Hydropower consumption worldwide from 2000 to 2024 (in exajoules)

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Release date

June 2025

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2000 to 2024

Supplementary notes

This report was previously published by BP.
Figures refer to gross generation and do not account for cross-border electricity supply. According to the source, the data was converted on the basis of thermal equivalence: the amount of fuel required by thermal power stations to produce the indicated electricity output.

This statistic was compiled using several releases of the publication.
Figures were restated based on the latest edition of the report.

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Global hydropower consumption 2000-2024

Published by
Won So,
Jan 20, 2026

In 2024, global hydropower consumption amounted to ***exajoules. This represented a slight increase of roughly *** exajules in comparison to the previous year and was also the highest figure recorded since the year 2000.

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