In 2022, China remained the number one country with the highest hydropower capacity with 30 percent of the global share. Brazil followed, with nine percent of the world's hydropower capacity. At that time, the United States held about six percent of the world's hydropower capacities.
Distribution of worldwide hydropower capacity as of 2022, by major country
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