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DEFINITION:
This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesotho | 100% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =2 | Mozambique | 99.9% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =2 | Paraguay | 99.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 4 | Malawi | 99.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 5 | Zambia | 99.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 6 | Bhutan | 98.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 7 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 98.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 8 | Burundi | 98.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 9 | Laos | 97.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 10 | Nepal | 92.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 11 | Norway | 91.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 12 | Tajikistan | 91% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 13 | Albania | 90.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 14 | Ethiopia | 89.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 15 | Kyrgyzstan | 79.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 16 | Togo | 78.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 17 | Afghanistan | 76.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 18 | Montenegro | 75.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 19 | Iceland | 73% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 20 | Cameroon | 72.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 21 | Brazil | 71% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 22 | Latvia | 70.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 23 | Tanzania | 66.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 24 | Namibia | 66.7% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 25 | Colombia | 66.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =26 | Sudan | 66.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =26 | South Sudan | 66.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 28 | Switzerland | 65.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 29 | Uganda | 65.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 30 | Venezuela | 64.3% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 31 | Georgia | 62.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =32 | Ghana | 59.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =32 | Uruguay | 59.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 34 | Central African Republic | 56.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 35 | Costa Rica | 55.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 36 | Canada | 54.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 54.66% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 37 | New Zealand | 54.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 38 | Sierra Leone | 52.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 39 | North Korea | 52.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 40 | Mali | 51.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 41 | Cote d'Ivoire | 49.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 43 | Congo, Republic of the | 48.8% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 44 | Panama | 47.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 45 | Rwanda | 47.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 46 | Burma | 46.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 47 | Suriname | 46.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 45.58% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 48 | Sweden | 45.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 49 | Fiji | 45.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Vietnam | 45% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Kenya | 44.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 52 | Croatia | 44.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 44.6% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 54 | Angola | 43.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 56 | Ecuador | 42.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 57 | Gabon | 41% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 58 | Swaziland | 40.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 39.92% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 59 | Peru | 39.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 60 | Bolivia | 39.3% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 38.66% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 37.86% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 37.36% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 61 | Mauritania | 36.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 36.31% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 62 | Republic of Macedonia | 35.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 63 | Madagascar | 34.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 64 | Chile | 33.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 65 | Slovenia | 33.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 66 | Armenia | 33.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 33.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 68 | Nigeria | 32.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 32.14% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| =69 | Turkey | 32% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =69 | Belize | 32% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 31.61% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| =71 | Guinea | 31.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =71 | El Salvador | 31.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 31.38% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 73 | Guatemala | 31.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =74 | Iraq | 31% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =74 | Faroe Islands | 31% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =76 | Papua New Guinea | 30.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =76 | Honduras | 30.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 78 | Pakistan | 29.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 79 | Samoa | 29.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 28.17% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 27.93% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 80 | Argentina | 27.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 81 | Romania | 27% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 26.73% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 82 | Serbia | 26.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 26.53% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 83 | French Polynesia | 25.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 24.95% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 24.88% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 24.73% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 24.18% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 84 | Austria | 23.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 22.82% of total installed capacity | 2009 | |||
| =85 | China | 21.8% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =85 | Bulgaria | 21.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 21.63% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 87 | Portugal | 21.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 88 | Haiti | 21% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 89 | Philippines | 20.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 90 | Slovakia | 20.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 91 | India | 19.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 92 | Morocco | 19.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 93 | Finland | 18.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 94 | Mexico | 18.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 95 | Italy | 18% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 17.49% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 96 | Comoros | 16.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 16.47% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 97 | Greece | 16.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 98 | New Caledonia | 15.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 99 | Azerbaijan | 15.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 15.16% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 100 | Russia | 15.1% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| =101 | Uzbekistan | 14.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 14.89% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 103 | France | 14.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 104 | Iran | 13.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 105 | Australia | 13.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 106 | Spain | 13% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 107 | Burkina Faso | 12.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 108 | Lebanon | 12.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 11.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 110 | Moldova | 11.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 111 | Thailand | 10.9% of total installed capacity | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Syria | 10.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 113 | Egypt | 10.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 10.23% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| =114 | Indonesia | 9.9% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =114 | Ukraine | 9.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 116 | Nicaragua | 9.5% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 9.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 118 | Malaysia | 8.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 119 | Japan | 7.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 120 | United States | 7.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 121 | Mauritius | 6.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 122 | Dominica | 6.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 123 | Czech Republic | 5.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 124 | Taiwan | 5.3% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 4.44% of total installed capacity | 2010 | |||
| 125 | Cambodia | 3.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 126 | Bangladesh | 3.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 127 | Lithuania | 3.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 128 | Germany | 3% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| 129 | Ireland | 2.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =130 | Puerto Rico | 2.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =130 | Poland | 2.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 132 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 133 | Algeria | 2.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 134 | Jamaica | 2.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 135 | Luxembourg | 2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 136 | South Korea | 1.9% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 137 | United Kingdom | 1.8% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 138 | Tunisia | 1.7% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 139 | Benin | 1.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 140 | South Africa | 1.5% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 141 | Hungary | 1% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =142 | Cuba | 0.6% of total installed capacity | 2011 | ||
| =142 | Belgium | 0.6% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 144 | Jordan | 0.4% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| 145 | Guyana | 0.3% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =146 | Estonia | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =146 | Belarus | 0.2% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =148 | Netherlands | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =148 | Denmark | 0.1% of total installed capacity | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Hong Kong | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =150 | Macau | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =150 | Bermuda | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =150 | The Bahamas | 0.0 | 2012 | ||
| =150 | Bahrain | 0.0 | 2011 | ||
| =150 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Turkmenistan | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Liberia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Vanuatu | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Nauru | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Libya | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Barbados | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | American Samoa | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Gibraltar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Qatar | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Maldives | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Israel | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Senegal | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Botswana | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | The Gambia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Aruba | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Cape Verde | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Oman | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Greenland | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Niue | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Yemen | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | West Bank | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Guam | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Eritrea | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Solomon Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Cyprus | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Mongolia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Cook Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Tonga | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Western Sahara | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Cayman Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Chad | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Niger | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Brunei | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Kiribati | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Grenada | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Seychelles | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Djibouti | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Malta | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Kuwait | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Montserrat | 0.0 | 2010 | ||
| =150 | Singapore | 0.0 | 2010 |
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Interesting observations about Energy > Electricity > From hydroelectric plants
- All of the top 2 countries by electricity > from hydroelectric plants are Christian.
- All of the top 2 countries by electricity > from hydroelectric plants are Landlocked.
- 4 of the top 5 countries by electricity > from hydroelectric plants are Sub-Saharan African.
- 4 of the top 5 countries by electricity > from hydroelectric plants are Hot countries.
- 4 of the top 6 countries by electricity > from hydroelectric plants are Former British Colonies'.
- Lesotho has had the highest electricity > from hydroelectric plants since 2009.
- Canada ranked first for electricity > from hydroelectric plants amongst Non-religious countries in 2010.
- Brazil ranked first for electricity > from hydroelectric plants amongst Emerging markets in 2010.