United Arab Emirates: Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2012 to 2021 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2021, United Arab Emirates had the 31st highest value of the 80 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.

Closest to United Arab Emirates in the 2021 ranking

• Trinidad and Tobago — 74th of 80: 0%
• Turks and Caicos Islands — 75th of 80: 0%
• Tuvalu — 76th of 80: 0%
• Virgin Islands (US) — 78th of 80: 0%
• West Bank and Gaza — 79th of 80: 0%
• Yemen, Rep. — 80th of 80: 0%

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 32 values

Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 71.66% (2021)
• Algeria — 0.05% (2024)
• Bahrain — 0% (2023)
• Djibouti — 0% (2021)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 6.6% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 4.29% (2024)
• Iraq — 2.17% (2024)
• Israel — 0% (2024)
• Jordan — 0.08% (2024)

More environment data for United Arab Emirates

• Population in largest city — 3.09 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 31.27% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 6.62 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 57.53% (2025)
• Rural population — 1.62 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 14.04% (2025)
• Urban population — 9.9 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 85.96% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons)

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Questions people ask

What is United Arab Emirates's electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total)?

0% in 2021, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is unchanged since 1990. The highest value was 0% in 1990 and the lowest 0% in 1990.

How does United Arab Emirates rank?

31st highest of 80 economies with data for 2021.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, 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.

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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