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Japan: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

7.23percent · 2025-13.2% since 2015

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

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20257.228
20247.831
20237.403
20227.195
20217.696
20207.75
20197.058
20187.48
20177.362
20167.467
20158.326
20147.689
20137.293
20126.966
20117.47
20107.656
20096.325
20086.35
20076.314
20067.627
20056.727
20048.176
20038.464
20027.307
20017.528
20007.681
19997.765
19988.406
19978.194
19967.494
19957.794
19946.548
19939.997
19928.731
199110.361
19909.858
198911.471
198811.979
198710.4
198611.949
198512.333

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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