Hydro Capacity by Country

Hydro capacity by country measures installed hydroelectric power plant capacity for each country, in gigawatts (GW). The series covers hydroelectric capacity, while pumped storage is reported separately. The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. The table covers 162 countries, with 159 reported 2024 values, and includes data from 2019 to 2024. The world total stood at 1,229.52 GW in 2024, up from 1,216.95 GW in 2023.

China (377.26 GW) held nearly a third of world hydro capacity in 2024 — about 3.4 times Brazil (109.96 GW). Canada (84.14 GW), the United States (79.90 GW) and Russia (49.10 GW) completed the top five.

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#	Country	2024 (GW)
1	China CN	377.26
2	Brazil BR	109.96
3	Canada CA	84.14
4	United States US	79.9
5	Russia RU	49.1
6	India IN	47.32
7	Türkiye TR	32.77
8	Norway NO	32.51
9	Vietnam VN	23.71
10	Japan JP	22.19
11	France FR	20.39
12	Venezuela VE	16.91
13	Spain ES	16.81
14	Sweden SE	16.3
15	Italy IT	14.83
16	Colombia CO	13.22
17	Mexico MX	12.84
18	Iran IR	11.78
19	Pakistan PK	10.64
20	Argentina AR	10.16
21	Laos LA	9.76
22	Paraguay PY	8.82
23	Austria AT	8.43
24	Chile CL	7.42
25	Romania RO	6.68
26	Indonesia ID	6.57
27	Malaysia MY	6.23
28	Australia AU	6.12
29	Tajikistan TJ	5.74
30	Ethiopia ET	5.68
31	Peru PE	5.52
32	New Zealand NZ	5.42
33	Ecuador EC	5.22
34	Germany DE	5.11
35	North Korea KP	4.91
36	Portugal PT	4.49
37	Switzerland CH	4.32
38	Ukraine UA	4.16
39	Angola AO	3.73
40	Georgia GE	3.51
41	Nepal NP	3.29
42	Myanmar MM	3.27
43	Kyrgyzstan KG	3.26
44	Finland FI	3.19
45	DR Congo CD	3.19
46	Zambia ZM	3.17
47	Philippines PH	3.13
48	Thailand TH	3.13
49	Nigeria NG	2.86
50	Egypt EG	2.83
51	Kazakhstan KZ	2.82
52	Greece GR	2.73
53	Serbia RS	2.51
54	Bhutan BT	2.45
55	Uzbekistan UZ	2.39
56	Costa Rica CR	2.35
57	Mozambique MZ	2.22
58	Albania AL	2.2
59	Iceland IS	2.15
60	Taiwan TW	2.12
61	United Kingdom GB	1.89
62	Croatia HR	1.87
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina BA	1.87
64	Panama PA	1.85
65	Sri Lanka LK	1.85
66	South Korea KR	1.82
67	Bulgaria BG	1.81
68	Morocco MA	1.77
69	Uganda UG	1.63
70	Slovakia SK	1.62
71	Ghana GH	1.58
72	Guatemala GT	1.58
73	Latvia LV	1.56
74	Iraq IQ	1.56
75	Uruguay UY	1.54
76	Syria SY	1.49
77	Sudan SD	1.48
78	Tanzania TZ	1.39
79	Armenia AM	1.35
80	Cambodia KH	1.34
81	Azerbaijan AZ	1.33
82	Slovenia SI	1.19
83	Czech Republic CZ	1.12
84	Zimbabwe ZW	1.08
85	Poland PL	0.92
86	Ivory Coast CI	0.88
87	Kenya KE	0.86
88	Honduras HN	0.85
89	Cameroon CM	0.81
90	Guinea GN	0.81
91	South Africa ZA	0.75
92	Bolivia BO	0.72
93	North Macedonia MK	0.71
94	Montenegro ME	0.7
95	El Salvador SV	0.64
96	Dominican Republic DO	0.63
97	Afghanistan AF	0.47
98	Mali ML	0.46
99	Malawi MW	0.39
100	Namibia NA	0.35
101	Gabon GA	0.33
102	Papua New Guinea PG	0.33
103	Lebanon LB	0.28
104	Algeria DZ	0.27
105	Ireland IE	0.24
106	Bangladesh BD	0.23
107	Congo CG	0.21
108	Madagascar MG	0.19
109	Suriname SR	0.18
110	Nicaragua NI	0.16
111	Rwanda RW	0.14
112	Fiji FJ	0.14
113	Lithuania LT	0.13
114	Belgium BE	0.13
115	Equatorial Guinea GQ	0.13
116	Kosovo XK	0.12
117	Puerto Rico PR	0.1
118	Belarus BY	0.1
119	Liberia LR	0.09
120	Greenland GL	0.09
121	New Caledonia NC	0.08
122	Senegal SN	0.08
123	Haiti HT	0.08
124	Lesotho LS	0.08
125	Cuba CU	0.07
126	Togo TG	0.07
127	Tunisia TN	0.07
128	Moldova MD	0.06
129	Burundi BI	0.06
130	Eswatini SZ	0.06
131	Mauritius MU	0.06
132	Hungary HU	0.06
133	Sierra Leone SL	0.06
134	Belize BZ	0.06
135	French Polynesia PF	0.05
136	Mauritania MR	0.05
137	Faroe Islands FO	0.04
138	Netherlands NL	0.04
139	Burkina Faso BF	0.03
140	Luxembourg LU	0.03
141	Benin BJ	0.03
142	Jamaica JM	0.03
143	Mongolia MN	0.03
144	Central African Republic CF	0.02
145	Samoa WS	0.02
146	Dominica DM	0.01
147	Estonia EE	0.01
148	Denmark DK	0.01
149	Israel IL	0.01
150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VC	0.01
151	Jordan JO	0
152	Guyana GY	0
153	Sao Tome and Principe ST	0
154	Turkmenistan TM	0
155	Vanuatu VU	0
156	Comoros KM	0
157	Micronesia FM	0
158	Solomon Islands SB	0
159	Timor-Leste TL	0

