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Share of national electricity capacity from hydroelectric dams in selected countries worldwide in 2021

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November 2022

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Worldwide

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2021

Supplementary notes

Total electricity capacity in 2021 per country:
China: 2,380 gigawatts
Brazil: 182 gigawatts
Venezuela: 30 gigawatts
Paraguay: nine gigawatts

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Share of national electricity capacity from hydroelectric dams 2021, by country

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jan 20, 2026
In 2021, Paraguay produced over ** percent of its electricity capacity from the Itaipu Dam - a hydroelectric dam located on the Paraná river. Brazil also makes use of the Itaipu Dam, where it accounted for some *** percent of the country's electricity capacity that year. Meanwhile, an additional *** percent of the Brazilian electricity capacity came from the output of the Belo Monte Dam, on the Xingu river. South America is home to some of the largest hydroelectric dams in the world.
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