* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Hydroelectricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 43 countries was 17.49 billion kilowatthours. The highest value was in Russia: 197.35 billion kilowatthours and the lowest value was in Cyprus: 0 billion kilowatthours. The indicator is available from 1980 to 2023. 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
Russia 197.35 1 1992 - 2023
Norway 127.62 2 1980 - 2023
Sweden 72.8 3 1980 - 2023
Turkey 66.75 4 1980 - 2023
France 44.61 5 1980 - 2023
Austria 34.71 6 1980 - 2023
Switzerland 29.85 7 1980 - 2023
Italy 28.26 8 1980 - 2023
Germany 17.38 9 1991 - 2023
Spain 17.08 10 1980 - 2023
Romania 13.98 11 1980 - 2023
Iceland 13.94 12 1980 - 2023
Finland 13.46 13 1980 - 2023
Ukraine 9.35 14 1992 - 2023
Serbia 9.14 15 2006 - 2023
Albania 6.81 16 1980 - 2023
Portugal 6.46 17 1980 - 2023
UK 6.14 18 1980 - 2023
Croatia 5.47 19 1992 - 2023
Bosnia & Herz. 4.75 20 1992 - 2023
Greece 4 21 1980 - 2023
Bulgaria 3.73 22 1980 - 2023
Slovakia 3.2 23 1993 - 2023
Slovenia 3.1 24 1992 - 2023
Latvia 2.73 25 1992 - 2023
Czechia 2.06 26 1993 - 2023
Poland 1.97 27 1980 - 2023
Montenegro 1.44 28 2006 - 2023
North Macedonia 1.34 29 1992 - 2023
Ireland 0.7 30 1980 - 2023
Lithuania 0.44 31 1992 - 2023
Belarus 0.37 32 1992 - 2023
Moldova 0.29 33 1992 - 2023
Belgium 0.22 34 1980 - 2023
Hungary 0.17 35 1980 - 2023
Faroe Isl. 0.13 36 1980 - 2023
Luxembourg 0.09 37 1980 - 2023
Netherlands 0.05 38 1980 - 2023
Estonia 0.02 39 1992 - 2023
Denmark 0.01 40 1980 - 2023
Cyprus 0 41 1980 - 2023
Gibraltar 0 42 1980 - 2023
Malta 0 43 1980 - 2023


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Definition: Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.

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