China accounted for about 30.7% of the world total in 2024. The top two together held about 39.6%, the top three about 46.5%, the top five about 57.0%, and the top ten about 69.9%.

China added the most hydro capacity in 2024

China recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising from 370.60 to 377.26 GW (+6.66 GW, about 1.8%). The world total rose from 1,216.95 to 1,229.52 GW (+12.57 GW, about 1.0%), so China alone accounted for about 53% of the world increase. The largest decline among reported pairs was Russia, falling from 50.57 to 49.10 GW (-1.48 GW, about 2.9%).

Hydro capacity changes in small increments

China (+1.8%), Canada (+1.2%), India (+0.9%) and Brazil (+0.1%) expanded while the United States (-0.1%) and Russia (-2.9%) edged down. Dams take years to build, so annual moves are small everywhere: no top-ten holder moved more than 2%. Russia's -2.9% was the steepest fall among larger holders.

Hydro capacity has grown 6.9% since 2019

Reported world values were 1,150.58 GW in 2019, 1,172.51 GW in 2020, 1,185.50 GW in 2021, 1,206.42 GW in 2022, 1,216.95 GW in 2023 and 1,229.52 GW in 2024. Capacity ended about 6.9% above the 2019 level with growth in every year.

Hydro remains the largest renewable capacity source

Hydroelectricity accounted for 1,229.52 GW of the 4,421.96 GW of renewable capacity reported worldwide in 2024, or about 27.8%. Non-hydro renewables accounted for the remaining 3,192.44 GW. Hydro therefore remains a major part of the global renewable power base even though its capacity has grown much more slowly than newer renewable technologies since 2019.

