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South Africa: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

0.75percent · 2025+156.8% since 2015

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

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20250.75
20240.444
20230.859
20221.296
20210.823
20200.611
20190.292
20180.429
20170.306
20160.245
20150.292
20140.707
20130.43
20120.396
20111.166
20100.439
20090.581
20080.488
20071.089
20061.143
20050.543
20040.388
20030.354
20020.943
20010.819
20000.522

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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