Electricity from hydropower (share of total) over time (1990–2024)

Follow electricity from hydropower (share of total) for the world’s countries, year by year, from 1990 to 2024.

• In 1990, 2 countries tied for first (100.0%).
• In 2024, Paraguay ranked first (99.4%).
• Japan’s electricity from hydropower (share of total) went from 11.1% in 1990 to 8.3% in 2024 (down 2.8 points).
• Japan ranked #83 of 137 countries in 1990 and #86 of 125 in 2024. The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom

Key years for Japan and countries at the top, middle and bottom of the 2024 ranking

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Paraguay	99.9%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	99.4%
Latvia	67.6%	68.2%	53.1%	45.5%	50.8%
Bolivia	48.9%	50.1%	32.7%	29.5%	23.0%
Japan	11.1%	9.1%	7.7%	8.6%	8.3%
United States	9.0%	6.9%	6.5%	7.2%	5.8%
Israel	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Countries with data	137	187	189	190	125

Biggest changes, 1990–2024

Compared among the countries that have data in both 1990 and 2024. Countries with a very small starting value are left out, because their ratios look exaggerated.

Biggest increases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Venezuela	62.3%	90.2%	up 27.9 points	#38 → #7
Georgia	55.2%	79.7%	up 24.5 points	#46 → #14
Kyrgyzstan	63.5%	87.8%	up 24.3 points	#36 → #10
Equatorial Guinea	6.9%	29.5%	up 22.6 points	#94 → #53
Mozambique	61.6%	83.0%	up 21.4 points	#40 → #13

Biggest decreases

Country	1990	2024	Change	Rank
Honduras	98.3%	30.2%	down 68.1 points	#11 → #52
Republic of the Congo	99.4%	31.4%	down 68 points	#8 → #50
Ghana	100.0%	38.7%	down 61.3 points	#1 → #43
Sri Lanka	99.8%	41.0%	down 58.8 points	#5 → #42
Haiti	76.5%	18.3%	down 58.3 points	#26 → #70

The number of countries differs between the years, so the ranks are not directly comparable.

All countries in key years

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Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024

