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Electricity Generation from Hydroelectric Power

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Total annual production of electricity from hydroelectric power

U.S. Energy Information Administration

A map represents the electricity generation from hydroelectric power by country. The highest electricity generation (blue to dark blue) is in Canada, the United States, Brazil, China, and Russia. The lowest (light blue) is in countries like Africa, and Australia.

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Electricity Generation from Hydroelectric Power

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Literacy Rate

Land Cover

Class

Rank

Billion kilowatt hours (kWh)

Class

Rank

Percent

Class

Rank

Percent

Evergreen forest

Deciduous forest

Mixed forest

Shrublands

Savannas

Grasslands

Permanent wetlands

Urban and built-up

Cropland and natural vegetation

Snow and ice

Barren or sparsely vegetated

58.3%3.15%8.37%1.30%
17.6%20.2%80.1%
9.88%64.2%5.91%6.24%15.0%
71.7%2.02%5.50%3.18%37.4%1.41%1.23%19.4%
1.98%7.05%20.2%36.3%1.79%1.31%7.96%
11.4%7.36%16.1%11.7%19.9%9.42%1.68%56.1%7.67%4.38%
40.9%10.7%14.6%26.6%22.6%5.24%1.36%5.92%1.48%6.93%
67.6%12.2%1.77%92.7%86.4%
8.46%3.07%1.96%15.0%5.22%10.1%1.60%8.58%3.35%1.46%
3.30%5.27%6.60%8.43%2.45%6.36%58.4%3.18%2.25%
31.5%3.03%18.2%2.24%7.78%
2.06%6.17%2.12%27.6%4.70%84.6%
29.9%1.30%23.1%33.6%9.95%1.49%12.9%39.9%
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