Share of global small hydropower installed capacity 2022, by region

Published by Statista Research Department, Dec 3, 2024

Asia dominates the global small hydropower landscape, holding a commanding 64 percent of the worldwide installed capacity as of 2022. Europe and the Americas followed, with 26 percent and nine percent respectively that year, while Africa and Oceania represented smaller shares of the global small hydropower installed capacity.

Distribution of small hydropower installed capacity worldwide in 2022, by region

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April 2024

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Hydropower facilities with capacities up to 10 megawatts.

The sum of the figures exceeds 100 percent due to rounding.

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