Hydroelectricity generation - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Hydroelectricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 53 countries was 2.86 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in Zambia: 17.09 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Benin: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2022. 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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Countries Hydroelectricity generation, 2022 Global rank Available data
Zambia 17.09 1 1980 - 2022
Mozambique 15.49 2 1980 - 2022
Ethiopia 14.75 3 1980 - 2022
Egypt 13.48 4 1980 - 2022
Angola 12.64 5 1980 - 2022
DR Congo 11 6 1980 - 2022
Sudan 11 7 1980 - 2022
Nigeria 7.94 8 1980 - 2022
Ghana 7.5 9 1980 - 2022
Zimbabwe 5.88 10 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 5 11 1980 - 2022
Uganda 4.81 12 1980 - 2022
Ivory Coast 3.35 13 1980 - 2022
South Africa 3.15 14 1980 - 2022
Kenya 3.04 15 1980 - 2022
Tanzania 2.82 16 1980 - 2022
Guinea 2 17 1980 - 2022
Mali 1.4 18 1980 - 2022
Malawi 1.05 19 1980 - 2022
Gabon 0.99 20 1980 - 2022
R. of Congo 0.9 21 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0.78 22 1980 - 2022
Namibia 0.78 23 1990 - 2022
Morocco 0.68 24 1980 - 2022
Liberia 0.53 25 1980 - 2022
Rwanda 0.51 26 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0.5 27 1980 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0.48 28 1980 - 2022
Senegal 0.31 29 1980 - 2022
Swaziland 0.3 30 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0.22 31 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0.21 32 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0.18 33 1980 - 2022
Togo 0.16 34 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0.15 35 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 0.13 36 1980 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0.12 37 1980 - 2022
Tunisia 0.02 38 1980 - 2022
Algeria 0.01 39 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0.01 40 1980 - 2022
Benin 0 41 1980 - 2022
Botswana 0 42 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 43 1980 - 2022
Chad 0 44 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0 45 1980 - 2022
Djibouti 0 46 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0 47 1994 - 2022
Gambia 0 48 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 49 1980 - 2022
Libya 0 50 1980 - 2022
Niger 0 51 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0 52 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0 53 1980 - 2022



Definition: Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.

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1. Zambia
2. Mozambique
3. Ethiopia
4. Egypt
5. Angola
6. DR Congo
7. Sudan
8. Nigeria
9. Ghana
10. Zimbabwe
11. Cameroon
12. Uganda
13. Ivory Coast
14. South Africa
15. Kenya
16. Tanzania
17. Guinea
18. Mali
19. Malawi
20. Gabon
21. R. of Congo
22. Madagascar
23. Namibia
24. Morocco
25. Liberia
26. Rwanda
27. Lesotho
28. Eq. Guinea
29. Senegal
30. Swaziland
31. Burundi
32. Mauritania
33. Sierra Leone
34. Togo
35. C.A. Republic
36. Mauritius
37. Burkina Faso
38. Tunisia
39. Algeria
40. S.T.&Principe
41. Benin
42. Botswana
43. Cape Verde
44. Chad
45. Comoros
46. Djibouti
47. Eritrea
48. Gambia
49. G.-Bissau
50. Libya
51. Niger
52. Seychelles
53. Somalia
17.09
15.49
14.75
13.48
12.64
11.00
11.00
7.94
7.50
5.88
5.00
4.81
3.35
3.15
3.04
2.82
2.00
1.40
1.05
0.99
0.90
0.78
0.78
0.68
0.53
0.51
0.50
0.48
0.31
0.30
0.22
0.21
0.18
0.16
0.15
0.13
0.12
0.02
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
4.3
8.5
12.8
17.09


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