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Share of electricity generated by hydropower
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1
Paraguay
99.5%
2
Ethiopia
96.5%
3
Tajikistan
94.4%
4
Norway
90%
5
Kyrgyz Republic
84.7%
6
Georgia
78.8%
7
Ecuador
77.9%
8
Costa Rica
74.8%
9
Colombia
69.2%
10
Montenegro
58.5%
11
Peru
56.1%
12
New Zealand
54.8%
13
Canada
52.8%
14
Switzerland
52.3%
15
Austria
51.8%
16
Brazil
51.8%
17
Latvia
46.7%
18
Sweden
40%
19
Croatia
39.3%
20
Sri Lanka
38.2%
21
Bosnia and Herzegovina
36.6%
22
Viet Nam
33%
23
Nigeria
30.9%
24
El Salvador
30.3%
25
Cambodia
29.9%
26
Portugal
29.7%
27
Armenia
28%
28
Bolivia
27.9%
29
Slovenia
27.2%
30
Uruguay
27.2%
31
Romania
24.3%
32
Chile
22.2%
33
Serbia
22.2%
34
Kenya
20.9%
35
Pakistan
20.2%
36
North Macedonia
19.9%
37
Malaysia
17.5%
38
Argentina
17.1%
39
Russian Federation
16.7%
40
Turkiye
16.2%
41
Italy
15.8%
42
Finland
15.1%
43
China
13.2%
44
Azerbaijan
11.5%
45
Spain
11.4%
46
Slovak Republic
10.9%
47
France
10.4%
48
Philippines
10.3%
49
India
8.5%
50
Kazakhstan
8.5%
51
Mexico
8.1%
52
Uzbekistan
7.3%
53
Japan
7.2%
54
Dominican Republic
6.7%
55
Bulgaria
6.7%
56
Egypt, Arab Rep.
6.1%
57
Greece
5.9%
58
Moldova
5.7%
59
United States
5.3%
60
Australia
4.3%
61
Thailand
4%
62
Lithuania
3.9%
63
Germany
3.9%
64
Iran, Islamic Rep.
3.3%
65
Luxembourg
3.2%
66
Czechia
2.3%
67
Ireland
2.1%
68
Morocco
2%
69
Belarus
2%
70
Taiwan
1.9%
71
United Kingdom
1.9%
72
Poland
0.98%
73
South Africa
0.75%
74
Bangladesh
0.63%
75
Mongolia
0.62%
76
Korea, Rep.
0.61%
77
Belgium
0.6%
78
Hungary
0.57%
79
Estonia
0.49%
80
Puerto Rico (US)
0.25%
81
Denmark
0.06%
82
Tunisia
0.04%
83
Netherlands
0.04%
84
Israel
0%
85
Qatar
0%
86
Oman
0%
87
Malta
0%
88
Kuwait
0%
89
Cyprus
0%
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