United States - Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in United States was 5.84 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 18.88 in 1962, while its lowest value was 4.90 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 18.44
1961 18.27
1962 18.88
1963 17.26
1964 17.16
1965 17.52
1966 16.25
1967 17.45
1968 15.93
1969 16.53
1970 15.42
1971 15.47
1972 14.64
1973 13.50
1974 15.54
1975 15.07
1976 13.40
1977 9.97
1978 12.23
1979 11.98
1980 11.49
1981 10.80
1982 13.14
1983 13.70
1984 12.66
1985 10.83
1986 11.13
1987 8.72
1988 7.29
1989 8.19
1990 8.53
1991 8.85
1992 7.78
1993 8.35
1994 7.61
1995 8.83
1996 9.61
1997 9.07
1998 7.78
1999 7.17
2000 6.29
2001 4.90
2002 6.63
2003 6.87
2004 6.54
2005 6.38
2006 6.83
2007 5.77
2008 5.91
2009 6.62
2010 6.02
2011 7.44
2012 6.52
2013 6.32
2014 6.05
2015 5.84

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use