Electricity production from hydroelectric sources
Hydropower is the largest renewable source of electricity, and makes river flows a material factor in supply.
Eswatini, 2024, ranked 42 of 209
50.9%
% of total
Since 2014
+2.8
percentage points, up from 48.0%
Eswatini, its region and the world
- Eswatini
- World
- Sub-Saharan Africa
0%
50%
100%
EswatiniSub-Saharan AfricaWorld View data table
| Year | Eswatini | World | Sub-Saharan Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 15.2% | – |
| 2024 | 50.9% | 14.6% | 29.9% |
| 2023 | 53.9% | 14.5% | 29.3% |
| 2022 | 60.2% | 15.2% | 28.6% |
| 2021 | 55.6% | 15.4% | 28.3% |
| 2020 | 50.4% | 16.6% | 28.2% |
| 2019 | 46.9% | 16.1% | 26.4% |
| 2018 | 54.7% | 16.2% | 25.9% |
| 2017 | 48.5% | 16.2% | 24.6% |
| 2016 | 34.2% | 16.5% | 23.6% |
| 2015 | 32.6% | 16.4% | 24.0% |
| 2014 | 48.0% | 16.5% | 24.7% |
| 2013 | 53.6% | 16.6% | 24.0% |
| 2012 | 48.5% | 16.5% | 23.8% |
| 2011 | 48.0% | 16.1% | 23.3% |
| 2010 | 39.5% | 16.4% | 23.4% |
| 2009 | 36.0% | 16.6% | 22.5% |
| 2008 | 72.1% | 16.2% | 21.5% |
| 2007 | 63.0% | 15.9% | 20.7% |
| 2006 | 65.0% | 16.4% | 21.4% |
| 2005 | 64.5% | 16.5% | 21.4% |
| 2004 | 58.9% | 16.5% | 21.2% |
| 2003 | 58.1% | 16.2% | 20.9% |
| 2002 | 52.5% | 16.8% | 22.1% |
| 2001 | 59.4% | 16.9% | 21.9% |
| 2000 | 59.0% | 17.4% | 20.9% |
| 1999 | 84.4% | 17.8% | 19.8% |
| 1998 | 83.3% | 18.3% | 18.8% |
| 1997 | 84.0% | 18.7% | 17.9% |
| 1996 | 87.1% | 18.8% | 18.1% |
| 1995 | 86.8% | 19.2% | 18.5% |
Source: The World Bank, updated 13 Oct 2026. Annual national estimates compiled by the World Bank from IEA, IRENA, UN and national sources. The latest year typically lags by one to three years.
World and regions
- Latin America & Caribbean 37.0% 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa 29.9% 2024
- Europe & Central Asia 16.4% 2025
- World 15.2% 2025
- North America 11.6% 2025
- South Asia 8.2% 2024
- East Asia & Pacific 6.8% 2025
- Middle East & North Africa 3.3% 2024
Years differ where countries report on different schedules.
