Hydroelectricity capacity - Country rankings
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Hydroelectricity capacity, million kilowatts, 2019 - Country rankings:
The average for 2019 based on 190 countries was 5.98 million kilowatts.The highest value was in China: 326.1 million kilowatts and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 0 million kilowatts. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: million kilowatts; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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326.10
109.06
81.39
79.77
52.58
45.29
31.18
28.50
22.49
18.88
18.07
16.33
15.58
15.40
14.05
12.67
11.92
11.13
10.34
9.87
8.81
8.63
6.83
6.33
6.25
5.91
5.80
5.38
5.30
5.16
5.04
5.03
4.80
4.67
4.48
4.46
4.19
3.82
3.76
3.51
3.44
3.33
3.29
3.22
3.09
2.85
2.76
2.74
2.71
2.51
2.42
2.40
2.37
2.20
2.19
2.11
2.10
2.09
2.09
1.92
1.91
1.88
1.87
1.84
1.79
1.72
1.61
1.61
1.58
1.57
1.56
1.54
1.49
1.33
1.33
1.31
1.16
1.12
1.10
1.08
1.06
0.88
0.83
0.79
0.74
0.74
0.73
0.72
0.68
0.67
0.65
0.59
0.58
0.55
0.37
0.37
0.35
0.33
0.33
0.27
0.25
0.24
0.24
0.23
0.23
0.19
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.14
0.13
0.12
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.06
0.05
0.05
0.04
0.04
0.04
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
81.5
163.1
244.6
326.1
Definition: Installed capacity to produce hydroelectricity in million kilowatts.
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