USA: Hydroelectricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 1980 - 2020:
For that indicator, we provide data for the USA from 1980 to 2020. The average value for the USA during that period was 282.59 billion kilowatthours with a minimum of 216.96 billion kilowatthours in 2001 and a maximum of 356.45 billion kilowatthours in 1997.
The latest value from 2020 is 291.11 billion kilowatthours. For comparison, the world average in 2020 based on 36
countries is 41.41 billion kilowatthours.
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Definition: Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.