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Nigeria: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

31.50percent · 2025+62.8% since 2015

Electricity generated from hydropower as a share of total generation. Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2025.

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202531.502
202424.494
202322.263
202224.289
202120.255
202020.237
201923.121
201820.975
201724.038
201622.304
201519.355
201416.574
201318.424
201219.694
201121.746
201024.378
200922.89
200827.083
200727.099
200627.076
200532.994
200433.388
200336.881
200238.19
200138.203
200038.195

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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