Hydroelectricity generation - Country rankings
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Hydroelectricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2016 - Country rankings:
The average for 2016 based on 190 countries was 20.95 billion kilowatthours.The highest value was in China: 1150.95 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Antigua and Barbuda: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2019. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: billion kilowatthours; Source: The U.S. Energy Information Administration
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1150.95
381.58
377.10
267.81
182.77
142.24
121.30
79.14
66.69
65.07
63.13
62.33
61.65
60.09
48.61
42.01
37.95
35.77
34.28
31.86
29.74
29.40
25.66
23.92
22.81
20.21
20.15
18.49
17.85
17.53
16.47
16.26
15.68
15.63
15.61
15.45
15.02
13.09
12.72
12.67
11.64
11.51
11.38
10.92
10.68
9.65
9.24
9.01
8.07
8.03
7.97
7.88
7.76
7.70
7.59
7.25
6.78
6.56
6.46
5.76
5.59
5.54
5.51
5.34
4.44
4.33
4.30
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4.18
3.99
3.84
3.49
3.34
3.31
3.27
2.96
2.76
2.59
2.52
2.34
2.33
2.33
2.12
1.98
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1.83
1.70
1.51
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1.48
1.35
1.26
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1.12
1.08
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0.92
0.88
0.78
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0.57
0.52
0.49
0.45
0.42
0.38
0.37
0.36
0.28
0.26
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575.5
863.2
1150.95
Definition: Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.
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