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Australia: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

4.41percent · 2025-20.5% since 2015

Electricity generated from hydropower as a share of total generation. Annual figures for Australia from 1985 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20254.411
20244.697
20235.495
20226.105
20215.961
20205.439
20195.273
20186.591
20175.213
20166.827
20155.546
20145.849
20137.649
20126.796
20117.636
20105.477
20095.059
20084.815
20075.366
20066.28
20056.703
20046.844
20037.175
20027.201
20017.19
20007.594
19997.869
19987.92
19978.441
19968.865
19958.921
19949.492
19939.909
19929.877
19919.91
19909.483
19899.413
19889.998
198710.024
198610.829
198511.272

Source

Published by Ember, produced by Ember. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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Ember (2026). Share of electricity generation from hydropower. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/ember-share-hydro (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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