Table 2. Hydropower potential per continent and its distribution among large, small, micro and mini plant sizes.

Plants:	Large (TWh/year)	Small (TWh/year)	Mini (TWh/year)	Micro (TWh/year)	Total (TWh/year)
Asia	17,631	5,062	1,582	276	24,551	48%
North America	3,815	2,243	712	149	6,919	13%
Europe	971	854	328	86	2,240	4%
Africa	5,657	1,325	535	162	7,680	15%
South America	7,020	1,779	692	236	9,727	19%
Oceania	168	166	44	5	382	0.7%
Australia	34	84	46	14	177	0.3%
Global	35,296	11,513	3,939	929	51,677	100%
	68%	22%	8%	2%	100%

Note that these numbers are the gross potential multiplied by a capacity factor of 0.5.