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China: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

13.25percent · 2025-31.1% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202513.251
202413.604
202313.104
202214.816
202115.309
202017.064
201917.032
201816.807
201717.729
201618.899
201519.22
201418.33
201316.78
201217.331
201114.633
201016.952
200916.573
200818.221
200714.788
200615.207
200515.879
200416.046
200314.848
200217.411
200118.735
200016.407
199915.862
199817.043
199717.259
199617.384
199518.925
199418.046
199318.71
199217.334
199118.403
199020.403
198920.247
198820.023
198720.115
198621.033
198522.496

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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