Every economy
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Ranking of all 209 economies
| # | Economy | % of total | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 100.0% | 2021 |
| 2 | Lesotho | 99.6% | 2021 |
| 3 | Paraguay | 99.4% | 2024 |
| 4 | Nepal | 98.7% | 2024 |
| 5 | DR Congo | 98.5% | 2024 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 97.1% | 2024 |
| 7 | Central African Republic | 96.2% | 2021 |
| 8 | Tajikistan | 92.5% | 2024 |
| 9 | Albania | 90.5% | 2024 |
| 10 | Venezuela | 90.2% | 2024 |
| 11 | Uganda | 89.8% | 2024 |
| 12 | Norway | 89.6% | 2025 |
| 13 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.8% | 2024 |
| 14 | Guinea | 87.4% | 2021 |
| 15 | Cameroon | 85.3% | 2024 |
| 16 | Sudan | 83.2% | 2024 |
| 17 | Mozambique | 83.0% | 2024 |
| 18 | Georgia | 79.7% | 2024 |
| 19 | Zambia | 78.5% | 2024 |
| 20 | Namibia | 78.1% | 2024 |
| 21 | Andorra | 75.9% | 2021 |
| 22 | Laos | 75.5% | 2024 |
| 23 | Greenland | 74.5% | 2021 |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 74.3% | 2025 |
| 25 | Angola | 73.1% | 2024 |
| 26 | Malawi | 72.5% | 2021 |
| 27 | Colombia | 72.1% | 2025 |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 71.7% | 2021 |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 70.5% | 2021 |
| 30 | Iceland | 69.9% | 2025 |
| 31 | Ecuador | 65.8% | 2024 |
| 32 | North Korea | 61.2% | 2024 |
| 33 | Burundi | 59.6% | 2021 |
| 34 | Panama | 58.5% | 2024 |
| 35 | Mali | 56.6% | 2021 |
| 36 | Rwanda | 55.9% | 2024 |
| 37 | Liberia | 55.7% | 2021 |
| 38 | Switzerland | 54.9% | 2025 |
| 39 | Canada | 54.0% | 2025 |
| 40 | New Zealand | 53.6% | 2025 |
| 41 | Brazil | 51.7% | 2025 |
| 42 | Eswatini | 50.9% | 2024 |
| 43 | Austria | 50.7% | 2025 |
| 44 | Peru | 50.5% | 2024 |
| 45 | Fiji | 50.1% | 2021 |
| 46 | Montenegro | 49.7% | 2024 |
| 47 | Suriname | 46.7% | 2024 |
| 48 | Latvia | 46.1% | 2025 |
| 49 | Tanzania | 45.9% | 2024 |
| 50 | Myanmar | 45.7% | 2024 |
| 51 | Croatia | 44.7% | 2024 |
| 52 | Gabon | 44.0% | 2024 |
| 53 | Uruguay | 41.7% | 2024 |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 41.0% | 2024 |
| 55 | Sweden | 40.2% | 2025 |
| 56 | Ghana | 38.7% | 2024 |
| 57 | Cambodia | 38.5% | 2024 |
| 58 | Madagascar | 36.6% | 2024 |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 36.3% | 2025 |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 35.3% | 2021 |
| 61 | Portugal | 34.5% | 2025 |
| 62 | Belize | 33.4% | 2021 |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32.0% | 2024 |
| 64 | Congo | 31.4% | 2024 |
| 65 | Vietnam | 30.3% | 2024 |
| 66 | Honduras | 30.2% | 2024 |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 29.5% | 2024 |
| 68 | Samoa | 28.8% | 2021 |
| 69 | Slovenia | 28.5% | 2025 |
| 70 | Kenya | 28.3% | 2024 |
| 71 | Serbia | 28.0% | 2024 |
| 72 | Romania | 27.2% | 2024 |
| 73 | Nigeria | 26.4% | 2024 |
| 74 | Guatemala | 26.3% | 2024 |
| 75 | El Salvador | 26.0% | 2024 |
| 76 | Ivory Coast | 24.4% | 2024 |
| 77 | Faroe Islands | 23.7% | 2021 |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 23.1% | 2021 |
| 79 | Bolivia | 23.0% | 2024 |
| 80 | Chile | 22.7% | 2025 |
| 81 | Pakistan | 22.7% | 2024 |
| 82 | Armenia | 21.9% | 2024 |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 21.7% | 2024 |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 20.5% | 2024 |
| 85 | Argentina | 19.8% | 2025 |
| 86 | Dominica | 19.5% | 2021 |
| 87 | Haiti | 18.3% | 2024 |
| 88 | Russia | 17.3% | 2024 |
| 89 | Malaysia | 16.2% | 2024 |
| 90 | Türkiye | 15.8% | 2025 |
| 91 | Italy | 15.7% | 2025 |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 15.3% | 2024 |
| 93 | Finland | 15.0% | 2025 |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 14.6% | 2021 |
| 95 | China | 13.9% | 2024 |
| 96 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13.4% | 2021 |
| 97 | Spain | 13.4% | 2025 |
| 98 | Slovakia | 11.9% | 2025 |
| 99 | France | 11.5% | 2025 |
| 100 | Vanuatu | 10.7% | 2021 |
| 101 | Azerbaijan | 10.6% | 2024 |
| 102 | Ukraine | 10.0% | 2024 |
| 103 | Lebanon | 9.3% | 2024 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 105 | Kazakhstan | 9.1% | 2024 |
| 106 | Japan | 8.7% | 2025 |
| 107 | Philippines | 8.6% | 2024 |
| 108 | Lithuania | 8.2% | 2025 |
| 109 | India | 7.7% | 2024 |
| 110 | Mexico | 7.6% | 2025 |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 7.5% | 2024 |
| 112 | Togo | 7.4% | 2024 |
| 113 | Greece | 6.6% | 2025 |
| 114 | Egypt | 6.6% | 2024 |
| 115 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5.9% | 2021 |
| 116 | United States | 5.8% | 2025 |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 5.7% | 2024 |
| 118 | Indonesia | 5.6% | 2024 |