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#	Country	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
1	China	327.75	339.96	354.53	367.71	370.6	377.26
2	Brazil	109.14	109.32	109.43	109.81	109.88	109.96
3	Canada	81.22	81.23	82.13	83.14	83.14	84.14
4	United States	79.77	79.92	79.91	80.07	79.99	79.9
5	Russia	51.08	51.4	51.4	51.4	50.57	49.1
6	India	45.49	45.98	46.51	46.85	46.91	47.32
7	Türkiye	28.5	30.98	31.49	31.57	32.53	32.77
8	Norway	31.39	32.29	32.63	32.82	32.46	32.51
9	Vietnam	20.33	20.82	21.58	21.86	22.92	23.71
10	Japan	28.14	28.15	22.14	22.15	22.18	22.19
11	France	18.45	18.67	19	18.86	20.48	20.39
12	Venezuela	16.83	16.83	16.83	16.83	16.91	16.91
13	Spain	13.33	13.34	13.72	13.72	14.78	16.81
14	Sweden	16.36	16.31	16.31	16.3	16.3	16.3
15	Italy	15.19	15.35	15.53	15.56	14.99	14.83
16	Colombia	11.93	11.95	11.96	12.56	13.22	13.22
17	Mexico	13.3	13.3	13.3	12.84	12.84	12.84
18	Iran	11.14	11.15	11.15	11.15	11.68	11.78
19	Pakistan	9.92	10.04	10.04	10.64	10.65	10.64
20	Argentina	10.34	10.37	10.38	10.38	10.39	10.16
21	Laos	6.24	8.03	8.79	9.48	9.78	9.76
22	Paraguay	8.81	8.81	8.81	8.81	8.82	8.82
23	Austria	8.63	9	8.55	9.13	8.34	8.43
24	Chile	6.68	6.77	6.81	7.29	7.37	7.42
25	Romania	6.59	6.56	6.57	6.57	6.64	6.68
26	Indonesia	5.98	6.14	6.6	6.69	6.57	6.57
27	Malaysia	6.19	6.2	6.22	6.22	6.23	6.23
28	Australia	7.71	7.71	5.91	5.91	5.91	6.12
29	Tajikistan	5.27	5.27	5.27	5.27	5.74	5.74
30	Ethiopia	3.82	4.07	4.07	4.82	4.83	5.68
31	Peru	5.39	5.41	5.5	5.5	5.52	5.52
32	New Zealand	5.43	5.43	5.44	5.68	5.39	5.42
33	Ecuador	5.08	5.1	5.1	5.19	5.19	5.22
34	Germany	4.21	4.29	4.36	4.49	5.05	5.11
35	North Korea	4.79	4.87	4.87	4.87	4.91	4.91
36	Portugal	4.49	4.47	4.49	4.54	4.49	4.49
37	Switzerland	4.03	4.01	4.26	4.3	4.32	4.32
38	Ukraine	4.82	4.82	4.82	4.82	4.64	4.16
39	Angola	3.44	3.73	3.73	3.73	3.73	3.73
40	Georgia	2.58	2.73	2.97	3.08	3.47	3.51
41	Nepal	1.18	1.3	1.99	2.22	2.68	3.29
42	Myanmar	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.27	3.27
43	Kyrgyzstan	3.67	3.67	2.78	2.78	3.14	3.26
44	Finland	3.16	3.16	3.17	3.18	3.17	3.19
45	DR Congo	2.72	2.72	2.72	2.93	3.14	3.19
46	Zambia	2.4	2.4	2.71	3.16	3.17	3.17
47	Philippines	3.03	3.04	3.05	3.04	3.09	3.13
48	Thailand	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.11	3.13	3.13
49	Nigeria	2.11	2.11	2.11	2.11	2.86	2.86
50	Egypt	2.83	2.83	2.83	2.83	2.83	2.83
51	Kazakhstan	2.78	2.78	2.81	2.81	2.82	2.82
52	Greece	2.71	2.7	2.72	2.72	2.72	2.73
53	Serbia	2.46	2.47	2.34	2.35	2.51	2.51
54	Bhutan	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.33	2.45
55	Uzbekistan	1.91	2	2.05	2.23	2.38	2.39
56	Costa Rica	2.34	2.33	2.38	2.33	2.37	2.35
57	Mozambique	2.19	2.19	2.19	2.19	2.19	2.22
58	Albania	2.16	2.39	2.51	2.51	2.15	2.2
59	Iceland	2.1	2.11	2.11	2.11	2.15	2.15
60	Taiwan	2.09	2.09	2.09	2.1	2.1	2.12
61	United Kingdom	1.4	1.4	1.89	1.89	1.89	1.89
62	Croatia	2.2	2.2	1.92	1.92	1.91	1.87
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.82	1.83	1.84	1.79	1.84	1.87
64	Panama	1.79	1.81	1.81	1.85	1.85	1.85
65	Sri Lanka	1.82	1.8	1.8	1.85	1.84	1.85
66	South Korea	1.81	1.81	1.84	1.81	1.82	1.82
67	Bulgaria	2.51	2.51	2.36	2.36	2.34	1.81
68	Morocco	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.31	1.77
69	Uganda	1	1.01	1.01	1.03	1.43	1.63
70	Slovakia	1.61	1.61	1.62	1.62	1.62	1.62
71	Ghana	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58
72	Guatemala	1.57	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58	1.58
73	Latvia	1.59	1.59	1.59	1.61	1.56	1.56
74	Iraq	1.56	1.56	1.56	1.56	1.56	1.56
75	Uruguay	1.54	1.54	1.54	1.54	1.54	1.54
76	Syria	1.49	1.49	1.49	1.49	1.49	1.49
77	Sudan	1.48	1.48	1.48	1.48	1.48	1.48
78	Tanzania	0.59	0.59	0.6	0.6	0.68	1.39
79	Armenia	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.34	1.36	1.35
80	Cambodia	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.33	1.34
81	Azerbaijan	1.14	1.15	1.16	1.18	1.3	1.33
82	Slovenia	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.17	1.19
83	Czech Republic	1.09	1.09	1.11	1.11	1.12	1.12
84	Zimbabwe	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08	1.08
85	Poland	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.61	0.92	0.92
86	Ivory Coast	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88	0.88
87	Kenya	0.85	0.86	0.86	0.87	0.86	0.86
88	Honduras	0.73	0.84	0.85	0.85	0.85	0.85
89	Cameroon	0.83	0.83	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81
90	Guinea	0.36	0.59	0.81	0.81	0.81	0.81
91	South Africa	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75	0.75
92	Bolivia	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.74	0.72
93	North Macedonia	0.68	0.69	0.69	0.7	0.71	0.71
94	Montenegro	0.68	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
95	El Salvador	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.64	0.64
