Austria's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) was 50.71% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 11.45 percentage points from 62.16% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 50.71% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 62.49% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 62.16% | 2015 |
| Highest | 72.02% | 1993 |
| Lowest | 50.71% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 59.09% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 64.63% | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Austria's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) fell 9.18 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.89% to 50.71%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8.35 percentage points in 2012 and the biggest yearly fall was 9.18 percentage points in 2025. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.72 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 41% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Austria had the 10th highest value of the 39 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 50.71% | 2025 |
| World | 15.23% | 2025 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 16.36% | 2025 |
| High income | 12.29% | 2025 |
Closest to Austria in the 2025 ranking
- Canada — 6th of 39: 53.95%
- New Zealand — 7th of 39: 53.6%
- Brazil — 8th of 39: 51.74%
- Latvia — 10th of 39: 46.12%
- Sweden — 11th of 39: 40.24%
- Luxembourg — 12th of 39: 36.27%
What this measures
The share of electricity production from hydroelectric sources of total electricity production. Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Limitations: IEA occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks in series are therefore unavoidable.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average using total electricity production as weights.
All 36 values
| Year | Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 50.71 |
| 2024 | 59.89 |
| 2023 | 59.4 |
| 2022 | 56.58 |
| 2021 | 60.12 |
| 2020 | 62.49 |
| 2019 | 59.55 |
| 2018 | 60.07 |
| 2017 | 59.13 |
| 2016 | 62.96 |
| 2015 |
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in nearby economies
- Albania — 90.5% (2024)
- Andorra — 75.86% (2021)
- Armenia — 21.93% (2024)
- Azerbaijan — 10.59% (2024)
- Belarus — 0.69% (2024)
- Belgium — 1.7% (2025)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina — 31.99% (2024)
- Bulgaria — 7.54% (2024)
- Croatia
More environment data for Austria
- Population in largest city — 2.01 million (2025)
- Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 31.24% (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 2.01 million (2025)
- Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 21.78% (2025)
- Rural population — 2.79 million (2025)
- Rural population (% of total population) — 30.28% (2025)
- Urban population — 6.42 million (2025)
- Urban population (% of total population) — 69.72% (2025)
- Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 5,008 (2024)
- Capture fisheries production (metric tons)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Austria's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)?
- 50.71% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is down 13.93 percentage points from 64.63% in 1990. The highest value was 72.02% in 1993 and the lowest 50.71% in 2025.
- How does Austria rank?
- 10th highest of 39 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) unusual for Austria?
- In 2025, Austria's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) fell 9.18 percentage points on 2024 (from 59.89% to 50.71%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.31 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.26 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EG.ELC.HYRO.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: IEA Energy Statistics Data Browser, International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/data-tools/energy-statistics-data-browser, publisher: International Energy Agency (IEA), date accessed: 2025-03-25 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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