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India: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

8.55percent · 2025-16.0% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20258.555
20247.691
20237.796
20229.711
20219.574
202010.495
201910.137
20188.903
20179.298
20169.216
201510.185
201411.043
201311.565
201210.637
201112.758
201011.613
200912.103
200813.903
200715.398
200615.128
200513.828
200414.412
200310.86
200211.243
200112.288
200013.474
199915.026
199816.558
199714.965
199615.582
199517.774
199420.674
199319.53
199220.78
199123.068
199023.075
198923.258
198822.632
198721.889
198625.939
198527.797

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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