Hydropower in Facts
The Americas
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Installed and / or rehabilitated units:
Summary of general facts on hydropower in the Americas
© ANDRITZ, The WorldBank; IHA 2023 World Hydropower Outlook; Hydropower & Dams World Atlas 2023
North and Central America
Country/Territory | Total installed | Pumped Storage | Generation |
Belize | 55 | 0 | <1 |
Canada | 83,312 | 177 | 392 |
Costa Rica | 2,331 | 0 | 9 |
Cuba | 65 | 0 | <1 |
Dominica | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Dominican Republic | 623 | 0 | 1 |
El Salvador | 572 | 0 | 2 |
Guadeloupe | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Guatemala | 1,513 | 0 | 7 |
Haiti | 78 | 0 | <1 |
Honduras | 849 | 0 | 4 |
Jamaica | 30 | 0 | <1 |
Mexico | 12,614 | 0 | 35 |
Nicaragua | 159 | 0 | <1 |
Panama | 1,845 | 0 | 8 |
Puerto Rico | 98 | 0 | 0 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 6 | 0 | 0 |
The United States | 102,009 | 22,008 | 262 |
Total | 206,175 | 22,185 | 723 |
*Including pumped storage
South America
Country/Territory | Total installed capacity* (MW) | Pumped Storage (MW) | Generation (TWh) |
Argentina | 11,359 | 974 | 31 |
Bolivia | 759 | 0 | 3 |
Brazil | 109,778 | 20 | 423 |
Chile | 7,289 | 0 | 20 |
Colombia | 12,563 | 0 | 64 |
Ecuador | 5,191 | 0 | 25 |
French Guiana | 119 | 0 | 1 |
Guyana | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Paraguay | 8,810 | 0 | 41 |
Peru | 5,515 | 0 | 30 |
Suriname | 180 | 0 | 1 |
Uruguay | 1,538 | 0 | 6 |
Venezuela | 16,829 | 0 | 68 |
| Total | 179,933 | 994 | 712 |
*Including pumped storage
