Table 1. Top 20 countries with the highest hydropower potential per capita.
Country | Hydropower Potential (TWh/year) | Population in 2010 (x 1,000) | Hydropower potential per capita (KWh/year/person) | Current energy production per capita (KWh/year/person) | |
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1 | Bhutan | 229 | 717 | 319,000 | NA |
2 | Iceland | 88 | 318 | 275,100 | 52,374 |
3 | Papua New Guinea | 1,087 | 6,859 | 158,500 | NA |
4 | Guyana | 109 | 786 | 138,400 | NA |
5 | Gabon | 167 | 1,556 | 107,300 | 907 |
6 | Suriname | 54 | 525 | 102,800 | NA |
7 | Canada | 3,064 | 34,126 | 89,800 | 16,473 |
8 | Bolivia | 816 | 10,157 | 80,400 | 623 |
9 | New Zealand | 275 | 4,368 | 62,900 | 9,399 |
10 | Congo | 227 | 4,112 | 55,100 | NA |
11 | Norway | 253 | 4,891 | 51,700 | 23,174 |
12 | Laos | 320 | 6,396 | 50,100 | NA |
13 | Montenegro | 29 | 620 | 46,100 | 5,747 |
14 | Peru | 1,145 | 29,263 | 39,100 | 1,248 |
15 | Equatorial Guinea | 27 | 696 | 38900 | NA |
16 | Colombia | 1,641 | 46,445 | 35,300 | 1,123 |
17 | Zambia | 419 | 13,217 | 31,700 | 599 |
18 | Belize | 10 | 309 | 31,100 | NA |
19 | Nepal | 789 | 26,846 | 29,400 | 106 |
20 | Chile | 494 | 17,151 | 28,800 | 3,568 |
27 | Russia | 3,503 | 143,618 | 24,400 | 6,486 |
37 | Brazil | 3,630 | 195,210 | 18,600 | 2,438 |
62 | United States | 2,564 | 312,247 | 8,200 | 13,246 |
74 | China | 7,168 | 1,359,821 | 5,300 | 3,298 |