.34 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 6.8% falling
27 North Macedonia 699.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 25.7% rising
28 Turkey 655.1 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 21.9% volatile
29 Romania 641.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 23.3% rising
30 Japan 603.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.5% falling
31 Argentina 544.64 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 26.8% rising
32 Slovakia 540.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.3% rising
33 Kazakhstan 500.84 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 2.3% rising
34 Australia 467.51 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 20.5% falling
35 Bulgaria 414.43 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 47.4% rising
36 Greece 347.47 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 38.3% rising
37 Sri Lanka 342.08 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 24.3% rising
38 Ukraine 275.8 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 134.0% rising
39 Azerbaijan 273.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 62.8% flat
40 Taiwan 237.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 25.2% falling
41 Mexico 221.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 15.0% falling
42 Germany 200.97 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.1% rising
43 Uzbekistan 170.26 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 13.0% falling
44 Pakistan 156.6 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 3.8% rising
45 Czechia 150.4 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 11.8% rising
46 Iran 129.39 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 19.3% rising
47 Egypt 125.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 8.7% falling
49 India 121.73 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 21.1% rising
50 Philippines 116.38 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 41.4% rising
51 Lithuania 114.17 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 5.1% rising
52 Indonesia 111.48 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 112.4% volatile
53 Thailand 109.37 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 98.9% rising
55 South Korea 73.65 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 75.0% rising
56 United Kingdom 73.12 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 24.1% rising
57 Iraq 52.31 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 22.8% volatile
58 Belarus 43.87 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 275.0% volatile
59 Poland 40.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 16.4% rising
60 Belgium 31.56 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 11.7% rising
61 South Africa 27.72 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 115.4% volatile
62 Estonia 27.54 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 34.1% volatile
63 Hungary 25.42 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 up 6.9% rising
64 Morocco 10.49 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 80.7% volatile
65 Bangladesh 5.02 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 10.9% rising
66 Netherlands 3.11 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 42.7% volatile
67 Israel 1.93 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 36.5% volatile
68 Denmark 1.3 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 59.0% falling
69 Algeria 0.6109 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 83.1% volatile
70 Turkmenistan 0.4134 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 down 18.5% falling
71 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Singapore 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Saudi Arabia 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Cyprus 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Qatar 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Oman 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Kuwait 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 Hong Kong 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat
71 United Arab Emirates 0 kilowatt-hours per person 2025 flat

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
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.