96	Dominican Republic	0.62	0.63	0.63	0.63	0.62	0.63
97	Afghanistan	0.35	0.35	0.36	0.46	0.47	0.47
98	Mali	0.32	0.32	0.32	0.46	0.36	0.46
99	Malawi	0.37	0.37	0.39	0.39	0.39	0.39
100	Namibia	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35	0.35
101	Gabon	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33
102	Papua New Guinea	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.26	0.3	0.33
103	Lebanon	0.25	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28	0.28
104	Algeria	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.27
105	Ireland	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24	0.24
106	Bangladesh	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23	0.23
107	Congo	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21	0.21
108	Madagascar	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.19	0.19
109	Suriname	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18	0.18
110	Nicaragua	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16	0.16
111	Rwanda	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.14	0.14
112	Fiji	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14	0.14
113	Lithuania	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.12	0.13	0.13
114	Belgium	0.1	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.12	0.13
115	Equatorial Guinea	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13	0.13
116	Kosovo	0.1	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.11	0.12
117	Puerto Rico	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
118	Belarus	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
119	Liberia	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
120	Greenland	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
121	New Caledonia	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
122	Senegal	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
123	Haiti	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
124	Lesotho	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.08
125	Cuba	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
126	Togo	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
127	Tunisia	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07	0.07
128	Moldova	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
129	Burundi	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
130	Eswatini	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
131	Mauritius	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
132	Hungary	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
133	Sierra Leone	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
134	Belize	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06
135	French Polynesia	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
136	Mauritania	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.05
137	Faroe Islands	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
138	Netherlands	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.04
139	Burkina Faso	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
140	Luxembourg	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
141	Benin	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
142	Jamaica	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
143	Mongolia	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
144	Central African Republic	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02
145	Samoa	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02
146	Dominica	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
147	Estonia	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
148	Denmark	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
149	Israel	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
150	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
151	Jordan	0.02	0.02	0	0	0	0
152	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	0
153	Sao Tome and Principe	0	0	0	0	0	0
154	Turkmenistan	0	0	0	0	0	0
155	Vanuatu	0	0	0	0	0	0
156	Comoros	0	0	0	0	0	0
157	Micronesia	-	-	-	-	-	0
158	Solomon Islands	0	0	0	0	0	0
159	Timor-Leste	0	0	0	0	0	0

Methodology

The statistics are based on the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) International Energy Statistics. Values represent installed hydroelectric capacity reported for each year, in gigawatts (GW). Pumped storage is reported as a separate series. Where no value is available, the cell is left empty. A value of 0 indicates that the source reports zero. The sum of the countries listed on this page may not equal the reported world total because the country-level data presented here do not necessarily represent the complete set of values used for the world total. This page covers hydro capacity only; other sources and generation are reported separately in the source.