Asia dominates the global small hydropower landscape, holding a commanding ** percent of the worldwide resource potential for facilities with capacities up to ** megawatts. The Americas and Europe follow with ** percent and ** percent respectively, while Africa and Oceania represent smaller shares of the global small hydropower potential.
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UNIDO. (April 23, 2024). Distribution of small hydropower resource potential worldwide as of 2022, by region [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 14, 2026, from /statistics/1539062/small-hydropower-potential-distribution-worldwide-by-region/
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