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United States: Share of electricity generation from hydropower

5.35percent · 2025-10.5% since 2015

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

20002025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20255.348
20245.398
20235.619
20225.803
20215.934
20206.924
20196.796
20186.822
20177.251
20166.388
20155.974
20146.181
20136.507
20126.714
20117.653
20106.191
20096.823
20086.051
20075.808
20066.985
20056.537
20046.577
20036.908
20026.649
20015.584
20007.102

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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