Country	1990	2000	2010	2020	2024
Paraguay	99.9%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	99.4%
Nepal	99.9%	98.4%	99.8%	98.9%	98.7%
Democratic Republic of the Congo	99.6%	99.9%	98.9%	99.6%	98.5%
Ethiopia	88.4%	98.3%	99.0%	94.4%	97.1%
Tajikistan	90.9%	98.4%	99.8%	90.1%	92.5%
Albania	86.4%	96.1%	100.0%	99.4%	90.5%
Venezuela	62.3%	73.7%	67.2%	90.6%	90.2%
Uganda	97.8%	97.7%	54.2%	88.9%	89.8%
Norway	99.6%	99.5%	94.8%	91.8%	88.9%
Kyrgyzstan	63.5%	85.9%	91.8%	90.7%	87.8%
Cameroon	98.5%	98.9%	72.2%	69.3%	85.3%
Sudan	63.2%	46.0%	82.7%	66.9%	83.2%
Mozambique	61.6%	99.5%	99.6%	82.5%	83.0%
Georgia	55.2%	78.9%	92.5%	73.9%	79.7%
Zambia	99.2%	98.9%	99.3%	83.9%	78.5%
Namibia	–	99.2%	95.3%	76.5%	78.1%
Laos	–	100.0%	100.0%	71.3%	75.5%
Angola	86.2%	63.1%	68.0%	74.9%	73.1%
Iceland	93.2%	82.7%	73.8%	68.8%	69.4%
Ecuador	78.5%	71.7%	44.3%	77.9%	65.8%
Costa Rica	97.5%	82.2%	75.8%	70.7%	65.7%
North Korea	56.3%	52.6%	56.5%	53.1%	61.2%
Colombia	75.6%	74.4%	66.6%	63.5%	60.2%
Austria	64.6%	70.6%	58.4%	62.5%	59.9%
Switzerland	55.2%	56.6%	55.8%	57.1%	59.1%
Panama	83.2%	69.9%	56.8%	60.4%	58.5%
Brazil	92.8%	87.2%	78.2%	63.0%	56.1%
Rwanda	100.0%	62.9%	39.0%	59.5%	55.9%
Canada	61.5%	59.1%	58.2%	59.3%	55.2%
New Zealand	71.1%	62.0%	54.9%	54.5%	52.5%
Eswatini	57.9%	59.0%	39.5%	50.4%	50.9%
Latvia	67.6%	68.2%	53.1%	45.5%	50.8%
Peru	75.8%	84.8%	56.6%	58.1%	50.5%
Montenegro	–	–	68.4%	42.8%	49.7%
Luxembourg	59.8%	74.6%	32.0%	49.0%	48.9%
Suriname	–	88.4%	70.2%	48.0%	46.7%
Tanzania	95.1%	85.3%	50.8%	37.9%	45.9%
Myanmar	48.1%	36.1%	70.2%	36.4%	45.7%
Croatia	44.3%	57.4%	62.0%	43.4%	44.7%
Gabon	72.1%	61.1%	46.9%	45.9%	44.0%
Uruguay	94.2%	92.9%	78.3%	30.1%	41.7%
Sri Lanka	99.8%	45.6%	52.2%	30.2%	41.0%
Ghana	100.0%	91.5%	68.8%	36.2%	38.7%
Cambodia	–	8.9%	3.2%	44.5%	38.5%
Sweden	49.8%	54.1%	44.8%	44.2%	37.5%
Madagascar	69.6%	68.3%	59.2%	38.1%	36.6%
Portugal	32.6%	26.8%	30.6%	25.7%	36.4%
Slovenia	23.7%	28.1%	28.6%	30.4%	33.1%
Bosnia & Herzegovina	20.9%	48.8%	46.9%	27.6%	32.0%
Republic of the Congo	99.4%	99.7%	54.7%	27.6%	31.4%
Vietnam	61.8%	54.8%	29.0%	30.3%	30.3%
Honduras	98.3%	61.8%	43.8%	26.8%	30.2%
Equatorial Guinea	6.9%	10.3%	5.1%	34.7%	29.5%
Chile	48.6%	46.2%	35.9%	26.0%	29.1%
Kenya	76.6%	33.0%	45.0%	36.2%	28.3%
Serbia	20.8%	31.8%	33.0%	25.7%	28.0%
Romania	17.7%	28.5%	33.2%	28.1%	27.2%
Nigeria	32.6%	37.3%	23.1%	20.9%	26.4%
Guatemala	82.8%	41.6%	43.3%	43.0%	26.3%
El Salvador	74.3%	34.8%	34.8%	32.8%	26.0%
Argentina	44.4%	40.5%	33.6%	21.1%	24.5%
Côte d’Ivoire	66.7%	36.8%	27.1%	29.8%	24.4%
Bolivia	48.9%	50.1%	32.7%	29.5%	23.0%
Pakistan	44.9%	25.2%	33.7%	23.7%	22.7%
Armenia	15.0%	21.2%	39.4%	22.7%	21.9%
North Macedonia	8.5%	17.2%	33.5%	23.9%	21.7%
Türkiye	40.2%	24.7%	24.5%	25.5%	21.1%
Zimbabwe	46.7%	45.7%	66.7%	58.7%	20.5%
Italy	16.2%	18.4%	18.0%	17.6%	20.2%
Haiti	76.5%	51.7%	25.6%	14.3%	18.3%
Slovakia	9.6%	16.0%	20.3%	16.6%	17.7%
Russia	15.3%	18.8%	16.2%	19.7%	17.3%
Finland	20.0%	21.0%	16.0%	22.9%	17.2%
Malaysia	17.3%	10.1%	5.2%	15.7%	16.2%
Nicaragua	27.7%	8.9%	13.8%	15.1%	15.3%
Spain	17.2%	14.2%	15.1%	12.9%	14.2%
China	20.4%	16.4%	17.2%	17.5%	13.9%
France	13.6%	13.2%	11.9%	12.6%	13.5%
Lithuania	1.5%	5.6%	22.5%	19.6%	12.5%
Azerbaijan	7.2%	8.2%	18.4%	4.1%	10.6%
Ukraine	3.6%	6.7%	7.0%	5.1%	10.0%
Lebanon	33.3%	4.5%	5.3%	5.6%	9.3%
Uzbekistan	11.8%	7.5%	15.8%	7.5%	9.1%
Kazakhstan	8.4%	14.7%	9.7%	8.7%	9.1%
Philippines	23.0%	17.2%	11.5%	7.1%	8.6%
Japan	11.1%	9.1%	7.7%	8.6%	8.3%
India	24.8%	13.3%	12.9%	10.5%	7.7%
Bulgaria	4.5%	7.2%	12.2%	8.1%	7.5%
Togo	60.1%	57.1%	52.0%	12.3%	7.4%
Greece	5.7%	7.6%	13.1%	7.1%	7.0%
Egypt	23.9%	17.5%	8.1%	7.3%	6.6%
Mexico	20.3%	16.1%	13.5%	8.2%	6.2%
Germany	3.6%	4.5%	4.3%	4.4%	5.9%
United States	9.0%	6.9%	6.5%	7.2%	5.8%
Dominican Republic	9.4%	7.1%	9.6%	7.4%	5.7%
Indonesia	17.5%	10.7%	9.8%	7.3%	5.6%
Australia	9.6%	8.0%	5.4%	5.7%	5.3%
Czechia	2.3%	3.1%	3.9%	4.2%	4.8%
Iran	10.3%	3.0%	4.1%	6.4%	4.3%
Moldova	1.6%	6.7%	6.7%	4.5%	4.1%
Burkina Faso	4.9%	25.1%	13.9%	7.0%	4.1%
Syria	23.5%	12.8%	5.6%	2.9%	4.0%
Mauritius	10.9%	5.4%	3.8%	4.0%	3.5%
Ireland	6.8%	4.8%	2.7%	3.8%	3.5%
Thailand	11.3%	6.3%	3.5%	2.6%	3.3%
United Kingdom	2.2%	2.1%	1.8%	2.7%	2.8%
Jamaica	3.6%	1.7%	3.6%	3.2%	2.7%
South Africa	1.7%	1.9%	2.0%	2.6%	2.6%
