North America - Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in North America was 12.71 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 27.76 in 1960, while its lowest value was 11.77 in 2001.

Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.

Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/

See also:

Year Value
1960 27.76
1961 27.02
1962 26.93
1963 24.84
1964 24.84
1965 24.81
1966 23.87
1967 24.62
1968 22.69
1969 23.39
1970 22.28
1971 22.12
1972 21.57
1973 20.57
1974 22.96
1975 22.08
1976 20.48
1977 17.33
1978 19.49
1979 19.36
1980 18.91
1981 18.71
1982 20.62
1983 21.04
1984 20.34
1985 19.06
1986 19.44
1987 17.20
1988 15.33
1989 15.09
1990 15.46
1991 15.84
1992 15.05
1993 15.46
1994 14.78
1995 15.78
1996 16.72
1997 16.10
1998 14.38
1999 14.00
2000 13.20
2001 11.77
2002 13.34
2003 13.26
2004 12.88
2005 12.97
2006 13.19
2007 12.46
2008 12.74
2009 13.49
2010 12.37
2011 14.05
2012 13.42
2013 13.37
2014 12.91
2015 12.71

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use