| 119 | Australia | 5.0% | 2025 |
| 120 | Germany | 4.7% | 2025 |
| 121 | Kosovo | 4.3% | 2021 |
| 122 | Iran | 4.3% | 2024 |
| 123 | Moldova | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 4.1% | 2024 |
| 125 | Syria | 4.0% | 2024 |
| 126 | Mauritius | 3.5% | 2024 |
| 127 | Czechia | 3.5% | 2025 |
| 128 | Thailand | 3.3% | 2024 |
| 129 | Ireland | 3.1% | 2025 |
| 130 | Jamaica | 2.7% | 2024 |
| 131 | South Africa | 2.6% | 2024 |
| 132 | United Kingdom | 2.2% | 2025 |
| 133 | Iraq | 2.2% | 2024 |
| 134 | Belgium | 1.7% | 2025 |
| 135 | Poland | 1.5% | 2025 |
| 136 | Morocco | 1.5% | 2024 |
| 137 | Micronesia | 1.4% | 2021 |
| 138 | South Korea | 1.3% | 2025 |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 0.9% | 2024 |
| 140 | Solomon Islands | 0.9% | 2021 |
| 141 | Belarus | 0.7% | 2024 |
| 142 | Hungary | 0.6% | 2025 |
| 143 | Mongolia | 0.6% | 2024 |
| 144 | Estonia | 0.5% | 2025 |
| 145 | Cuba | 0.5% | 2024 |
| 146 | Timor-Leste | 0.3% | 2021 |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 0.2% | 2021 |
| 148 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 149 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 |
| 150 | Algeria | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 151 | Netherlands | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 152 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2025 |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 154 | Benin | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 155 | Hong Kong | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 156 | Guyana | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 157 | American Samoa | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 159 | Aruba | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 160 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 161 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2023 |
| 162 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 163 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 164 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 165 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 166 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 167 | Cayman Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 168 | Chad | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 169 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 170 | Curaçao | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 171 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 172 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 173 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 174 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 175 | Gibraltar | 0.0% | 2015 |
| 176 | Grenada | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 177 | Guam | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 178 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 179 | Israel | 0.0% | 2024 |
| 180 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 181 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 182 | Libya | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 183 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 184 | Malta | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 185 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 186 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 187 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 188 | Niger | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 189 | Oman | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 190 | Palau | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 191 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 193 | Senegal | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 194 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 195 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 196 | Sint Maarten | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 197 | Somalia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 198 | South Sudan | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 200 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 201 | Saint Martin | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 202 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 203 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 204 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 205 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 206 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 207 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 208 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2021 |
| 209 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2021 |