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Hydropower global capacities share - leading countries 2017

Distribution of worldwide hydropower capacity as of 2017, by major country
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The data shows the global distribution of the leading countries based on hydropower capacity as of 2017. During this year, the U.S. held about 7% of the world's hydropower capacities.

China 28
Brazil 9
United States 7
Canada 7
Russia 4.3
India 4
Norway 2.7
Japan 2
France 1.7
Rest of world 31

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