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Hydropower capacity growth
Global: 28 billion watts in 2025.
- 28 billion watts Latest · Global · 2025
- Annual Release cadence
- 1 Record · 1 region · 2025
Verified 17 Sep 2026 · 1 publisher · Next period 2026
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Hydropower capacity growth
Global, 2025
Every record
1 record · 1 region · 2025. Each period links to its record: the value, its source evidence and original document.
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How this measure is built
- Definition
- Increase in total installed hydropower generating capacity during a year.
- Measure
- One slice of Electricity capacity ( form: growth, segment: hydropower ) . Maximum electrical output capacity of power installations. Region and period are columns on every record, not slices.
- Limitations
- Values are shown as published; StatOrigin does not revise, fill gaps or convert currencies.
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Sources · 1 document
| Document | Publisher | Published | Data points |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Hydropower Outlook 2026: Global Capacity & Data 2026 World Hydropower Outlook | IHA | — | 1 |
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- Hydropower development pipeline 3 hydropower pipeline
- Cumulative wind capacity installed 2 cumulative · wind
- Pumped storage capacity under construction 2 pumped storage under construction
- Renewable power generation capacity 2 renewable energy
- Utility-scale solar capacity 2 utility scale solar
- Battery storage capacity annual growth rate 1 battery storage
- Distributed solar PV capacity increase, main case 1 main case · distributed solar pv
- Hydropower capacity growth (GW) 1 hydropower
- Hydropower capacity under construction 1 under construction · hydropower
Frequently asked questions
What is the latest hydropower capacity growth?
Global: 28 billion watts in 2025.
Where does this data come from?
From 1 document published by IHA. Every figure on this page links to its record, which preserves the original source evidence.
How often is it updated?
Annual. The newest published period is 2025; the next release should cover 2026. A new figure appears here once the publisher releases it and it passes verification.
Can I use this data?
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StatOrigin. (2026). Hydropower capacity growth [Data set]. Retrieved October 28, 2026, from https://statorigin.org/indicators/hydropower-capacity-growth
"Hydropower capacity growth." StatOrigin, 2026, https://statorigin.org/indicators/hydropower-capacity-growth. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.
StatOrigin. "Hydropower capacity growth." Data set, 2026. Accessed October 28, 2026. https://statorigin.org/indicators/hydropower-capacity-growth.
@misc{statorigin_hydropower_capacity_growth_2026, title = {Hydropower capacity growth}, author = {{StatOrigin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://statorigin.org/indicators/hydropower-capacity-growth}, note = {Data set. Accessed 2026-10-28} }