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Brazil: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

52.10percent · 2025-15.8% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202552.103
202456.14
202360.159
202263.074
202155.274
202063.041
201962.824
201864.678
201762.937
201665.799
201561.894
201463.237
201368.495
201275.175
201180.55
201078.187
200983.875
200879.788
200784.02
200683.158
200583.719
200482.788
200383.872
200282.752
200181.532
200087.241
199987.534
199890.589
199790.581
199691.241
199592.128
199493.333
199393.279
199292.381
199192.92
199092.769
198992.311
198892.622
198791.28
198690.249
198592.097

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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