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Hydropower's role in the global electricity mix has shifted from being the dominant renewable source to sharing the stage with rapidly expanding wind and solar power. In the 1960s, hydropower supplied roughly 20–25% of the world's electricity, making it one of the largest sources of power generation, while fossil fuels accounted for around 70–75%. As electricity demand grew rapidly over the following decades, coal and natural gas expanded even faster than new hydropower capacity, causing hydro's share to gradually decline despite continued growth in absolute generation. By the 1990s, hydropower contributed about 18–19%, falling to around 16% in the 2000s, and approximately 15% during the 2010s. By 2024–2026, hydropower generated about 14% of global electricity, remaining the world's single largest renewable electricity source by generation, but its share has stabilized as solar and wind have grown at much faster rates. Although hydropower's percentage of the electricity mix has declined by roughly one-third since 1960, its actual electricity production has increased several-fold, reflecting the massive expansion of global electricity demand over the past six decades.
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