Hydroelectricity generation - Country rankings

* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Hydroelectricity generation, billion kilowatthours, 2022:

The average for 2022 based on 47 countries was 2.92 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
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


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
Angola 12.64 4 1980 - 2022
DR Congo 11 5 1980 - 2022
Sudan 11 6 1980 - 2022
Nigeria 7.94 7 1980 - 2022
Ghana 7.5 8 1980 - 2022
Zimbabwe 5.88 9 1980 - 2022
Cameroon 5 10 1980 - 2022
Uganda 4.81 11 1980 - 2022
Ivory Coast 3.35 12 1980 - 2022
South Africa 3.15 13 1980 - 2022
Kenya 3.04 14 1980 - 2022
Tanzania 2.82 15 1980 - 2022
Guinea 2 16 1980 - 2022
Mali 1.4 17 1980 - 2022
Malawi 1.05 18 1980 - 2022
Gabon 0.99 19 1980 - 2022
R. of Congo 0.9 20 1980 - 2022
Madagascar 0.78 21 1980 - 2022
Namibia 0.78 22 1990 - 2022
Liberia 0.53 23 1980 - 2022
Rwanda 0.51 24 1980 - 2022
Lesotho 0.5 25 1980 - 2022
Eq. Guinea 0.48 26 1980 - 2022
Senegal 0.31 27 1980 - 2022
Swaziland 0.3 28 1980 - 2022
Burundi 0.22 29 1980 - 2022
Mauritania 0.21 30 1980 - 2022
Sierra Leone 0.18 31 1980 - 2022
Togo 0.16 32 1980 - 2022
C.A. Republic 0.15 33 1980 - 2022
Mauritius 0.13 34 1980 - 2022
Burkina Faso 0.12 35 1980 - 2022
S.T.&Principe 0.01 36 1980 - 2022
Benin 0 37 1980 - 2022
Botswana 0 38 1980 - 2022
Cape Verde 0 39 1980 - 2022
Chad 0 40 1980 - 2022
Comoros 0 41 1980 - 2022
Eritrea 0 42 1994 - 2022
Gambia 0 43 1980 - 2022
G.-Bissau 0 44 1980 - 2022
Niger 0 45 1980 - 2022
Seychelles 0 46 1980 - 2022
Somalia 0 47 1980 - 2022



Definition: Hydroelectric generation excludes generation from hydroelectric pumped storage.

Selected articles from our guide:

The unholy trinity of international finance

Most commonly used measures of corruption

All articles

1. Zambia
2. Mozambique
3. Ethiopia
4. Angola
5. DR Congo
6. Sudan
7. Nigeria
8. Ghana
9. Zimbabwe
10. Cameroon
11. Uganda
12. Ivory Coast
13. South Africa
14. Kenya
15. Tanzania
16. Guinea
17. Mali
18. Malawi
19. Gabon
20. R. of Congo
21. Madagascar
22. Namibia
23. Liberia
24. Rwanda
25. Lesotho
26. Eq. Guinea
27. Senegal
28. Swaziland
29. Burundi
30. Mauritania
31. Sierra Leone
32. Togo
33. C.A. Republic
34. Mauritius
35. Burkina Faso
36. S.T.&Principe
37. Benin
38. Botswana
39. Cape Verde
40. Chad
41. Comoros
42. Eritrea
43. Gambia
44. G.-Bissau
45. Niger
46. Seychelles
47. Somalia
17.09
15.49
14.75
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
0.53
0.51
0.50
0.48
0.31
0.30
0.22
0.21
0.18
0.16
0.15
0.13
0.12
0.01
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


This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK