World - Electricity production from hydroelectric sources

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in World was 15.90 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 44 years was 20.29 in 1974, while its lowest value was 15.40 in 2007.

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
1971 20.21
1972 19.73
1973 18.60
1974 20.29
1975 20.05
1976 18.46
1977 18.07
1978 18.39
1979 18.60
1980 18.27
1981 18.41
1982 18.93
1983 19.04
1984 18.40
1985 17.85
1986 17.66
1987 16.88
1988 16.63
1989 15.71
1990 17.93
1991 18.09
1992 17.91
1993 18.53
1994 18.24
1995 18.54
1996 18.21
1997 18.04
1998 17.66
1999 17.21
2000 16.81
2001 16.31
2002 16.11
2003 15.61
2004 15.89
2005 15.90
2006 15.87
2007 15.40
2008 15.74
2009 16.07
2010 15.88
2011 15.70
2012 16.06
2013 16.15
2014 16.24
2015 15.90

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Energy production & use