Iraq	10.8%	1.9%	9.7%	3.6%	2.2%
Belgium	1.3%	2.0%	1.8%	1.5%	2.1%
Poland	2.4%	2.8%	2.2%	1.9%	1.8%
Morocco	12.7%	5.6%	15.3%	3.2%	1.5%
South Korea	5.8%	1.9%	1.3%	1.2%	1.4%
Bangladesh	11.4%	4.9%	1.9%	1.0%	0.9%
Belarus	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	1.0%	0.7%
Hungary	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%	0.7%	0.6%
Mongolia	0.0%	0.1%	0.8%	1.3%	0.6%
Cuba	0.6%	0.6%	0.6%	0.5%	0.5%
Estonia	0.0%	0.1%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
Jordan	0.3%	0.5%	0.4%	0.1%	0.1%
Tunisia	0.8%	0.6%	0.3%	0.2%	0.1%
Netherlands	0.1%	0.2%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%
Denmark	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%	0.1%
Algeria	0.8%	0.2%	0.4%	0.1%	0.0%
Israel	0.0%	0.1%	0.1%	0.0%	0.0%
Andorra	–	100.0%	88.7%	83.2%	–
United Arab Emirates	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Afghanistan	–	93.5%	81.7%	81.7%	–
Antigua & Barbuda	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Barbados	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Bahrain	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Burundi	–	96.0%	85.4%	68.1%	–
Benin	0.0%	2.4%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Brunei	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Bahamas	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Bhutan	–	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	–
Botswana	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Belize	–	34.8%	69.3%	43.7%	–
Central African Republic	–	99.7%	99.7%	96.2%	–
Cape Verde	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Cyprus	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Djibouti	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Dominica	–	40.7%	23.1%	19.6%	–
Eritrea	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Fiji	–	62.2%	43.6%	44.7%	–
Micronesia	–	4.0%	0.0%	1.8%	–
Grenada	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Gambia	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Guinea	–	56.0%	77.3%	60.9%	–
Guinea-Bissau	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Guyana	–	0.3%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Kiribati	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Comoros	–	0.0%	7.3%	0.0%	–
St. Kitts & Nevis	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Kuwait	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
St. Lucia	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Liberia	–	26.3%	22.2%	55.7%	–
Lesotho	–	99.9%	99.9%	99.7%	–
Libya	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Marshall Islands	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Mali	–	26.3%	59.2%	56.6%	–
Mauritania	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Malta	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Maldives	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Malawi	–	90.3%	96.6%	71.7%	–
Niger	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Nauru	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Oman	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Papua New Guinea	–	41.0%	30.0%	35.3%	–
Palau	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Qatar	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Saudi Arabia	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Solomon Islands	–	1.4%	0.6%	0.8%	–
Seychelles	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Singapore	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Sierra Leone	–	34.8%	87.3%	70.5%	–
Senegal	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Somalia	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
South Sudan	–	–	–	0.0%	–
São Tomé & Príncipe	–	20.6%	91.6%	5.5%	–
Chad	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Timor-Leste	–	–	0.8%	0.3%	–
Turkmenistan	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Tonga	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Trinidad & Tobago	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Tuvalu	–	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
St. Vincent & Grenadines	–	25.9%	17.5%	14.3%	–
Vanuatu	–	1.8%	9.7%	10.6%	–
Samoa	–	49.1%	35.7%	29.6%	–
Yemen	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	–
Countries with data	137	187	189	190	125