China was the leading hydroelectricity consumer in the world, with nearly 31 percent of the world's consumption. Brazil ranked second with 9.2 percent of the world's hydropower consumption, at that year, the South American country consumed 3.5 exajoules of hydroelectricity. By comparison, Sweden's hydroelectricity consumption accounted with 1.7 percent of the world's consumption.
Leading countries by hydropower consumption worldwide in 2020*
* Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. 'Input-equivalent' energy is the amount of fuel that would be required by thermal power stations to generate the reported electricity output.
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