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Hydropower Share of Electricity by African country

2025

Share of electricity generation that comes from hydropower (Ember via Our World in Data).

Africa, 20257 of 54 countries
33.8%population-weighted average
Highest in 2025Ethiopia · 96.5%Lowest in 2025Tunisia · 0.0%Reported in 20257 of 54 countries surveyed
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Western Sahara — no separate recordTanzania — no dataDemocratic Republic of the Congo — no dataSomalia — no dataKenya — 20.9%Sudan — no dataChad — no dataSouth Africa — 0.8%Lesotho — no dataZimbabwe — no dataBotswana — no dataNamibia — no dataSenegal — no dataMali — no dataMauritania — no dataBenin — no dataNiger — no dataNigeria — 30.9%Cameroon — no dataTogo — no dataGhana — no dataCote d'Ivoire — no dataGuinea — no dataGuinea-Bissau — no dataLiberia — no dataSierra Leone — no dataBurkina Faso — no dataCentral African Republic — no dataRepublic of the Congo — no dataGabon — no dataEquatorial Guinea — no dataZambia — no dataMalawi — no dataMozambique — no dataEswatini — no dataAngola — no dataBurundi — no dataMadagascar — no dataGambia — no dataTunisia — 0.0%Algeria — no dataEritrea — no dataMorocco — 2.0%Egypt — 6.1%Libya — no dataEthiopia — 96.5%Djibouti — no dataUganda — no dataRwanda — no dataSouth Sudan — no dataNigeria 30.9%Nigeria 30.9%Ethiopia 96.5%Ethiopia 96.5%Kenya 20.9%Kenya 20.9%South Africa 0.8%South Africa 0.8%2025HIGHEST IN 2025Ethiopia96.5%Nigeria30.9%Kenya20.9%Egypt6.1%Morocco2.0%LOWEST IN 2025Tunisia0.0%South Africa0.8%Morocco2.0%Egypt6.1%Kenya20.9%OTHER ISLAND STATES · NOT DRAWNCabo Verdenot drawnno dataComorosnot drawnno dataMauritiusnot drawnno dataSao Tome and Principenot drawnno dataSeychellesnot drawnno data% of total · quintiles of the observed range0%0.8%2%6.1%20.9%96.5%no record
20142025
Ember via OWID · national statistics offices · the provider's own estimates where a country has not reportedCC BY 4.0
Countries

By region

Population-weighted, so a region’s figure is the share of its people, not the average of its countries.
Eastern Africa2 of 18 countries74.0%
Western Africa1 of 16 countries30.9%
Northern Africa3 of 6 countries4.8%
Southern Africa1 of 5 countries0.8%
Middle Africa0 of 9 countries—
Africaall 54 countries · 7 with a 2025 figure33.8%

What to know before you quote this

Specific to this series. For how we treat data generally, see methods.
47 countries have no usable 2025 recordNot a low value — no figure within the window. Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso and 42 more are hatched on the map and blank in the table.
Certainty is judged year by yearA country can be Reported in one year and Modelled the next. The tag follows the year on the scrubber, so the 2025 assessment is not a verdict on the whole series.

About this data

Hydropower Share of ElectricityShare of electricity generation that comes from hydropower (Ember via Our World in Data).
SourceEmber via OWID, with processing by Africa API
Unit% of total
Last updated27 Jun 2026
Next expected updateJun 2027
Date range1990–2025
Coverage7 of 54 countries · 7 reported, 0 modelled, 47 with no usable figure

How the figure is made

ReportedA national statistics office or the original provider published the figure for that year directly. 7 countries did so for 2025 — the certainty shown on this page is that 2025 assessment, not a per-series one.ModelledNo direct figure that year. The provider’s own estimate, interpolation or projection stands in, and is marked as such wherever it appears.No dataNo usable figure within the window. Drawn hatched on the map and left blank in the table — not zero, and not filled in.

These three states are used the same way across every indicator on the site — how we treat certainty explains the full set and what we never do to a number.

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How to cite this page
Africa API (2026) — "Hydropower Share of Electricity". Data adapted from Ember via OWID. Retrieved 18 Oct 2026 from africa-api.com/indicators/hydro-electricity-share
The request behind this view
GET /v1/data?metric_key=hydro_electricity_share_pct&year=2025&limit=100

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Hydropower Share of Electricity: most recent figure per country, highest to lowest

53 countries · each with its own period

The figures at the top of the page compare every country in the same year. This list takes each country’s newest figure instead, whatever its period, so the order can differ.

#CountryHydropower Share of ElectricityPeriod
1Central African Republic100%2023
2Ethiopia96.5%2025
3Malawi92.35%2024
4Zambia86.2%2024
5Uganda86.1%2024
6Sierra Leone85.7%2024
7Democratic Republic of the Congo84.2%2024
8Mozambique82.4%2024
9Sudan77.9%2024
10Guinea74.4%2024
11Burundi73.5%2024
12Cameroon72%2024
13Angola70.6%2024
14Namibia61%2024
15Eswatini57.4%2024
16Zimbabwe55.6%2024
17Liberia52.6%2024
18Rwanda46%2024
19Madagascar37%2024
20Ghana35.4%2024
21Gabon35%2024
22Tanzania31.7%2024
23Nigeria30.9%2025
24Cote d'Ivoire27.8%2024
25Equatorial Guinea26.8%2024
26Kenya20.94%2025
27Republic of the Congo20.1%2024
28Mali15.4%2024
29Togo11.3%2024
30Sao Tome and Principe11.1%2023
31Mauritania10.1%2024
32Egypt6.1%2025
33Burkina Faso5.3%2024
34Senegal4.1%2024
35Mauritius3.2%2024
36Morocco2%2025
37South Africa0.8%2025
38Tunisia0%2025
39Algeria0%2024
40Benin0%2024
41Botswana0%2024
42Cabo Verde0%2024
43Chad0%2024
44Comoros0%2023
45Djibouti0%2024
46Eritrea0%2024
47Gambia0%2024
48Guinea-Bissau0%2024
49Libya0%2024
50Niger0%2024
51Seychelles0%2024
52Somalia0%2024
53South Sudan0%2024
Which observations are included?
The ranking includes 53 of 54 countries with available observations for 2023 or later and within 2 years of the freshest result. Each figure shows its reporting period. Countries without an eligible observation are omitted.
Does a higher value mean a better result?
The ranking is sorted by value, from highest to lowest. The order does not rate a country's performance. Interpretation depends on the indicator and its definition.

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